Simply Bee Conservation
Restoring Native Bee Populations
Simply Bee Conservation is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to restoring native bee populations. Our mission is to create a network of pollinator-friendly habitats that serve as living classrooms and community connection points in a pollinator corridor.
What is a Pollinator Corridor?
A community pollinator corridor is a group of contiguous habitats close enough to create a pollinator road from one habitat to another providing valuable connections for these vulnerable native species to thrive and proliferate within their community.
The issue:
The smallest of native bees can only fly for 3 blocks before they need to refuel on delicious nectar in their search for a mate and a home for their nursery. The largest native bee can fly for ¾ of a mile. The celebrated Honey Bee in comparison can fly up to 3 miles. These pollinators need close havens with a diversity of food year round to proliferate and thrive. With modern agricultural practices of monocultures, city landscapes full of bare parking lots, and homes practicing spraying chemicals to kill those unseemly yellow flowers known as the dandelion, there isn't much room for our local pollinators to reach each other and replenish their dwindling numbers.
The Solution:
Communities coming together to create a chain of Pollinator Sanctuaries to connect our pollinators and each other!
Native Bees are an excellent addition to any outdoor space, as they greatly improve pollination services and local ecosystem vitality.
Bee conservation programs are a great way to do some good in the world while attracting people to your organization and events. Bonus wildflowers and butterflies are amazing for social media outreach.
The Program
The objective of the project is to create a chain of conservation pollinator gardens, native bee habitats and living classrooms in collaboration with local farms, schools, non-profits, corporations, community gardens, your garden, HOA's etc. to aid in the conservation and proliferation of local pollinators.
The goals of the program are:
To create pollinator habitat and forage in multiple locations for native bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators to use as a corridor to spread, reproduce, and rekindle at-risk populations separated by modern human infrastructure and monocultures.
These gardens serve as conservation monitoring sites of bee populations in partnership with the Colorado State University extension program.
These gardens in collaboration with our partners can serve as a living classroom to educate people on pollinator conservation and home gardening practices
To feed honey bees and native bees with mushroom extracts to boost immunity for our at risk bee friends.
For more information - Extracts of Mushrooms Reduce Viruses in Honey Bees - Nature Magazine
