Our interview for this episode is with Sandy Rowley from Beyond Pesticides.
In this podcast we cover:
- The healing benefits of honey
- Why just planting flowers in your garden won’t necessarily help the bees
- Fiends of the Earth Study: Gardeners Beware (2014): Bee-toxic pesticides found in “bee-friendly plants sold at garden centers across the U.S. and Canada
- Friends of the Earth: Growing Bee Friendly Report (2015)
- Why some mulches can be harmful to bees
- Mulches treated with herbicide
How the big box stores are moving away from bee harming pesticides
- The Lowes announcement
- The Home Depot announcement
- The Aldi (parent company of Trader Joe’s) announcement
- Beyond Pesticide’s Bee Protective resource section
- Building your own Bee Hotel
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