Bentley has long carried a ‘Flying B’ on the front of its cars, but now it’s bringing flying bees to its Crewe site in a bid to boost biodiversity.
Two new beehives have been installed on the firm’s campus, which will be home to 120,000 British honeybees. The hives are located on the edge of the site, giving the bees access to a wide range of flowers.
Bentley says each hive has the potential to produce 15kg of honey — approximately 50 jars — each summer. It says their occupants have settled in well so far.
Peter Bosch, Bentley’s member of the board for manufacturing, said: “Although our Pyms Lane site is over 80 years old, we’re constantly looking for ways to improve our environmental footprint and achieve our goal of carbon-neutral operations.
“We already have the largest solar car port in the UK on our site - which means that all of our electricity use is now either solar or certified green – so we’ve also started to look at ways we can use our site to increase local biodiversity. Bees populations are in decline in the UK, so installing two hives to help boost biodiversity is a great way to make use of the grassland at the edge of the site.”