Please Bee Friendly, Monmouthshire

This is an excellent opportunity to make Monmouthshire even more beautiful.a

I support any policy which promotes the well-being of bees.

Verges are important for wildflowers which are important for bees which are important for us as pollinators.Please adopt policies which favour pollinators.

It is so important to have as much flowering land as possible for bees which polinate food crops.

Small differences, in small corners, can make a cumulative and real difference! Please support this Pollinator Policy and help turn our roadside verges into living corridors for our bees and butterflies.

Please leave the verges to flower

I endorse Monmouthshire CC's proposal to undertake less road side mowing. In fact I would go one step further and suggest, where appropriate, e.g. roundabouts, wide verges, that wild flowers be planted on these areas.

I am involved in butterfly conservation work in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley. Roadside verges could play a vital role in helping to stop the depressing decline in butterflies and other insects but they must be managed sympathetically. Please do not allow a few un-informed people to inluence this very important decision.

This should at least be trialled in suitable places.

This should at least be trialled in suitable places.

roadside verges are a wonderful corridor for wildlife particularly flowers and insects. Why would you want to cut this down!

common sense proposal, hope it goes through

A Win/Win - wildflowers and in insects are protected, while costs and fossil fuel use are cut!

road side verges can be some of the best places we have for wildflowers...leaving them intact for as long as possible each year is important to not only conserve the flowers such as orchids but also to provide another source of food for pollinators

Good for bees and good for humans - beautiful to look at!

We need to be doing everything we can to help bees and other pollinators. Managing roadside verges is an easy and cheap way to do this. to

Reduced cutting will benefit amenity, educational value, reestablishing contact between people and the environment that supports them, and protect ecosystem services

We have some wonderful deep verges in Monmouthshire that could support many more plants if only the council would allow them to continue growing for a few weeks longer each summer

This is absolutely the only way to go to save our environment for our children

Fewer cuts would be beneficial to the insects, wildlife, flora and fauna , in addition savings some local government spending at times of austerity, however road safety must also be considered.