The City of Lethbridge has officially been declared a Bee City by Bee City Canada.
The timing couldn’t be better either as this week is International Pollinator Week. Bee City is a program with Pollinator Partnership Canada, a national organization that’s dedicated to protecting and promoting pollinators and their ecosystems by means of conservation, education, and research.
By being a Bee City, one of the commitments is various opportunities for residents to connect with educational activities in relation to pollinators for International Pollinator Week which is from June 19th to 25th.
The Helen Schuler Nature Centre will have various resources available including the current exhibition titled ‘Sustain-o-topia: thriving in our Changing Climate’ which encourages visitors to do activities that are designed to help improve the community for both residents and wildlife.
“It is amazing to see how inspired visitors are with each of the different takeaways available at the Action Station,” says Paige Rosner, Environmental Education & Community Projects Lead at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre.
“We are excited to feature many of our pollinator resources during this important international week.”
The Pollinator Cafe program has also been bought back, which features QR codes on planters around the city that provide links to information on citizen science programs in relation to monitoring pollinator populations and health. the codes also have some planting guides that are also available for residents to download.