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Consider installing nesting boxes for wild bees in your garden, and you could even make your own with these fun DIY bee boxes. Then turn the whole project into a fun experiment by encouraging your kids to keep an eye on the boxes and record any pollinator activity they see. There are plenty of reasons to families to support organic and sustainable agriculture, not least concerns about pesticide residues in our food and environment. But with concerns mounting about the impact on bees of neonicotinoid pesticides , habitat loss and other practices associated with industrial agriculture, helping your kids to help bees should also mean introducing them to farmers who farm responsibly.

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Does that mean you have to eat percent organic? Absolutely not — but why not start by taking a trip to the local farmers market and getting to know the farmers in your community? While you are at it, why not ask them what they are doing to keep pollinators safe? Bees are a farmer's best friend.

Most growers will be delighted to talk about what they are doing to help. As a failed beekeeper myself, I do not encourage you to take this step lightly. There are plenty of things you can do to help bees without setting foot near a hive.