Guest Blog by Peter Helfrich, Committee Chair Bee City USA - Decatur, GA Urban environments like Decatur provide critical habitat for pollinators. In 2019, Bee City USA® - Decatur, GA (affectionately known as “Beecatur”) spearheaded a number of new programs and events designed to educate city residents about the importance of bees and other beneficial insect species, and to demonstrate how Decaturites can play an active role in protecting them.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING Other programming presented to groups in and around Decatur during 2019 included: • “Bee-Yond Honey Bees: Meet Your Native Bees,” at Avon Garden Club (Avondale, GA) • “3 Spring Bees” at Little Forest Pre-School (Decatur, GA) • “Pollinator Power!” at The Museum School, 6th Grade Environmental Education class (Avondale) • “Pollinator Power!” at Oak Grove Elementary, pre-K classes (DeKalb County) • “Bee-Yond Honey Bees: Meet Your Native Bees” at Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Dekalb County Women Educators’ Honor Society
Learn more about Decatur's 2019 Pollinator Conservation activities by reading their renewal report or visiting their website!
5 Comments
2/7/2020 08:39:00 am
Inspirational! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas. Our Garden Club is focused on pollinators and increasing awareness and you have offered great ideas. We have a new campaign called "Let it Bee!"
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2/10/2020 12:45:43 pm
Hi Jane,
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Bee City USA
2/10/2020 10:06:09 am
Hi Jane, We're glad you found this information helpful and interesting! We will pass your comment along to the Bee City USA - Decatur committee.
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Kristy Gallo
2/25/2020 02:03:14 pm
I’m interested in trying to start an initiative like this in my city. Any suggestions !? I thought staring with a pollinator garden next to an already established community garden would be a good first place to start. Hoping to have it as a platform for education of the adult community and hopefully local schools alike. Any suggestions, literature, etc to recommend in kicking this off!?!
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Bee City USA
3/6/2020 10:19:34 am
Hi Kristy, This is a great question! Xerces has a wide variety of resources on our website that you might find helpful. If you'd like to learn more about the Bee City and Bee Campus programs feel free to fill out our interest form and we'll email you more information! - Bee City USA
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