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    Bee good for food in Cesena

    Cesena is situated in Northern Italy within the Emilia-Romagna Region, some 15 km from the Adriatic coast. Its geographical position – alongside the banks of the Savio river, surrounded by hills and located on a fertile plain close to the Adriatic coast – offered Cesena a perfect natural predisposition of a “bee friendly city”. Bees are seen as fundamental to maintain biodiversity and to play a part in every aspect of the ecosystem.

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  • We care for nature in Bydgoszcz!

    In Bydgoszcz one can find large lowland rivers, small watercourses, various types of forests, communities of meadows and grasslands, peat bogs, parks, squares and gardens. The 2018 Bydgoszcz City Council Resolution lifted the ban on bee breeding and now it is allowed in our city. The City of Bydgoszcz is an ally to nature preservation that strives to demonstrate the importance of pollinators and the need to protect bees. Due to the remaining common fear of bees, all-year-long educational and promotional campaigns should be an essential element of the City's activities.

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  • Amarante’s bees bloom

    Amarante is a small European city located in northern Portugal, near Porto, surrounded by amazing mountains, with a lot of history, of which honey and beekeeping are a part of. It has an urban center rich in green spaces full of autochthones melliferous plants, ideal for the bees and other pollinators, but it is in the mountains that the greatest wealth exists, honey.

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  • Swarming Management as an important part of urban beekeeping

    Swarming management and adaptation of citizens to the habits of city bees was the topic of the international round table hosted by the city of Cesena on the 23rd of March 2021. After an introduction by Dr. Lucija Žvokelj from the National Veterinary Institute from Slovenia participants discussed how swarming is managed in different cities and what needs to be done in the future. 

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  • COVID-19 NO BARRIER TO INNOVATION IN RESILIENT CITIES: HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BIG CRISIS

    Cities are being invited to learn from leading innovative UK peers at a special national event this May.

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  • Barnsley Transfer Story

    "URBACT helped us to co-create our action plan through a previous network, TechTown, and TechRevolution has enabled us to constantly check and challenge what we do so that we continue to learn and adapt as we grow"- Tracey Johnson-Murphy, Business Incubation Centres Manager, Enterprising Barnsley.

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