Food Smarts

Episode 36: What You Don't Know About Native Bees


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Kirsten interviews Dave Hunter, founder and owner of Crown Bees and Heather Harvey of Bees Gone Wild.  We talk all about solitary native bees.  Did you know that North America has 4,000 native species of bees and none produces honey? You can cheaply and easily raise native hole-nesting bees that are gentle and are far more efficient pollinators than honeybees.  This podcast is a call to ACTION. Find out how to help native bees, improve your harvests, and make sure that pollinators (and therefore we) survive.  You still have plenty of time to get bees settled in your yard and garden this summer.

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Food SmartsBy Kirsten Serrano