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Bongani Muchemwa, Leeds Metropolitan University
Bongani Muchemwa Nominated by Sarah Mills
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"Bo is an unusual student, keen to explore, research, draw and model aspects of architecture that other students do not see. He shows great innovation and is able to demonstrate his extraordinary approach with evocative drawings and models. Interested in materials and connections, he shows great technological innovation." Sarah Mills The Honey Emporium Colony Collapse Disorder (C.C.D.) is an emerging phenomenon that has scientists worried. Decline in bee populations are threatening ecosystems and agriculture, in which bees play a vital role they help to pollinate flowering crops and plants. In 2009 the British Government spent £10million researching bee decline, they believe the main causes of C.C.D. are hives infested with mites, industrial pesticides and lack of bio-diversity. In a single day a bee can forage around a three mile radius; if this in the countryside there are often very large fields of single crops, the bees collect only one type of nectar and large quantities of pesticide. If this is within a city; there would be a large number of private gardens and public parks filled with different plants and flowers, a huge variety of nectar and all almost completely free from pesticides. When the opportunity to create a new park in Leeds City Centre arose, it was decided that it could include a scheme that would help tackle C.C.D......To read more download the text document below
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