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No Mow May: A Bee City Canada Perspective
No Mow May is an initiative that was first popularized by Plantlife, a UK-based conservation charity, and it is now widely known about and participated in throughout North America. The goal of No Mow May is simple: to discourage people from mowing lawns in May, when...
How a college student advocated for her town of New Glasgow in Nova Scotia to become a Bee City
Written by Keeley ShipleyFrom left to right; Rachel Mitchell, Ashley Kenney, Keeley Shipley, Brooke Barsness, Lilah Ross! My whole life I have enjoyed being outside and being immersed in nature, this is what ultimately sparked my passion for the environment and...
It’s Time to #LeaveTheLeaves
One of the most valuable things you can do to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the winter cover they need. It may be habitual, a matter of social conditioning, or a holdover of outdated gardening practices from yesteryear—but for...
Bee City Canada is merging with Pollinator Partnership Canada
By the end of this year, Bee City Canada will come under Pollinator Partnership Canada’s guidance as a signature initiative.Pollinator Partnership Canada (P2C) is a registered charity dedicated to the protection and promotion of pollinators and their ecosystems...
2020 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Canada Award
Shelly Candel is proud to accept the 2020 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Canada award from Pollinator Partnership.Thank you so much, Vicki, for your very kind introduction. Good day everyone!! I wish to congratulate all the other recipients on receiving this bee-utiful...
Pollinator Champion Feature: Susan Blayney
Susan Blayney is the former chair of the Pollinator Action Committee for Bee City Kawartha Lakes. Susan has always had a love for the natural environment, joining a field naturalist club in her 50’s and taking an interest in things such as bird and butterfly...