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Mr. Hubert VON DEWITZ Board member of the Beekeepers' Federation, FUAL, and FUAL coordinator for Bee Together

Remich Section Mr. Fernand FEITZ www.naturemwelt.lu Lea Bonblet Nature Consultant berodung@naturemwelt.lu

Bee in Solidarity with Pollinators

Here are a few ideas of how you can help bees and other pollinators.

1. Support organic farming by buying organic fruits, vegetables and produce. As organic farming practices are more

environmentally friendly, bees, other pollinators and insects are less impacted. A list of farmers, including beekeepers,

producing organic food can be found here.

2. Help to maintain bee populations that are being decimated by pesticides by buying honey from and paying a fair

price to a local beekeeper, especially one who is practising organic methods. In Luxembourg, the 2012-2013 season

resulted in losses of about 30% of the bee colonies. A bee colony costs about 120 euro.

3. Boost the bee population by becoming a beekeeper with

your own hives; and/or

4. Avoid using pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and

miticides.

5. Build an insect hotel. As our open countryside and

woodlands often lack nesting sites for solitary bees, insect

hotels can make up for this loss.

6. Provide habitat in your garden, such as dead tree

branches.

Photo © John PARK

7. Plant a wide variety of native flowers (melliferous plants) so that the bees have a variety of nectar and pollen

sources.

8. Provide a bowl of water from which the bees can drink. Place broken twigs in the bowl so that the bees can climb

out of the water if they fall in.

If you would be interested in visiting beehives and/or would like to know how you can become a beekeeper, please

contact Bee Together.