World Bee Day

[Becky]

World Bee Day was on Sunday, and if you'd like some easy tips for helping create a great environment for bees in your garden then check out this article on Smithsonian.com:

How to Protect Your Local Pollinators in Ten Easy Ways

One project he will be promoting is the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, whose website reminds visitors that fully one in three bites of food that humans eat each day is the result of pollinators’ interactions with plants, and invites them to register their own pollinator gardens in a race toward one million.

In the spirit of World Bee Day, Smithsonian entomologist and plant health specialist Holly Walker and horticulturalist Sylvia Schmeichel, who together oversee the Pollinator Garden, sat down with Gagliardi to brainstorm bee-friendly tips that gardeners across America can put into practice immediately and with little hassle. Here is their list of the best ways in which to make your backyard a bustling pollinator metropolis...

Definitely well worth a read