HISTORY OF BEEKEEPING IN PENSACOLA By: Becca Fritschle
Why Bees Matter by the Numbers • $25 Million: Value of honey produced in Florida each year • $29 Billion: Value of crops nationally that rely on honeybees • 6 Million U.S. Hives in 1947 • 2.5 Million U.S Hives in 2019
What can you do to save the Bees? Plant a pollinator garden: By designing a garden with plants that attract pollinators, you’ll be proving a safe environment for your local bees. Key features of such a space include native flowering plants that bloom, nesting habitat, and water. Build a bee bath by simply filling a shallow bowl or dish with water and arrange rocks and twigs so that they poke out of the water .This gives passing bees a welcome spot to land and rest while they get a drink.
8 | THE HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE
Bee-friendly herbs include borage, chives, comfrey, fennel, lavender, marjoram, mint, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, and wild bergamot Bee-friendly plants and flowers include coneflower, cosmo, rose, sweet pea, zinnia, honeysuckle, sunflower, bee balm, strawberries, dahlia, magnolias, snap dragon, lavender, calendula, hyacinth.
