Honey bees, beekeepers and the honey industry are direct contributors to the success of American and World agriculture. In today’s world, the honey industry faces many challenges such as hive loss, drought, colony collapse and shrinking forage areas.
Here are just a few ways you can help contribute to the welfare and survival of the honey bees.
- Plant bee friendly flowers and flowering herbs in your garden and yard.
- Reduce or limit the use of chemicals and pesticides to treat your lawn and garden while plants are in bloom and bees are out foraging.
- Bees are thirsty. Put a shallow basin of fresh water with marbles or rocks in it for the bees to land outside your home
- Learn to be a beekeeper with sustainable practices.
- Share solutions with others in your community.
- Donate to the Honey Bee Health Coalition, an organisation dedicated to helping protect and promote honey bees and other pollinators. www.honeybeehealthcoalition.org
- Support Your Local Beekeepers. Buy Local Honey rather than store bought. Head over to our Shop
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