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An active beehive has been found near the entrance of Fort Hamilton.
The fort remains open but the City of Hamilton advised the public to be cautious when they are in the area.
Beekeeper Spencer Field is assessing the situation and will relocate the ...
DATE: May 30, 2019
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Environment
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News Staff
The first five bluebird eggs of the nesting season have been sighted.
The Happy Bird Company said the eggs were laid about ten days ago and will begin hatching over the next few days.
Christian Chin-Gurret, the designer of the easy-to-build Bluebird ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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Environment
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News Staff
Experts will share their knowledge on the environment to hundreds of children on the Bermuda National Trust’s annual walk at Spittal Pond tomorrow.
The Children’s Nature Walk is a chance for youngsters and their families to sample the open air and le...
DATE: Apr 03, 2019
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Environment
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News Staff
The City of Hamilton renewed its call to retailers and restaurants to apply for wheelie bins.
About 150 bins have been distributed so far this year, after the City announced they would soon become mandatory.
The scheme is intended to reduce the numbe...
DATE: Feb 24, 2019
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Environment
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News Staff
It may look like a strong wind could blow it over, but a leaning tree in Pembroke is not going anywhere, its potential new owner said this week.
Gino Brangman said the festive-looking Norfolk Island pine, which sits on a plot of land owned by his unc...
DATE: Dec 14, 2018
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Environment
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News Staff
Gibbons Company is to introduce new, reusable and recyclable shopping bags in a bid to help reduce the amount of plastic waste in the ocean.
The new bags are made out of recycled plastic water bottles and are designed with an ocean theme.
They come ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Government has been required to borrow trash trucks from the City of Hamilton because of its own shortages.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said his public works ministry had faced difficulties collecting garbage all year and would probabl...
DATE: Oct 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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News Staff
Conservationists captured and released one hawksbill turtle and more than 250 green turtles as part of a research programme this year.
The Bermuda Turtle Project team caught 259 green turtles and the hawksbill in a bid to monitor the population and f...
DATE: Oct 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More than 2,300 pounds of trash was collected in a beach and ocean cleanup at Daniel’s Head.
A discarded pedal bicycle, old shoes, rope and part of a boat’s hull were among the items found by more than 100 volunteers including schoolchildren.
The eve...
DATE: Oct 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A yellow-crowned night heron spread its wings over Spittal Pond in Smith’s yesterday.
The elegant birds, found across North America, were once abundant on Bermuda, but were wiped out with early settlement in the 1600s.
In 1976, several of the birds ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff