Join Rowse this September to #FeedTheBees and GROW WILD!
Rowse Honey has launched its #FeedTheBees campaign to help all the different varieties of bees and pollinators, including honeybees!
Honey bees are just one of the many pollinators that give us the colourful and delicious fresh food we eat, but so many of us are either unaware of just how valuable they are, or don’t know how we can lend a hand to help. That’s why Rowse are on a mission to help protect and save the incredible honey bees through our Hives For Lives programme of vital initiatives.
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Together with their partners, Rowse are passionately striving to inspire the next generation of bee farmers, fund vital research into bees and offer beekeeping as a sustainable pathway out of poverty in Ethiopia. But how you can help?
Rowse are calling on you to #FeedTheBees and grow wild… specifically, find a pot, patch or planter at home that you can use to let some wildflowers grow. The best part is, they’ll even send you wildflower seed balls for free, including chamomile, corn marigold, common poppy and oxeye daisy! Even though so many of us prefer the uniformity of one or two flowers in garden borders, bees adore the mix.
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Wildflowers are full of nectar and pollen, which bees need to eat, pollinate crops and other flora, as well as make our delicious amber nectar of course. But also, wildflowers are ideal as bees love bright flowers of varied heights, and the fact that they bloom from March to October – a bee’s busiest time of the year – is the honey on top.
The best part is, they’ve made it easy to get involved; just follow these simple steps:
1. Fly over to http://feedthebees.rowsehoney.co.uk/ and click on SEND ME SEEDS
2. Enter your details
3. When your package arrives, scatter the seeds and watch them grow!
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And while you’re there, why not make your way around Rowse’s Hive of Helpful Resources, from how to sow and grow at home, the power of wildflowers for bees and 11 delicious wildflowers to feed our bees. Plus, they have some sweet guides including ‘natural gardening’ from our Gardening Expert, Mr Plant Geek, as well as a video on how you can help feed the bees in the colder months from their bee buddy Arthur Parkinson.
If you’ve done all that, spread awareness by filling social with acres of emoji flowers. Rowse have some colourful options on their site or go crazy with your own design. Just make sure you tag @rowsehoneyuk and include #FeedTheBees!
It’s time we helped the bees… will you be one of their bee buddies?
Hope Wilson
I love travelling and food- so it's a good job I'm the travel and cookery editor for My Weekly! I also get involved with the real life section of the magazine as helping people share their story is one of my passions.
