Trees for Bees
The Federated Farmers Bee Industry Group has established the ‘Trees for Bees' programme in order to ensure that bees have the opportunity to gather pollen and nectar, providing the vitamins and minerals required to maintain optimum hive strength and a viable pollinated bee force.
Farmers will appreciate that posts and wire offer little to bees and the practice of denuding the countryside of trees, gorse and broom has threatened the health of bees.
The Federated Farmers Bee Industry Group is producing brochures, by region, which make suggestions about what you can plant throughout your farm and along the riparian margins in order to support bee health. The brochure will also include what plants and trees by region are banned by regional councils and highlight those which the bee industry do not want to see planted, including Tutin.
Sustainable farming encourages natural pollination. The honey bee is responsible for over 80 percent of all pollination and relies on programmes such as these.
The national programme brochure is available below.
Regional Brochures
NORTH ISLAND
SOUTH ISLAND
Media Coverage
Bee a hero - Federated Farmers has teamed up with Landcare Research to develop a helpful new plant guide aimed at saving our honey bees. The Trees for Bees guide, an educational tool for rural and urban communities, will be officially launched at the Royal New Zealand Show in Christchurch at 10.30am on Wednesday, 11 November. Read more >>
Creating a buzz to plant trees for bees - Bee a hero and plant trees for bees. That will be the message to rural and urban Nelsonians at a Trees for Bees expo this weekend at the Nelson A&P Show. Read more >>
