Dear Bennington Beekeepers,

Happy Summer!

Please be aware that our next meeting will be (pending weather): August 8, a picnic and bee-yard visit at Jeanne's home on Pratt Road in Pownal,VT, at 4 PM. Bring a dish to share and a veil. Another announcement with more information will follow before the event. 

In the meantime, NPR's Living on Earth series did a segment on Turning Backyards Into Pollinator Heavens.

" Recent studies show insect populations are in sharp decline, and as many as

 40% of insects may be facing extinction in the coming decades. That

 includes critical pollinator species such as bees, which play an essential

 role in ecosystems as well as our food system. Now lawmakers in Minnesota

 have approved a new program that pays homeowners to convert their lawns to

 pollinator-friendly habitat. Host Bobby Bascomb talked with Sarah Foltz

 Jordan, a Senior Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Xerces

 Society, about what people can do to make their own yards more pollinator-friendly."

 You can listen to the segment at this link:

https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=19-P13-00026&segmentID=7