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April 14, 2017 By Nicky 49 Comments

I Spy Pollinator Scavenger Hunt & Tips to Protect Honey Bees

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I’m sure you have thought about where your food comes from. But, have you thought about HOW your food was created? Honeybees make the plant based foods we eat possible. Without them, our diets would be VERY different. About 80% of all flowering crops, about 1/3 of everything we eat, is made possible by the honey bee.

Everyday can be Earth Day - Get tips you can use at home to protect honeybees, get a printable scavenger hunt, and enter to win a jar of Wedderspoon Manuka Honey.

April is Earth Month. It’s only fitting that we talk about this little powerhouse that makes our world the colorful, vibrant place in which we live. I am partnering with Wedderspoon, a non-GMO verified company that produces top quality honey products including Manuka Honey. Honey is a natural sweetener that we use to sweeten iced tea, but also use it as a quick snack on the trail. Manuka honey is extra special because it has a host of health benefits. Wedderspoon is dedicated to providing quality products and educating consumers on the importance of protecting honey bees.

Everyday can be Earth Day - Get tips you can use at home to protect honeybees, get a printable scavenger hunt, and enter to win a jar of Wedderspoon Manuka Honey.

Here are a few tips that will help you protect honeybees in your own backyard and get a FREE printable pollinator scavenger hunt for the kids.

Protect Honey Bees in Your Own Backyard

Go Pesticide Free

Avoid spraying or applying pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides on your lawn or garden. Look for organic solutions to control weeds and insects. Ladybugs are a great addition to a garden, are fun to watch, and are effective insect hunters.

Everyday can be Earth Day - Get tips you can use at home to protect honeybees, get a printable scavenger hunt, and enter to win a jar of Wedderspoon Manuka Honey.

Plant a Bee Garden

Provide a variety of native bee-friendly flowers, vegetables, shrubs, and trees that will bloom at different times. This will provide food for bees throughout several seasons. Provide more flowers with single blooms like marigolds, daisies, zinnias, and bee balms versus double bloom flowers like double impatiens. Single blooms produce larger amounts of pollen and more food for honey bees and other pollinators.

Provide a Bee Watering Hole

In addition to plants and flowers, bees need a source of clean water. This could be a water feature in your garden or yard, a bird bath, small bowl of water, etc.

Support Companies that Support Bee Research

Wedderspoon partners with Rodale Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to organic farming research and outreach, to support their Your 2 Cents Program and the Honeybee Conservancy. The Your 2 Cents Program provides support for organic agriculture through education, research, and outreach. The Honeybee Conservancy began in 2012 after beekeepers saw a dramatic decline of North American honey bees. Each winter, Colony Collapse Disorder has been responsible for a 30% death rate in North American hives. The program is actively researching possible solutions and provides education and support to beekeepers around the country.

Learn More about Honey Bees and Other Pollinators

The best thing you can do to protect honey bees to learn more about them. Talk to your children about the importance of bees and other pollinators. Take them out the garden, a local park, or on a hike to discover pollinators in nature. When you get home, you can read books about bees, pollination, flowers, etc.

We created a fun Pollinator Scavenger Hunt for you to take on your next nature walk. You can use it anywhere from the backyard to the park. It can even be used at the local nursery inside your neighborhood home improvement store. Use it to find pollinators and pollen sources.

Printable Pollinator Scavenger Hunt - Perfect for the backyard, local park, or on a nature walk

Click to get a PDF printable version

Additional ideas for this printable:

  • I Spy…… a Honey Bee – Use as a guide to play a classic game of I Spy
  • Photo Scavenger Hunt – Children can take pictures of the pollinators and plants they see on a hike.

Everyday can be Earth Day - Get tips you can use at home to protect honeybees, get a printable scavenger hunt, and enter to win a jar of Wedderspoon Manuka Honey.

You can learn more about Wedderspoon and it’s products on their website www.wedderspoon.com.

 

Everyday can be Earth Day - Get tips you can use at home to protect honeybees, get a printable scavenger hunt, and enter to win a jar of Wedderspoon Manuka Honey.

 

 

Everyday can be Earth Day - Get tips you can use at home to protect honeybees, get a printable scavenger hunt, and enter to win a jar of Wedderspoon Manuka Honey.

