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Beekeeper Interview Series: Part One
WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE BEEKEEPERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY! Learn more about these three special beekeepers and follow their beekeeping...
Abby Radunz
Oct 5, 202310 min read
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Celebrate National Honey Month with Planet Bee!
Ooey Gooey, Sticky and Sweet! Celebrating National Honey Month with Planet Bee Many of us recognize the amber ambrosia that our...
Planet Bee Foundation
Aug 29, 20232 min read
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Congratulations to the 2023 The GIANT Company Healing Our Planet: Beekeepers in Need Grant Recipients
Planet Bee and The GIANT Company have joined forces to launch the 2023 Healing Our Planet Beekeepers in Need Grant Program. This...
Planet Bee Foundation
Jul 25, 20232 min read
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Planet Bee Foundation Receives Grant from the Department of Food and Agriculture for the Pollinator Habitat Program
We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded The 2023 Pollinator Habitat Grant from the California Department of Food and...
Planet Bee Foundation
Jul 1, 20232 min read
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Bees Without Stingers?
When some people think about bees, they imagine of annoying pests with stingers whose purpose is to cause discomfort and annoyance....
Christopher Li
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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The Importance of Eco-Literacy in Schools
It is now more crucial than ever to create awareness about climate change and foster ownership of the environment. Many countries - and...
Planet Bee Foundation
May 2, 20234 min read
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Earth Day 2023: Our Planet is Bee-utiful!
What is Earth Day? The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970, and ever since then, 1 billion people and over 190 countries have come...
Abby Frey
Apr 18, 20232 min read
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What’s the Buzz About Pollinator Gardens?
Everyone is talking about pollinator gardens, so why are they so important? For starters, over ¾ of our food is pollinated by insects and...
Planet Bee Foundation
Mar 31, 20232 min read
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The Sacred Bee: Ancient India
India's oldest sacred book, the Rig-Veda , contains many mentions to bees and honey. This book was probably compiled between 2000 and...
Ayla Fudala
Mar 9, 20234 min read
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The Sacred Bee: The British Isles
Honey harvesting from beehives has been practiced in the British Isles for thousands of years. In the times before the Roman conquest of...
Ayla Fudala
Feb 17, 20232 min read
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The Sacred Bee: Ancient China
We know that bees were plentiful in ancient China, but there are very few mentions of them in record or folklore. The word "feng" was...
Ayla Fudala
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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The Sacred Bee: Ancient Egypt
Bees and Honey in Ancient Egypt It cannot be disputed that the Ancient Egyptians attached great religious and spiritual significance to...
Ayla Fudala
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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The Sacred Bee: Bees in Caveman Times
Have you ever wondered how beekeeping first began? When the earliest humans, living in caves, discovered that the buzzing hive of bees...
Ayla Fudala
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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Looking Back on 2022: Another un-BEE-lievable Year in Review!
In 2022, we continued to provide environmental education to schools and nonprofits for free!
Simona Shur
Dec 17, 20226 min read
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Giving Thanks
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving: a day of joy and gratitude, of celebrating what we have accomplished and giving thanks for the amazing support...
Ayla Fudala
Nov 23, 20222 min read
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BEE-Come a ZomBee Hunter. How Chilling!
With Halloween just around the corner, now would be the perfect time to tell you all about a terrifying phenomenon spreading across the...
Ayla Fudala
Oct 26, 20223 min read
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Wasps and Bees: Differences, Ecosystem and Benefits
Considering that both wasps and bees are brightly-colored flying insects equipped with stingers, it is easy to see how they can be...
Sophie Dutsch-Zdanowicz
Sep 18, 20223 min read
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Bumblebees Love to Play with Wooden Balls
Recent research done at the Queen Mary University of London has documented what might just be the first proof of insects having the...
Sophie Dutsch-Zdanowicz
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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Bees Now Count As Fish in California
In May 2022, California’s Third District Court of Appeal ruled bees can be legally designated as fish. Designed to protect “native...
Sophie Dutsch-Zdanowicz
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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Planet Bee Foundation Making a Difference Together with The GIANT Company
On Monday, June 20, 2022, Planet Bee Foundation celebrated #NationalPollinatorWeek with The GIANT Company as they unveiled two new...
Debra Tomaszewski
Jul 30, 20222 min read
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