THE PLAN BEE

Help save our trees. Protect your bees.

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It is well-known that bumblebees are great pollinators, and therefore have a key role in producing much of the food that we eat. Through the pollination of many commercial crops such as tomatoes, peas, apples and strawberries. If bumblebee and other insect pollinator declines continue, the extremely high cost of pollinating these plants by other means could significantly increase the cost of fruit and vegetables. Bumblebees also help pollinate many wildflowers, allowing them to reproduce. Without this pollination many of these plants would not produce seeds, resulting in declines in both abundance and distribution for a range of species. As these plants are often the basis of complex food chains, it is easy to imagine how other wildlife such as other insects, birds and mammals would all suffer if bees disappeared.

Fortunately, there is much that can be done to help bumblebees. You can help bumblebees at home and in your local community, no matter how much land you have! Perhaps the simplest thing to do is to plant some bee-friendly plants in your garden to flower between March and September. Gardening presents a great opportunity to provide food and habitat for bumblebees and help reverse the declines of the past century. If you live in Canada and are interested in receiving a detailed plan and explanation on how you can help protect your local bees based on your specific location,
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