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HOW POLLINATORS UNDERPIN FOOD SECURITY, BIODIVERSITY AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS
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Educators
The Australian Curriculum aligned
“Love Food? Love Bees!”
units explore the importance of bees and enables students to take real and bee-friendly action in their community.
Students
Our Digital Libraries are perfect for remote learning and home schooling. These are all designed to entertain and inform at every turn.
The toolbox is divided into Early Learning, Primary and Secondary levels and is brilliant for projects, research and further learning.
Community
Useful resources to go about planting for pollinators. Ideal for Local Government, Sustainability Officers, Land Developers, Landscape Architects, Community Groups, Businesses and Individuals.
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Planting a Bee Friendly Garden
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FOR EDUCATORS
Love Food? Love Seeds!
Cool.org Curriculum Resources
The Australian Curriculum aligned “Love Food? Love Bees!” units explore the importance of bees to enable students to take real and bee-friendly action in their community.
Australian Native Bees for Years 4,5,6 & 7 supports students to discover the remarkable diversity and adaptations of native bees, understand the relationship between native bees and flowering plants, appreciate the important role of pollinators in healthy ecosystems and take meaningful action to support native bees in their homes, schools and communities.
Love Food? Love Seeds! Early Learning is designed to help connect children to the wonders of the natural world through sensory and play-based learning.
Love Food? Love Bees! Years 5 & 6 supports students to inquire into the role of bees in the ecosystem and what makes them flourish as pollinators.
Love Food? Love Bees! Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Years 9 & 10 supports students to inquire into the relationships between agriculture, food security and bees. Students develop an understanding of bees and how their role as pollinators is pivotal to human food production.
FOR STUDENTS
Cool.org Curriculum Resources
Our Digital Libraries
Find video clips, documentaries, images, articles, stories and news for each major topic, all designed to entertain and inform at every turn.
The toolbox is divided into Early Learning, Primary and Secondary levels and is brilliant for projects, research and further learning.
And best of all it’s ALL FREE!!. If you have any cool information for us to include please let us know. We love your ideas.
FOR THE COMMUNITY
Ginninderry Conference - Planning for Pollinators in Urban Design
In April 2021, we hosted a successful conference that brought together professionals from urban design, landscape architecture, planning and development, as well as representatives from government and industry. The conference explored the role of pollinator-friendly planting in creating more sustainable, biodiverse and productive urban environments.
ANBG Conference - Maximising Biodiversity by Supporting Pollinators
On 22 February 2020, ACT for Bees and Other Pollinators and Landcare ACT hosted an event at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, exploring the vital role pollinators play in maintaining biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. Held in the aftermath of Australia’s devastating 2019–20 bushfire season, the event brought attention to the importance of protecting pollinators at a time when natural habitats and wildlife had suffered significant losses.
How to spot Australian native bees
Join Julie from ACT for Bees for a buzzing video to learn how to spot native bees in the Australian Botanical Gardens! This video focuses on the importance of our native bees and pollinators and shows you the ideal way to spot them in your yard, what to plant to attract them and how to provide their perfect habitat.
Australian Native Bees
Australia has around 2,000 species of native bees, important pollinators of Australian native vegetation and also crops.
The vast majority of Australia’s native bees are solitary species that build individual nests and don’t live in a large colony like the European honeybees.
A female mates with a male early in her life and then goes to create a burrow or find a small cavity or stem to lay her eggs that will develop into larvae and mature into bees. The survival of the species is dependent on the availability of suitable sites for nests and available food (flowers) for food.
Many native bees have a foraging distance of up to 500 metres, compared to a honeybees that can fly 10 kms.
Find out more about the amazing diversity of Australian native bees by visiting these websites:
Posters
Purchase beautiful bee artworks online.
DIY projects
The Pollinator Link® project aims to bring wildlife back to our urban by providing Water, Food and Shelter for birds, butterflies and bees. Your free garden registration will support our work with local councils as well as helping us influence plant nurseries to stock local native species
Pollinator Link® is a non-profit initiative of Mt Gravatt Environment Group.
Books and resources
Educational, entertaining and inspiring books and resources for all ages.