article_snippet.sent: But new research suggests Britain’s bees are happier near towns and cities.
article_snippet.sent: A Reading University researcher has said that bees prefer cities to fields (honey bees in Paris shown).
article_snippet.sent: For instance, heaths and meadows near Milton Keynes now boast more species of bee than sites in more rural areas.
article_snippet.sent: While the gardens, parks and churchyards of towns and cities provide bees with a variety of plants to forage on and an extended flowering season, popular crops such as oilseed rape only bloom for a few weeks.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Urban areas may benefit bees more than farmland by providing a wide variety of flowering plants, providing a cosmopolitan menu for insects from spring through to autumn.
article_snippet.sent: While the gardens, parks and churchyards of towns and cities provide bees with a variety of plants to forage on and an extended flowering season, popular crops such as oilseed rape only bloom for a few weeks (stock image of honey bee shown)
highlights_snippet.sent: Reading University researcher says bees prefer cities to fields .
  