Defra bee guide link to escorts

Online advice offered by the government about bees has been found to mistakenly include a link to a website offering escort services.

The Bees’ Needs campaign from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), dated July 2014, offers advice on how to help pollinating insects, such as planting “bee-friendly flowers”.

However under the “find out more” section of the page users were linked to an external website which lists hundreds of UK addresses, all of which then take the user to the escort service website.

“The Alternative To Escorts,” reads the website tagline. “Get Laid For Free! Sex does not have to be complicated.”

Defra says the link on the Bees’ Needs website was correct at the time of publication five years ago but the owner of the domain name had since changed. The department has now updated the information.