Lanarkshire theme park to host bee-rilliant September weekend event

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Amazonia, Scotland’s Indoor Tropical Rainforest, will be creating a bit of a buzz over the September weekend to celebrate the amazing world of bees.A free event, held outside the main rainforest area of Amazonia within M&D’s Theme Park, within Strathclyde Park, Motherwell, there will be a range of activities over the weekend including balloon modelling, badge making, a bee trail, hive demonstrations and honey tasting!

The usual entry fees apply to going inside the main rainforest area of Amazonia.Visitors will be able learn all about honeybees over the weekend of September 23 to 26 and might catch a glimpse of them working away in and out of their hive weather permitting.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Amanda Gott, zoo manager and beekeeper at Amazonia said: “It’s important we highlight the significance of these amazing insects.

Bees are in such decline and a loss of honeybees will have a devastating effect on agriculture and food supply. "Around a third of all our food depends on pollination from bees and other pollinating insects.”Amazonia houses a collection of mainly South American plants and animals including several rare species.