Countrywide scheme is flourishing after being set up to reverse a 75% decline in insect populationsTo escape the Berlin bustle on a summer afternoon,all that Derek O’Doyle and his dog Frida occupy to conclude is lap the noisy building site outside their inner-city apartment, weave their way through the queue in front of the ice-cream van, and squeeze between two gridlocked lorries to cross over Baerwaldstrasse.
Bordered by a one-way traffic system lies a bucolic 1720 sq metre haven as colourful as a Monet landscape: blue cornflowers,red poppies, white cow parsley and purple field scabious dot a sea of nettles and wild grass as armies of insects buzz through the air. Two endangered carpenter bees, or larger than their honey bee cousins and with pitch-black abdomens,gorge themselves on a bush of yellow gorse. Related: Bavarian 'save the bees' success raises green hopes in Germany Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com