September is National Honey Month! Now is a better time than ever to teach your kids the importance of protecting beekeepers and pollinators. Find out how you can celebrate National Honey Month and do your part in feeding the bees!

This post was created in collaboration with Feed A Bee in celebration of National Honey Month. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.

Feed A Bee

Bayer has been supporting bee and pollinator health for 30 years. One of the many ways they do that is through the Feed a Bee program. Bees need diverse food just like we do. They gather pollen and nectar as food sources from flowers—and one of the biggest challenges facing bees today is finding enough food. Feed a Bee recently announced it has funded organizations in all 50 states that want to plant forage for pollinators in their local communications. Honey bees play an important role in pollinating many of our fruits, nuts, and vegetables which help contribute to a healthy diet. Since bees are so important to agriculture, we all need to do our part to help them thrive.

How can you help?

Helping bees and pollinators isn’t hard at all! All you need to do is be willing to plant gardens and wildflowers at your home! By doing our part in planting we are providing the food bees need to keep pollinating! Much of our diet relies on pollinators like bees and butterflies. Whether you own acres of land or just a flower pot on your back deck, everyone can help “feed a bee” by planting forage for pollinators.

Planting Bee Friendly Wildflowers

My children love learning new things and jumped at the idea of this new exciting project! We decided to give our porch a little extra love and find some new bee friendly wildflowers to plant. We went to our local garden center and looked for some bee friendly wildflowers to plant while teaching the kids about the importance of bees. One thing they definitely grasped was their love of honey and the need for bees!!

Feed A Bee sent us this adorable chart that showed the kids which of our foods benefited from pollinators and the importance of us doing our part. It was so fascinating for them to realize that planting wildflowers was more than just a way to make our porch pretty, but a way to do our part in helping beekeepers and pollinators.

Bee Friendly with Your Kids

I love creating fun opportunities to make memories with my children and teach them something new. Jumping in on the Feed A Bee initiative is such a fun and easy way to teach our kids something new and enjoy making some lasting memories. Be sure to read more about Feed A Bee and see how you can get involved during National Honey Month…and all year long!