McQueens Flowers will be charity cooperator with the British Beekeepers Association ( BBKA ) during the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 , as they machinate to reveal two installing inspire by the pollinators . establish in 1874 , the charity supports over 25,500 hobby beekeepers throughout England and the Islands . The self-governing , non - political , non - governmental organisation do work with an evidence - based approach , to raise awareness at government point to help safeguard the honeybee . Between 1985 and 2005 the act of managed honeybee dependency decline by a Brobdingnagian 53 % , due to the bloodsucking speck ’s arrival onto mainland Britain from the continent . Since then , scientists and beekeepers have found new ways and conform to campaign this pest but now bees face a young wave of threats such as Asian Hornet and Climate Change .
Through two giant flowered installations , the McQueens Events Team take to glow a public eye on Honey Bees . The first , Per Oculus Apum is an immersive experience that gives visitors a sensorial brainstorm into the world of a bee - through vision , audio and smell . McQueens Flower School has devised the second design - Honey , I ’m Home , which is centred around an evolve hive . Throughout the hebdomad , visitor to the hive will be asked to make a Craspedia bee which will then be added to the structure , culminating in what is hoped to become a settlement of 1000 of Apis mellifera . BBKA hive at the National Apiary
A basis species , the Honey Bee is an extremely advanced dirt ball . Individually , they have five eyes and their wings beat 220 times every second . Together , as a settlement they are even more incredible - it is said for every jar of honey , bee trip 55,000 miles and make 4 million visits to flowers . One in three mouthfuls of food is reliant upon pollination . There have been several key threats to honeybees over the last century - with departure of home ground , clime modification and invasive pernicious coinage all play a major ingredient in their decline .
Through the documentation of donation and funding , the BBKA are devote to safeguarding Apis mellifera and do so by enable citizenry to search into disease , encouraging replenishment of lose habitat and promoting undecomposed practice in beekeeping . BBKA are responsible for several inspiring go-ahead - the latest aimed at Primary School children by creating dynamical digital imagination for teachers to download and include as part of the programme .
£ 5 from every Apis Mellifera bouquet cut-rate sale will go to The British Beekeeping Organisation
Of the partnership , Margaret Murdin , President of the BBKA explained ‘ ‘ The British Beekeepers ’ Association is overwhelmed to be chosen by McQueens Flowers as their Jacob’s ladder beneficiary . RHS Chelsea provides the unadulterated platform to talk about our nation ’s Honey Bee , Apis Mellifera . We need everybody to understand the urgency of protecting this vital species . "
Inspired by the honeybee conservation message of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show , McQueens Flowers fashion designer have created a bouquet - Apis Mellifera ( Latin for Honey Bee ) featuring bee - friendly flowers include fragrant stocks , English lilac and vibrant solidago - they will be donating £ 5 from every Apis Mellifera sold to BBKA .
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