💛🐝 ways to help the bees! 🐝💛

bricklebee:

hello, all~!

I just wanted to share a few things you can do to help our little friends! bees are so important, and they need our love. 💛

🏠build a bee hotel🏠

you can use recycled materials you have on hand to create them. ( hollowed bamboo sticks, toilet paper rolls, planks of wood, etc. ) it’s also a good craft for the kiddos. get creative & have fun with it!~

hang your bee hotel on a tree, or a high up spot where nothing can disturb it.

💧make a watering station💧

it’s super duper easy to do, and all you need is a shallow dish and some pretty stones! bees get thirsty, and you’ll be helping them out. especially when it gets real hot out!

🌱plant flowers and herbs🌱

not only is gardening fun & therapeutic for you, but the bees appreciate it too. also, you can use the flowers & herbs grown for your craft! bonus!!

here are just a few of their favorite plants:

basil

mint/catmint

rosemary

sage

yarrow

lavender

sunflowers

poppies

asters

zinnias

salvias

marigolds

cosmos

…and there’s waaay more! garden to your heart’s content, and watch the magic happen~

🚫don’t use pesticides or harmful chemicals on your lawn or garden🚫

this one is pretty self explanatory. if you want a safe environment for your bee friends, try not to use any harsh chemicals on your plants. if you have issues with destructive bugs, use organic methods to shoo the pests away.

here are a few organic alternatives to using pesticide!:

eggshells

hot peppers

tumeric

banana and orange peels

here’s a great site if you’d like to read more about it!:

https://gardening-guide.wonderhowto.com/how-to/get-rid-plant-eating-pests-using-100-natural-solutions-from-your-home-and-garden-0146809/

✨sponsor a hive✨

last but not least, help out & sponsor a hive! this helps beekeepers, helps teach others about bees, and so much more!

here’s a site if you’re interested and would like to read up on it.:

http://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/sponsor-a-hive/

thank you all for reading! let’s do our best to help these precious babies.

with love,

🐝💛