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June 17 Meeting Information

  • 05/20/2025 2:53 PM
    Message # 13501333
    CHRISTINA ANDERSON (Administrator)

    Raise Native Bees in your own backyard...

    Justina Block, Owner & Founder of Osmia Bee 

    Justina began raising solitary native bees more than 15 years ago. As an enthusiast turned advocate and now business owner, Justina is the founder of the Osmia Bee Company and produces sustainable homes for the world’s most powerful pollinators: bees! Through education and advocacy, Osmia Bee Company's mission is to provide communities with the power to help save the bees in their own backyards. She is proud to be on the NAPPC ( North America Pollinator Protection Campaign) Pollinator Communication Task Force and The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Horticulture Committee. 

    What you will learn: Exploring the beauty and bounty of native bees in the Cincinnati/Kentucky area. Attendees will learn about the diversity of sizes, colors, and lifestyles of bees in Ohio/Kentucky  and why they are important to the health of the ecosystem. Justina will explain how to distinguish between bees, wasps, and flies and ways you can encourage native bees to nest in your backyard. 

    Osmia Bee | Raise Native Bees in your own Backyard


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