Save the Honey Bee - Save the Ice Cream!

Save the Honey Bee - Save the Ice Cream!

Ok...just a little play on a TV show I got into a year or two ago called Heros. Their tag line was "Save the cheerleader, Save the world".

My tag line is much, much more real. Do you like Ice Cream? Well then, you better start thinking about how we are going to save the Honey Bee population.



I was searching things online and came across Help The Honey Bees website which was put together by the Haagen Dazs ice cream people. The website is a ton of fun and has a lot of various factoids about how important the Honey Bee is to the pollination process of fruit. (Which by the way is used in many flavors of ice cream!)

At any rate, I have bee-gun (man, there are so many plays on words with honey bees!) exploring ways I can help and have put together a little list for you to consider:

1. Stop using pesticides on your lawn - I know you hate dandelions and those little white clovers. Well, the fact of the matter is that honey bees need those flowers to live. Kill those flowers and you will kill the bees. Kill the bees and you ruin ice cream. Do you want to be an ice cream killer?
2. Get a Beehive - Do you know that even in the city you can have a beehive? There are beehives all through NYC, Paris, etc. They are everywhere. In fact, having a beehive in the city is a bit easier then if you had a spread of land in the sticks. In the city you do not have to worry about bears and the like getting into your stash. Plush honey makes a great gift. You will not get rich owing a beehive, but you will have a great gift to give you and you will be doing your part to save ice cream!
3. Don't Kill Them - OK, sounds like another pesticide thing, but here I am really talking about hiring an exterminator to get rid of a beehive near your house. There is a much better alternative! You can call the Back Yard Beekeeping Association and they can get one of their members to come out and get your bees. This is actually a win-win. You get rid of bees that you do not want and the beekeeper gets a new hive for free!
4. Educate Others - Most of us love ice cream...so tell someone you know how important honey bees are to this tasty treat.