From Green to Flower
Bakker Goedhart supports the bees
Bees are essential for pollinating food crops and wild plants. But due to pesticides, insufficient nesting facilities and — above all — insufficient food, wild bees are struggling. Creating flower strips ensures that there is enough food for the wild/solitary bee to stay alive. Lots of flower strips, because these bees don't fly far for their food. And preferably with native bloomers, because they are favorites. We would like to contribute to a better living environment for wild bees. That's why we're working with Eric Scholten from Eric's Honing and the Van Groen naar Bloem i.o. foundation to make as many locations as possible bee and insect-friendly.
Sow with flowers
Van Groen naar Bloem aims to literally sow as many lawns and other vacant lots as possible with native flowers. Eric Scholten: “We don't sow for honey bees, but for wild bees — they mainly fly on native flowers. In fact, some species only live 1 or 2 weeks a year and only visit one type of flower.”
Goedhart locations are becoming bee-friendly
There are currently plans to build bee-friendly greenery in Kerkrade, Nieuw-Amsterdam and Wateringen. Hopefully, the first flowers will bloom next spring as food for wild bees and other nectar-loving insects.
In Wateringen, Eric Scholten already has 8 beehives in the front yard near the trucks. Because honeybees fly in circles of up to 3 kilometers, there is already enough food for them, so there is plenty of honey.
Are you there?
Do you also want to do something for the wild bee? Buy honey from Eric's Honey, sow native flowers and stop trimming your ivy — it's just blooming hedera that helps bees get through the winter. And the birds, too.