A conservation project to help save bees in Dorset is launching this month.

Community Interest Company (CIC) Bee Mission launches on March 21 and will see 500 new beehives built and installed across Dorset and Hampshire.

Bee Mission also plans on offering support to homeless people to upskill and retrain them on a variety of roles within the project, including becoming beekeepers. It is founded by Chris Bialan, an altruistic businessman who co-owns five care homes across the country

The project will also work with bee conservationists to ensure that wild pollinators are helped. Bee Mission will plant lots of wild meadows and gardens on our own land and will also encourage the communities in Dorset and Hampshire around the hives to plant as many wildflowers as possible.

The company is already growing and is now on the lookout for land to rent, so it can expand.

The team is hoping for a fairly small plot with space for outbuilding, so they can use the space as a Community Training and Display Centre, workshop and home for their own hives and bee-friendly flowers.

To find out more about the work that Bee Mission do, and how to foster a hive, head to www.beemission.co.uk.