SAVING THE HONEY :-

Natural Resources Defense Council(USA)
You can help keep bees healthy by making your yard and garden colorful, diverse and pesticide free. Here are some tips on how you can Bee Safe:
~ Bee Native: Use local and native plants in your yard and garden. These plants thrive easily and are well suited for local bee populations, providing pollen and nectar for bees to eat.
~ Bee Diverse: Plant lots of different kinds of plants in your yard. Plant diversity ensures that your garden attracts many different varieties of bees and gives them a range of flowering plants to choose from throughout the year. Make sure your yard plants vary in:
o Color: Bees have good vision and are attracted to several different colors of flowers.
o Shape: Different species of bees are better suited for different shapes of flowers. Give your bees some variety!
o Flowering times: Having a sequence of plant species that flower throughout the year helps sustain the food supply and attract different species of bees.
~ Bee Open to Pollen: Pollen is bee food. Genetically engineered pollen-free plants trick bees into thinking they’ll find food, and then leave them hungry. (Don’t worry, flower pollen isn’t a big contributor to most people’s allergies.)
~ Bee Pesticide Wary: There are many natural methods to control pests in your garden. Researchers believe pesticides are a contributing factor to Colony Collapse Disorder. Moreover, some insecticides are harmful to bees and wipe out flowers that provide bees with food. If you must, use targeted pesticides and spray at night ~ when bees aren’t active ~ on dry days.
~ Bee a Hive Builder: Building your own bee hive is easy and fun. Creating a wood nest is a good place to start—wood-nesting bees don’t sting! Simply take a non-pressure treated block of wood and drill holes that are 3/32 inch to 5/16 inch in diameter and about 5 inches deep and wait for the bees to arrive.*