The third Saturday in August is National Honey Bee Day, a day to celebrate honey bees and beekeepers!
Here are a few ways you can help the honey bees:
- Plant bee-friendly flowers and flowering herbs in your garden and yard. Check out the Xerces Society website to search native, pollinator-friendly plants for your state.
- Let the weeds grow – you may not like them, but bees love them! Reduce the use of pesticides to treat your lawn or garden while flowers are in bloom. Acetic acid concentrations above 10% are toxic to bees and other beneficial insects. The Xerces Society recommends applying organic pesticides at night to reduce exposure to beneficial insects, which are mostly active during the day.
- Bees are thirsty. Put a shallow basin of fresh water with marbles or rocks in it for the bees to land on outside your home.
- Donate to an organization dedicated to helping protect and promote honey bees and other pollinators. We recommend Project Apis m. who fund research and directs strategic efforts focused on practical solutions improving honey bee health and vitality and Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, an international nonprofit organization that protects the natural world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.
- Support beekeepers by purchasing honey! Learn more about the Casa Quirk honey bees.
Thank you for your support!
Casa Quirk 
10/13/23 – P.E.O. Chapter JK Glen Ellyn- Thank you. Stephanie and Brian- for the wonderful presentation on bee keeping and the up close look at a honey bee hive/habitat. All our members in our group are still talking about how informative and insightful your bee keeping presentation was and how your business is leading the way to keeping our ecosystem humming… and buzzing! 🐝 We are all “a buzz” about your wonderful honey products! They are so tasty!
It is so great to have bee keeping in DuPage County and to have local honey to enjoy! You both are so accomplished in so many ways! Sue Cristiano
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