It is National Pollinator Week, and we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate and give thanks to the pollinators who keep our farm full of fruits and vegetables! Usually we would be having a day full of activities on the farm, but we will be shifting our efforts online this year due to COVID-19. We’ll be talking to our friends from Sweet Grass Roots Collective and Toronto Beekeepers Collective from 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM on Saturday, June 27 on our Instagram Live (@BlackCreekCommunityFarm).
If you can’t tune in, feel free to take a look through the following resources to learn more about honey bees, native pollinators, and the politics of beekeeping.
Recording of BCCF 2020 Virtual Pollinator Day
Teachings from Joce of Sweet Grass Roots Collective
“The colonial flight of the honey bee”
FoodShare and Toronto Beekeepers Collective’s Apitherapy Webinar featuring Oliver Couto
FoodShare and Toronto Beekeepers Collective’s Secret Lives of Bees Webinar featuring Allan Phillips
“Talking to a Black Woman Beekeeper about the American Ideal”
“Detroit’s urban beekeepers are transforming the city’s vacant lots”
“Canada protects honey bees but native bee species are becoming endangered”
“Give bees a chance: Why we can’t afford to lose our native pollinators”