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Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places with BBC Radio 2, CBBC and BBC Teach.

Inspired by Sir David Attenborough’s Wild Isles series and the call to support British nature and wildlife, BBC Radio 2 is working with CBBC and BBC Teach to encourage EVERYONE to get planting and bring nature to your neighbourhood. Get stuck in with special guests, gardening tips and tricks and the perfect plant-themed playlists across BBC Radio 2. Re-purpose your pots, pans and pallets to get planting and bring brightness to where you live, no matter how big or small your space is!
 
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Let It Grow: Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett: Bee Enemies and the Cuckoo Bee

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Bee Enemies and the Cuckoo Bee

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More bee-based laughs with Rob Beckett. This episode it's bee enemies.

Comedian Rob Beckett finds out who is out to get the bees – from humans to parasites, and other grisly tales. Bee of the week is the cuckoo bee, but it's not as nice as it sounds…

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week entomologist Dr George McGavin enthrals Rob with tales of the threats and enemies bees face. Find out about parasites that eat bees from the inside out and how the bee of the week - cuckoo bees - hide and take over other bees’ nests. Comedian Michael Odewale wants to know if there are any bees you should pick a fight with, and Rob hears from Bee rescuer extraordinaire, Erika Thompson. 

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Let It Grow: Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett

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Comedian Rob Beckett discovers why we can't live without bees.

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving the badgers, and now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees.

You might want to thank the humble bee the next time you bite into an apple. From pollinating our food and crops to providing us with honey, Bees play an unbee-lievably important role in our eco-system. But bees are in trouble. So, what can we do to save them? And how will the threat to bees impact our world? Comedian Rob Beckett is on a stinging mission to uncover the buzz around bees with celebrity friends and bee experts.

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