World Pollinator Week Featuring Elise Watson of ABC Bees

18/06/2023 48 min

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The buzz is...It's World Pollinator Week! Yep, this is our opportunity to celebrate and learn more about the pollinators that frequent our gardens and communities. We're joined by Elise Watson from 'ABC Bees' who is a honey beekeeper and educator. She supports folks all across North America!  *************************  In this weeks episode .... 00:00 | Introduction 02:00 | Types of Pollinators 07:15 | Pollinators can help indicate garden health 10:00 | World Pollinator Week Activities 16:40 | Elise Watson from 'ABC Bees'  17:00 | What role do pollinators have in our gardens and communities? 18:35 | What are your favourite ways to attract pollinators 23:15 | Why do you like beekeeping and what keeps you going? 28:00 | Who can keep bees? 33:30 | ABC Bees resources 40:11 | Final thoughts on wasps - they're not all bad! 44:20 | Question of the Week - Attracting Pollinators 50:00 | Next Week....   *************************  RESOURCES World Pollinator Week | LINK Learn more about the acitivities going on all around North America! ABC Bees | LINK Learn more about beekeeping through classes, seminars, webinars, and literature Bees & UV vision | LINK Learn more about bee vision as discovered by Karl von Frisch.    *************************  QUESTION OF THE WEEK  This question was sent to us by email from Brenda who asks >>> "What can I do to attract pollinators to my garden?"   Do you have a question or a comment for the Helpful Gardeners? Send us an anonymous voice note HERE send us an email [email protected] or find our question of the week every Tuesday on our Instagram   NEXT WEEK  We're talking about how gardening can assist our mental and physical health with our special guest, Erin!   Turn in Sunday's 8AM MST for more fun with the helpful gardeners!