Why Keep Bees? [backup]

If you like thriving gardens, biology, nature, and helping the community and environment,
keeping bees can be a deeply satisfying hobby.

As you’ve no doubt heard and read, pollinators are experiencing unprecedented decline. The reasons why are many, but interest in backyard, rooftop, and hobby beekeeping is growing because of it. One way to provide garden and community pollination is by keeping honeybees. In addition to interacting with these amazing creatures and fostering these pivotal pollinators, hive by-products are a major bonus to keeping bees. Honey, when conservatively harvested, will leave enough stores for the bees to survive on through the winter, while giving your family a good amount for eating and cooking. Additionally wax can be harvested for candles, balms, and other body products.

HONEYBEE ILLUSTRATION

Keeping bees is an amazing experience; enlightening, humbling, educational, and rewarding. Beekeeping supports community pollination, food supplies, and fosters bee populations outside of the commercial beekeeping industry. Below are BEE BUILT's top four reasons for keeping bees.

POLLINATION

pollination

POLLINATION

Bees perform approximately 80% Of all pollination worldwide.

An infographic of pollination statistics

HONEYBEE DECLINE

HONEYBEE DECLINE

4 MOST LIKELY CAUSES OF HONEYBEE AND POLLINATOR DECLINE

Pesticide poisoning from an onslaught of toxic insecticides used on field crops and home gardens.

MASS USE OF DANGEROUS
PESTICIDES

Climate change disrupts the timing between bees and bloom; e.g.: When bees come out of hibernation, important flowers they need to start the season are not available as a food supply.

constant change in
CLIMate

Tenacious parasites like Varroa mites and small hive beetles can take heavy tolls on colonies, as can diseases such as Nosema and American Foulbrood.

rapidly spreading pests &
DISEASES

Behemoth, single-crop plantings create food deserts for bees and other pollinators unable to thrive on a single food supply. Diversity of vegetation is key to a healthy bee habitat.

INCREASE OF
monoculture

HONEY

HONEY

Infographic on honey

RAW HONEY

VS.

PasteurizeD

Infographic on honey pasteurization.

FUN

FUN

Infographic on why beekeeping can be fun!
Reasons why beekeeping benefits your community.

COMMUNITY

Reasons why beekeeping benefits your health.

HEALTH &
WELLNESS

Some alcoholic beverages you can make with honey!

MEAD
(honey, water & yeast)

Bees are easily amongst the most important insects to humans on Earth.

These humble, buzzing bugs deserve a huge thanks!
You can help keep bees alive and safe by having a beehive in your backyard, balcony or rooftop.


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