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About Nicky

Nicky Omohundro is a travel and active family lifestyle blogger and social media influencer based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She shares stories, destinations, and ideas on food, family, health, and outdoor recreation to help families find their own adventures. Her spirit animal is a caffeinated squirrel fueled by coffee, real food, and the desire to seek new adventures.

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Comments

  1. blankJeffrey says

    April 15, 2017 at 5:21 pm

    I learned that honey contains proteins, minerals and vitamins…sugar does NOT!

    Reply
  2. blanktina says

    April 15, 2017 at 5:31 pm

    “Along with a native plant species, plant an herb garden with anything in the mint family, including perennial sages, and allow them to flower to really attract native bee species.” Will be doing this for my future garden. 🙂

    Reply
  3. blankMelissa says

    April 15, 2017 at 6:08 pm

    I learned that honey kills most bacteria by crenation because of its sugar content.

    Reply
  4. blankAlison Coursey Watson says

    April 16, 2017 at 8:47 am

    It’s amazing that a honeybee travels 55,000 miles to make one pound of honey! We are planting bee balm this year to help!

    Reply
  5. blankGeoff says

    April 16, 2017 at 12:00 pm

    I learned that “honey has a lower Glycemic Index than table sugar. This simply means that the sugar in honey is absorbed into the bloodstream more gradually.” Interesting!

    Reply
  6. blankRosie says

    April 19, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    I learned Wedderspoon is the first NON-GMO verified Manuka Honey in the world. Also I learned honey kills most bacteria by crenation.

    Reply
  7. blankAmanda says

    April 24, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    That some hospitals now use honey. And that bacteria can’t survive because honey causes the cells to crenate, which i think is like dehydrating them. The more you know!

    Reply
  8. blankKim says

    April 26, 2017 at 4:52 pm

    Bees remove the moisture content from the honey by flapping their wings. Organisms cannot survive without moisture so the honey is preserved indefinitely.

    Reply
  9. blankBusyWorkingMama says

    April 26, 2017 at 9:26 pm

    I did not realize that bees needed a water source.

    Reply
  10. blankCynthia C says

    April 27, 2017 at 6:51 am

    I learned that numerous crops like apples, cranberries, melons, broccoli and almonds would cease to exist without the hard-working bees’ contribution to our food system.

    Reply
  11. blankDana says

    April 27, 2017 at 1:17 pm

    Honey can be preserved indefinitely!

    Reply
  12. blankDebbi Wellenstein says

    April 27, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    I learned that European settlers introduced the European Honey Bee to New Zealand’s South Island.

    Reply
  13. blankangie w says

    April 27, 2017 at 3:34 pm

    Honey bees perform about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide!

    Reply
  14. blankLana simanovicki says

    April 27, 2017 at 8:19 pm

    Honey has protiens

    Reply
  15. blankKim O says

    April 28, 2017 at 7:19 am

    bees fly 55,000 miles to make a pound of honey

    Reply
  16. blankaccontests6 says

    April 28, 2017 at 7:50 am

    Honey doesn’t expire because the bee’s wings remove the moisture.

    Reply
  17. blankLatanya says

    April 28, 2017 at 8:51 am

    The European settlers who colonized New Zealand introduced the European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on New Zealand’s South Island after the New Zealand coast line was mapped by James Cook.

    Reply
  18. blankDarlene Carbajal says

    April 28, 2017 at 11:10 am

    I learned that honey bees perform about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide.

    Reply
  19. blankMary Beth Elderton says

    April 28, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    Honey thousands of years old has been found perfectly preserved and edible!

    Reply
  20. blankJen Dantuma says

    April 28, 2017 at 1:50 pm

    They are the first NON-GMO verified Manuka Honey in the world. Their business began in 2006.

    Reply
  21. blankPatty wright says

    April 28, 2017 at 9:44 pm

    I didn’t know it had antibacterial properties.

    Reply
  22. blankwen budro says

    April 28, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    I learned that honey has numerous important health benefits. I also learned how very important it is to protect our bees or there will be no more honey.

    Reply
  23. blankLaurie Nykaza says

    April 29, 2017 at 1:51 am

    Wedderspoon sources the finest and most pristine Raw Manuka that has antibacterial properties and Gourmet honey in the world.

