Save the date! Saturday May 24th for World Bee Day Canberra celebrations 2025
May 24
Stay tuned for World Bee Day celebrations Saturday May 24th coming soon!
or create an event yourself!
Groups
Kindergartens, schools, gardening clubs and other community groups may like to join in by organising a local Bee Day activity such as:
- Visiting or hosting a beekeeper to become acquainted with their work
- Learning about honey and hive products
- Learning about nectar-bearing plants
- Setting up a bee hive or native bee hotel in your home garden, yard, terrace, etc.
- Preparing a breakfast that contains honey and other hive products
- Organising art competitions on the topic of beekeeping and pollinators
Individuals
Every individual can contribute to the preservation of bees and other pollinators:
- Plant nectar-bearing flowers for decorative purposes on balconies, terraces, and gardens.
- Buy only Australian made honey and hive products
- Raise awareness among children and adolescents on the importance of bees and express your support for beekeepers.
- Set up a pollinator farm or ‘bee hotel” on your balcony, terrace, or garden; you can either make it yourself or buy one from selected gardening stores.
- Mow your lawn or nature strip in the evening when bees are no longer foraging.
- Encourage mixed species lawns and nature strips that include clover and other flowers and allow them to flower before mowing.
- Substitute your grass-based lawns or nature strips with food producing plants that feed bees and people.
- Support farmers using sustainable methods of agriculture which is healthier for us and for soil, water, biodiversity and the climate.