A sting in the tale for council officers (From Wirral Globe)
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A sting in the tale for council officers
2:48pm Wednesday 11th July 2012 in News By Leigh Marles
A sting in the tale for council officers
Chief officers could soon be obliged to consider the welfare of bees when they are drawing up new planning policies.
A meeting of the full Wirral Council on Monday will hear the authority has an important part to play in retaining and creating an environment in which pollinating insects can "survive and thrive.”
A notice of motion by Eastham Lib Dem councillor draws members’ attention to research by Friends of the Earth which says we need bees to pollinate many important food crops, including most fruit and vegetables.
It goes on: “Areas that bees and other pollinators rely on will be vulnerable to development pressures and that strong Local Plan policies should protect areas important to bees.“
It stresses new developments should create areas for nature including "green roofs" and other natural spaces.
Accordingly, the council will request its officers to study the concerns raised by Friends of the Earth and to take these into account when framing and updating local policies.
The motion will be subject to a vote.
Comments(16)
Spiffy
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3:14pm Wed 11 Jul 12
bigfoot wrote:Knowing the difference between their own a*se and elbow would be a start...
Fine just as long they can tell the difference between the lifecycle of a bee and a wasp.
Cheesy Peas
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5:15pm Wed 11 Jul 12
daggers drawn
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5:53pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Spiffy wrote:Hey you are quick off the mark. Knowing the difference between right & wrong would be a start!
bigfoot wrote: Fine just as long they can tell the difference between the lifecycle of a bee and a wasp.Knowing the difference between their own a*se and elbow would be a start...
MX
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8:15pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Survive is about the best we can hope for.
Thrive is a complete non-starter.
council officer
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9:52pm Wed 11 Jul 12
keef666
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8:00am Thu 12 Jul 12
Wirral_Man
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8:43am Thu 12 Jul 12
as has already been mentioned - if pollinatign bees dispeared humanity would be extinict within 18 months they ARE more important than humans.
If we did go maybe nature would statr again with a species that wasn't so destructive towards itself and the environment......
MX
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9:14am Thu 12 Jul 12
I know about the pollination thing and bees are going nowhere.Last years drastic decline is being reversed.
They thing is when they sting me I end up in hospital so its personal and frankly I know that " Wirral has heard the cry of the earth" but isn't this the same Council who ordered the dismantling of a community garden?.
bigfoot
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4:49pm Thu 12 Jul 12
MX wrote:My thoughts exactly,they should be encouraging these gardens for the benefit of bees,not taking 'bully boy' tactics. Unfortunately joined up thinking and cooperation seem to have been deleted from the Council lexicon amongst other phrases!
Bees.Schmees.
I know about the pollination thing and bees are going nowhere.Last years drastic decline is being reversed.
They thing is when they sting me I end up in hospital so its personal and frankly I know that " Wirral has heard the cry of the earth" but isn't this the same Council who ordered the dismantling of a community garden?.
Jimrob
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8:16pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Edited by myself to read the way I believe the Council should be prioritising it's responsibilities.
(I hope you don't mind Ed)
RL 1952
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12:04pm Fri 13 Jul 12
montague1
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4:36pm Fri 13 Jul 12
If their future on Wirral is dependent on those B's on Wirral Borough Council, then for their own Health and Safety,
they had better buzz off to a sunnier clime ASAP!
This mob are incapable of acting in any way that is of benefit to the community they are supposed to serve, so what chance do bees have?.
If they do leave, I would love them to give a right royal stinging to every last one of them as a parting shot.
spamfiend
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2:32pm Sat 14 Jul 12
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-england-mer
seyside-18840818
It is time for the shower of useless and incompetent people who claim to be our council to go away now!!
bickyboy
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11:22pm Sat 14 Jul 12
Klonowski... get ready to write a report on the overcharging of vulnerable bees wishing to occupy hives on the Wirral.
hugo2008
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10:55am Sun 15 Jul 12
Ably supervised and under the watchful eye of over 60 of the most useless elected councilors Wirral has ever encountered.
So far our very expensive and useless 66 councilors have failed to know who is doing what, when, why, and who for in any of the numerous departments of Wirral Council.
Me-thinks they have been too busy guzzling at the trough of plenty whilst counting their obscenely lavish expenses.
So far we have not heard from one of them about how the appalling situation is to be corrected, they will not even release the full details of expensive reports we have paid for and are still paying for.
bigfoot says...
2:58pm Wed 11 Jul 12