You become a Texas Bee Watcher once you start to be aware of native bees. No club meetings. No officers. No dues. But that doesn't mean you can't do more.
Some Texas Bee Watchers actively work on adding to our list of bee-friendly plants.
Some Texas Bee Watchers actively survey areas and identify native bees in the survey areas. You can survey your yard, a park, a roadside, or a golf course. You decide. Size doesn't matter.
Some Texas Bee Watchers plant bee-friendly gardens. In fact, the goal of Texas Bee watchers for 2010 is to plant 52 Official Bee-Friendly Gardens in Texas. Size doesn't matter here, either. You can plant a garden in your yard, around your mailbox, in a park, in a nature center, or anywhere else you want. Soon I hope to add a link for more information on the Texas Bee Watchers 52 Gardens project for 2010. You'll even be eligible to receive an official Texas Bee Watchers Bee-friendly Garden Certificate if you participate in this program. And I hope to be able to put a photo of your garden on this website. You'll be famous.
Texas Bee Watchers and Waste Management Inc. established and maintain a Bee-Friendly Demonstration Garden at the Austin Community Landfill. While still under development, the Garden is visited by school groups wishing to learn about native bees and other pollinators.
Map to Waste Management Community Landfill Pollinator Garden
I am always glad to have other Texas Bee Watchers at the Austin Community Landfill Garden. There are lots of projects you can be involved with at the garden: watching and identifying bees, caring for plants, planting plants, designing gardens, preparing labels, weeding, leading school groups. If you can think of it, you can do it. Check the website for a calendar of workdays.
Some Texas Bee Watchers continue to increase awareness of native bees by developing talks and entertaining nature and garden groups with tales of native bees in Texas.
Contact beewatchers@mac.com if you would like to schedule a speaker for your club.
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