A buzz surrounds scout project in Marston Green

1ST Marston Green Scouts have helped create a wildflower patch to aid the local bee population.
Youngsters have sown an area at Millennium Wood in the hope it will attract the pollen-collecting insects - which have seen their numbers plummet nationwide.
The group sought permission for the project from Bickenhill and Marston Green Parish Council. Once this was secured, the plot was prepared over two evenings using seeds donated by environmental group Friends of the Earth.
Changes to farming techniques are held largely responsible for the decline in the bee population. According to the charity Bumblebee Conservation, two species have already become extinct in the UK and several other varieties are in trouble.