    Reply
  24. blankEdye says

    April 30, 2017 at 9:23 pm

    I learned honey has proteins!!! 🙂

    Reply
  25. blankStephanie Phelps says

    May 1, 2017 at 4:58 pm

    I learned that In contrast to pasteurized honeys, our raw honey also has naturally occurring live enzymes

    Reply
  26. blankDJ says

    May 3, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Honey contains lots of protein, vitamins, and minerals. Pretty cool!

    Reply
  27. blankJessica W. says

    May 4, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    I learned that bees collectively fly 55,000 miles to make a pound of honey. Hard working little bees!

    Reply
  28. blankJulie Waldron says

    May 5, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    I learned that honey has a lower Glycemic Index than table sugar.

    Reply
  29. blanktree tiemeyer says

    May 5, 2017 at 8:12 pm

    i learned that KFactor™ is a holistic multi-stage authentication system named for the Key Factors inherent in this distinctive honey. i’ve always wondered what that stood for.

    Reply
  30. blanksheila ressel says

    May 6, 2017 at 8:26 am

    I learned that honey kills most bacteria by crenation.

    Reply
  31. blankNicole Sender says

    May 6, 2017 at 1:03 pm

    I learned that honey contains proteins, vitamins and minerals.

    Reply
  32. blankCrissie woolard says

    May 7, 2017 at 8:34 am

    I learned that bees collectively fly 55,000 miles to make a pound of honey. I guess that’s where the name busy bees came from! ??

    Reply
  33. blankDonna L says

    May 9, 2017 at 10:36 am

    I learned the honey hoey has a lower Glycemic Index than table sugar. Good to know!

    Reply
  34. blankLeAnn Harbert says

    May 9, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    Honey has been found that’s thousands of years old that is perfectly preserved and is still edible.

    Reply
  35. blankPauly D Young says

    May 10, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    I learned about all the Health Benefits from Honey. I use honey for everything. Cooking, Baking and in my Beverages.

    Reply
  36. blankArik Issan says

    May 11, 2017 at 7:04 pm

    Colony Collapse Disorder is a big issue as honey bees perform about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide, providing crops for food.

    Reply
  37. blankJohn H. says

    May 12, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    I learned that honey bees perform about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide.

    Reply
  38. blankJennifer H. says

    May 12, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    I learned that Numerous crops like apples, cranberries, melons, broccoli and almonds would cease to exist without the hard-working bees’ contribution to our food system.

    Reply
  39. blankDouglas Dunphy says

    May 13, 2017 at 12:59 am

    I love “H o n e y”, can’t wait to see what you’re tastes like.

    Reply
  40. blankBrandy Jones says

    May 13, 2017 at 4:17 am

    I learned you should avoid planting hybrid plants because they produce less nectar or pollen, therefore less food for the bees.

    Reply
  41. blankKathy Pease says

    May 13, 2017 at 9:21 am

    Just like humans, bees love diversity in their diet! Try to plant a varied selection of plants to supply pollinators with an abundance of pollen and nectar.

    Reply
  42. blankrosemary says

    May 13, 2017 at 9:48 am

    wow

    Reply
  43. blankSarah L says

    May 13, 2017 at 2:20 pm

    Raw honey is simply honey that has been lightly filtered and gently warmed for creaming without pasteurization, and will contain naturally occurring bee pollen, beeswax, and propolis.

    In contrast to pasteurized honeys, our raw honey also has naturally occurring live enzymes – and every jar is traceable back to the master beekeeper in New Zealand.
    Thanks for the contest.

    Reply
  44. blankLauryn R says

    May 13, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    I learned that they get their honey from New Zealand. I bet it tastes amazing, I definitely need to try some! 🙂

    Reply
  45. blankJana S says

    May 13, 2017 at 6:10 pm

    I had no clue that bees liked a wide variety of things. Silly me assumed they were attracted to certain flowers,plants and trees. I myself plant a flower garden along with a vegetable and fruit garden and I can attest that I need the bees to cross pollinate my crops…I welcome the bees to my gardens 🙂

    Reply
  46. blankLaurie Emerson says

    May 13, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    I learned that since 2006 beekeepers around the world have been reporting losses of 30-90% of their honeybee colonies.

    Reply
  47. blankDonna Kozar says

    May 13, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    Honey has a lower glycemic index than sugar.

    Reply
  48. blankRachel Elaine says

    May 13, 2017 at 11:01 pm

    It looks delicious would love to try it. Yummy

    Reply

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