Native Bees

We at Your Business Our World use a "Bee" as our symbol for circularity, sustainability, that we are all dependent on one another.  We are not Beekeepers, hardly know anything about beekeeping, but we do know that making honey is a complicated process, from the bees to the beekeepers. 

With that in mind, it was brought to our attention that we should also highlight about native bees, so we want to be sure that we bring attention to them. 

Native bees, include Bumble Bees, Orchard Mason Bees, Carpenter Bees and others.  The Virginia Cooperative Extension out of Virginia Tech University has a great short pdf file about Virginia native bees.  Native bees are important pollinators for fruits and vegetables.

Many thank-yous to the Virginia Cooperative Extension for their information.  The Virginia Cooperative Extension is a great resource for agriculture and natural resource questions (they also handle the Master Gardener program) as well as having outreach for Family & Consumer sciences, Community Viability (teaching leadership etc) and the 4-H program here in Virginia.