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Communities in Bloom Symposium September 14, 2017
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What Affects Honey Bee Health?
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Honey Bee Populations Rising
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What is Bees Matter?
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Bees Matter is an initiative to restate agriculture’s commitment to honey bees and bring knowledge to the Canadian public about how they can get
involved and help honey bees thrive.
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Our Members
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Buzzing Gardens and Partnerships
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Buzzing Gardens
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• Over 185,000 seed kits distributed since 2015
• More than 84,000 seed kits given out in 2017, more then double the amount given out in both 2015 and 2016
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A continued relationship with Communities in Bloom
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Communities in Bloom is a has been one of the Buzzing Gardens most essential partners, engaging Canadians from coast-to-coast
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National Planting Week
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National Planting Week
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• Over 11,000 seed kits distributed during National Planting Week
• Events in Stratford, Ontario as our designated National Planting Week ambassadors
• Reaching more Canadians by working with Breakfast Television spokesperson Frankie Flowers, and celebrate Canada 150
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