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Our sustainability team work hard to reduce the University\u2019s impact on the environment, but a project which picked up pace over the summer months is almost unbee<\/em>lievable. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Nestled in a quiet corner of Holywell Park, a\u00a0project is making quite the buzz. Five members of University staff are working together to manage a campus apiary, which has ramped up in size from a single hive in 2012, to 6 flourishing colonies in the\u00a0summer of 2015. With each colony housing up to 50,000 \u2013 that\u2019s a lot of honeybees!<\/p>\n

\"DUKE0532\"

An apiary manager takes a stroll among the hives<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently, numbers have shown that honeybee population nationwide has dropped 15% over the past two seasons, so this project is a really important part of supporting local bees. Jo Shields, Sustainability Manager and keen beekeeper, said \u201c1 in 3 mouthfuls of food we eat is reliant on bee pollination so from a sustainability point of view it makes sense that we do everything we can to protect bees and help them thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DUKE0543\"<\/a>

University beekeepers and a member of the community tries to find the Queen in a new hive.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bonus to take some honey and not the main reason we keep the bees here at Loughborough\u201d \u2013 but a delicious bonus nonetheless! Last year the team harvested 20kg of \u2018Loughborough Gold\u2019 honey, and where else to process it but the Towers Hall kitchens?!\u00a0Unfortunately this season due to bad weather there was no excess honey, and one of the hives very nearly starved<\/a>, so there will be no honey crop this year.<\/p>\n

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\"honey<\/a>

Some of Loughborough’s 2014 honey haul<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking to the future, the aim of the campus apiary is education. Jo and the team want to spread the word about the plight of the bees, and how we can do more to protect these important creatures.\"IMG_2094\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Find out more on the sustainability website and keep in touch with their monthly newsletters:\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/1KtQ7nF<\/em><\/p>\n

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