Did you know that 1 out of every 3 bites of food we eat is made possible by pollinators like honey bees? We don't all have a backyard that looks like this so here are a few things you can do to give the bees a helping hand.
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Bees are often getting the short end of the stick with climate change as their food (pollen from flowers) is often arriving too early or too late.
Here are a few ways to help them out:
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Support Local and Organic Farmers
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Eating foods that are locally grown will help farmers maintain a range of crops giving the bees more pollen options that can help boost their health.Â
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Practice Organic Gardening
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Give bees a helping hand by providing a safe environment
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This Bee Feeder is designed to give bees a helping hand. Filling the feeder with sugar water provides a bee-lated snack when blooms are unavailable.
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Mason bees are the Usain Bolt of pollinators - always winning gold at the pollinator olympics. The Bee House was created to mimic their preferred wood and offer them a protected space while the females gather pollen to add to the tubes, lay their eggs, seal them up with mud and repeat until full.
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Bees drink a lot of water but need a safe place to land because drinking and flying is against bee law. Fill the Bee Waterer with glass beads (included) and add water to provide a safe haven.
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All bee puns aside, protecting our pollinators is something everyone should get involved with.
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