National Pollinator Week is here! If you like to eat, thank a pollinator. Honey bees and dozens of species of native bees are hard at work right now creating the fruits, nuts, and vegetables that make our diets nutritious and flavorful.

And when they're not working food crops, they are busy pollinating the plants that wild animals rely on for food and shelter.

Celebrate with us this week at the Honey Bee Haven's open house on Friday, June 20, from 5:30 to 7pm. We'll have free zinnia seeds for all visitors while they last, honey tasting, and informal tours with experts available to answer your bee and plant questions.

The Honey Bee Haven is a living museum to observe and study bees and the plants that host them

Celebrate bee pollinators at the Haven

To learn more about National Pollinator Week and the amazing bees, here are a few web sites that may be of interest:

National Pollinator Week

National Pollinator Week at the Honey Bee Haven

Learn more about bees: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Bee gardening: UC Davis Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven and UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab

The University of Florida's Native Bee Nest Site project