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These guides will give you step-by-step instructions on how to organise your own workshops. Each one will help support the survival of bees. 

Text:  Jessica Massucco, Jesus de la Hoz, Ines Cilka, Lira Hakani

Design and Photography:  Jessica Massucco

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Puppet Theatre for Bees: Script

Puppet Theatre of Bees Puppets:

• Bear
• Blue Flower
• Woodpecker
• Flowers

Urban Beekeeping: Example Letter to Beekeeper

Guerrilla Gardening: Inspiration

Guerrilla Gardening: Where to plant

Urban Gardening: Where to put plants

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Follow the news about planting actions here and get inspired.

"Vanishing of the Bees" movie screening

On the 3rd of July 2014 YEE organized a screening of the documentary "Vanishing of the Bees". The event was aiming to promote awareness on the disappearance of massive colonies of bees all around the world. After the documentary the participants were invited to take part in an informal discussion in a friendly atmosphere with snacks and drinks.

If you like bees, you can also organise an event to raise awareness about the problem of our small friends!

Spontaneous Plantings across Europe

YEE members continue to make small planting actions across Europe to support the survival of bees. Every action makes a difference! Here's a photo of The Right to Be(e)'s flag flying proudly in the garden.

Family Planting in Walmsburg, Germany

On a beautiful sunny day in April 2013 I had a small planting action in the little village Walmsburg. Two of my brothers, my mother and I, planted some bee-flowers at the edge of our farm. We sowed Lacy Facelia, Calendula and Malva in the ground. We gave them water and now we are looking every day after them and hoping that they will grow up and bloom in a few month and give nectar to the bees.

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Earth Day: Bee Info and Planting workshop in Prague, Czech Republic

On 20 April 2013 the YEE team took part in the Earth Day celebrations on Toulcuv Dvur.  We organised an informational stand with interesting games, facts and cartoons about bees. We also painted small bees on our faces and everyone who wanted to have one too.

The highlight of our day was sowing the seeds of Lacy phacelia (or Svazenka vraticolista in Czech). These flowers are favourites among local bees who like to pollinate them and produce tasty honey. The planting was very easy and a lot of fun: we just took handfuls of seeds and scattered them around the small field on the farm. Then we only had to work a bit with a rake and hope that the seeds will stay in the soil and grow to be nice purple flowers.

See the photogallery here.

There is so much about bees on the internet. Take your time and find out more about them!

News and articles about bees: 

'Victory for bees' as European Union bans neonicotinoid pesticides blamed for destroying bee population

Bee deaths: EU delays action on pesticides ban

Pesticide makes bees forget the scent for food, new study finds

Neonicotinoid pesticides 'damage brains of bees'

What is the value of bees?

Bees infographic

British Beekeepers Assosiation

Making a bee-friendly garden

How to build a bee house

Bee venim can kill HIV, study says

How you can prevent the collapse of the BEE-cosystem

10 days for a pesticide-free spring!

European agriculture at risk: time to ban bee-killing pesticides

Movies and videos about bees:

Green infrastructure – Building blocks of modern life

Burt talks to the Bees

Vanishing of the Bees (official website)

More than Honey (official website)

A plea for bees (TED talk)

Every city nees healthy honey bees (TED talk)

Gardening tips

Sowing seeds

The Right to Be(e) campaign aims to support the survival of bees. 

It was created in 2012 to attract more attention to the disappearance and well-being of bees in Europe. Its first activities started in 2013, when YEE encouraged people across Europe to plant bee-friendly flowers in a planting flashmob on Earth Day. 

This year we will continue with the campaign. You can find out more information about The Right to Be(e) campaign 2017 here. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join! It is a perfect example of the philosophy: Think Globally, Act Locally.

What you can do to help the bees:

• Organise local planting actions
• Green up your cities
• Spread news about bees in your local communities
• Support local beekeepers
• Campaign against pesticides
• Rejoice in your love for bees!

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Keep the planet buzzing. Donations will be spent on bee workshops in Prague, YEE's headquarters.

We are recruiting bee campaigners to make a local actions in their own communities! We are creating interactive workshop guides for our campaigners. Sign up here!

  
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