Honey Gardens: The hives at Thistle Hill

Mission

to educate people about the importance of honey bees, and their relatives in the order Hymenoptera, for the pollination of food and flowers

to help provide the bees and other pollinators with more nectar and pollen, food for their families and community

to support the understanding that the collective power of many people to plant for the bees will make a difference in the health of our land and communities

to provide practical ideas on what may be planted for the bees, and to be a forum for exchanging these ideas with those in the Champlain Valley and beyond