SAFE HARBOR

 

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CREATE A SAFE HARBOR WITH BEEBOW AND UNLOCK THE SECRET OF BEE VISION


PUT OUT THE WELCOME MAT FOR NATURE’S GREATEST POLLINATORS


Approximately one-third of the world’s food crops rely on bee pollination. 


THE BUMBLEBEE BOOGIE and THE MAGIC OF BUZZ POLLINATION


HELP SAVE THE WORLD, ONE BEE AT A TIME


ESTABLISH BUMBLEBEE HABITATS IN LOW TRAFFIC AREAS AND AREAS ADJACENT TO VEGETABLE GARDENS:

  1. - woodlots

  2. - borders

  3. - wetlands

  4. - pasture lands

  5. - insectaries

  6. - orchards and

  7. - gardens


USE DRIP IRRIGATION, AND AVOID FLOODING


BUMBLEBEE NESTING SITES


Garden without pesticides.  If you must use them, only use environmentally safe products, use them responsibly and avoid using pesticides when blooms are present. 


Broad-spectrum pesticides kill indiscriminately, destroying honeybees, bumblebees, Mason bees, mantids, lace wings, butterflies, ladybugs, assassin bugs, parasitic wasps, beneficial nematodes and more--wiping out desirable insects as well as pests. 


CHANGE THE WORLD BY CHANGING HABITS.  Habitual pesticide use is bad for the environment.


Do pollinators a favor--dispose of dangerous pesticides.  Use BEEBOW along with bee-attracting plants to advertise your very own SAFE HARBOR. 


Stop the use of dangerous pesticides, and the widespread eradication of bees and pollinators.  Stop the global use of pesticides that find their way into the tissue, folliage, pollen, fruit and nectar of plants--plants that feed people, livestock and bees.  Hold multinational pesticide and chemical companies responsible!


Bumblebees prefer to nest in undisturbed areas like abandoned rodent holes.  Leave some areas of the garden undisturbed and avoid the widespread application of plastic mulches.  Making the soil impenetrable renders it uninhabitable to ground-nesting bumblebees.  Over-mulching can prevent bumblebees from establishing adequate underground habitats.  Further, over mulching can reduce the amount of nutrients available to your plants.


Try using stepping stone paths through the garden, to protect sensitive nesting sites.


Provide water for your pollinators--it gets hot working in the garden during the summer and spring.


Use BeeBow to tie-up your fruits, vegetables and vines, and don’t forget to plant nectar and pollen-rich plants in the vicinity of your tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, peas, berries, etc.


Plant native materials, wildflowers, heirloom vegetables, herbs and assorted flowering plants.  Stagger bloom times by selecting a variety of plants.  Try planting eight to ten flowering species to start.  Use anchor plantings near the perimeter of your garden to encourage foraging activity and bee pollination.


USE BEEBOW TO HELP SUPPORT TOMATOES, VINES AND VIGOROUSLY GROWING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.


PUT OUT THE WELCOME MAT FOR BUMBLEBEES, NATIVE BEES AND HONEY BEES--AND BENEFIT FROM POLLINATOR VISITATION.


BUMBLEBEE SONICATION (BUZZ POLLINATION) RESULTS IN MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND LARGER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.


UTILIZE PLANTS RICH IN POLLEN AND NECTAR.  HERE’S A SHORT LIST OF PLANTS (BUMBLE) BEES ARE ATTRACTED TO:

Agastache                         Western Giant Hyssop

Cone flower                     Willow                             

Lilac                                   Common Yarrow

Violets                               Aster

Daisies                               Currant

Black-eyed Susan            Goldenrod

Red clover                         Huckleberry

Lemon mint                      Lupine

Vitex                                   Penstemon  

Catnip                                Wild Buckwheat

Lavender                           Sunflower                                          

Poppies                              Honeysuckle

Thyme                                Anemone

Mint                                    Squash

Basil                                    Borage

Marjoram                          Berries (misc.)

Summer Phlox                  Beebalm

Ironweed                            Prairie clover

Spearmint                          Cosmos

Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

and many more...