As a result of our 2011 pilot project this is what we learned from
participating youth and landowners:
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“Being involved in this project and seeing
bee hives up close has helped me understand why bees are so important” (private landowner)
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“Although
I was somewhat frightened to be involved in this project-I learned bees are only protecting my environment, so
we need them around” (Student)
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" My community
should be a bee hive, buzzing around protecting and enhancing our environment" (private landowner)
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" Okay bees still
bother me, but I will plant more flowers and plants to feed them" (student)
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" l love honey even more now and want bees when I have my
own place" (student)
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"I enjoyed learning alongside youth, maybe I
will get to know more of my neighbors" (private landowner)
Therefore, since then we have been
conducting bee education projects within towns, cities, farmland, and apartment
complexes-Bringing folks who would never give the other the time of day prior
to joining our projects.
It is our goal to strengthen
communities and this project does that, plus by “sharing to educate” the balance of our bee environment will have a
fighting chance.
In addition to working with honey bees, we educated on Native American cultural
use of paper hives. Whenever we received
a call about a paper wasp hive, we responded to harvest the hives. The hives were then turned over to coastal Native
Americans, who use the hives in their cultural ceremonies.
We are always on the lookout for help, please consider helping:
*** Call us when you see a bee swarm
*** Donate bee
keeping equipment,
*** Offer use
of your property space,
*** Volunteer
time
*** if you
can-donate funds
Protecting environments- begins with communities. Is your community involved?
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