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Keelings have announced the launch of their Great Rewilding initiative in an effort to address the reduction of Ireland’s bee and pollinator population and as a first step in this campaign, they will be giving away 100,000,000 wildflower seeds.

Keelings have announced the launch of their Great Rewilding initiative in an effort to address the reduction of Ireland’s bee and pollinator population and as a first step in this campaign, they will be giving away 100,000,000 wildflower seeds.

Keelings this week launched their Great Rewilding initiative in an effort to address the reduction of Ireland’s bee and pollinator population. As a first step in this campaign, they will be giving away 100,000,000 wildflower seeds.

At a ceremony at the recent Mayo Day event in Turlough House, Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Cllr Blackie Gavin and Chief Executive Peter Hynes, signed a framework agreement with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, to formalise Mayo County Council’s long-term commitment to support pollinators in the county.

Early this morning, letting the dog out to, ahem, powder her nose in the garden, a gentle humming reminded me that the day’s work was already under way for bees on the early shift. Closer inspection of a nearby catmint revealed several little furry bodies buzzing harmoniously as they moved methodically from one bloom to the next. This plant – Nepeta “Six Hills Giant” – is a magnet for them and you will often find several bees busy at work on the same plant.