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Ridgwood NJ, on Friday while working on Collingwood Road in Ridgewood, Dave’s Tree Service encountered a large hive inside a huge tree limb. Realizing it was a colony of honey bees, they carefully made the cut, safely placed the swarm in their truck, and transported it to Dave’s Tree Service yard.
Do you know the important role that pollination plays in our environment and food chain? From honey bees to bats, hummingbirds to beetles, many creatures are involved in the process of transferring pollen from one flower or plant to another—and without this critical process, we wouldn’t have the fruits, vegetables, oils, and other products we rely on for sustenance.
Continue reading 6 Facts That You Didn’t Know About Pollination
If we want to support pollination of Bees, then why do we have to:
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a) join an organization (Bee City USA),
b) PAY Annual Fees
c) make financial, time and resource commitments (including land)
d) annually send reports to Bee City USA (which requires allocating time resources and personnel)
e) commit to creating and maintain a National Pollinator Week celebration (again requiring time, resources and personnel)
f) create and maintain Bee City publicity and promotion including maintaining a web page/site and actual physical signage in the village
g) create and maintain a “comprehensive Bee Plan” with restrictions/requirements on type and quantity of plants, minimal use of pesticides, tracking of pollinators, leaving acerage undisturbed (unmowed, non-removal of dead or fallen trees, non-removal of leaves, etc) and more restrictions/requirements
f) BE REQUIRED TO REPORT OUR COMPLIANCE AND PROGRESS (increase of bee acreage) to an outside organization annually (Bee City USA).
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WHY do we need to be bound to all of these items?
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IF Ridgewood wants to be more “Bee Friendly” then why can’t we just adopt our own agenda and implement all or none of it on our own pace and schedule?
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WHY the need to tie ourselves (via legal resolution) to a 3rd party organization and be bound and committed to a series of restrictions and requirements that MAY or MAY NOT be beneficial to Ridgewood?