The Backyard Bee Project is a community service project of Fruits to Fronds Restoration under sponsorship from the Seattle Parks Foundation. We plan to install mason bee houses for community partners - public gardens, schools, learning centers - thus creating more nesting opportunities for bees and experiential learning opportunities for humans. This project is in its early stages…more to come!
Project goals
Install bee houses on a scale that could support their populations
Create experiential learning opportunities for the public by involving them in bee house processing through workshops
Collaborate with community partners to ensure ongoing care of mason bee houses
Raise awareness about the bee decline and importance of floral habitat (knowing that bee houses are not a catch-all solution)
Provide local teens with exposure to environmental careers
Show our community that conservation can happen on a local scale
