Earth Day
Every year on April 22 we celebrate nature and inspire our residents to include sustainable habits into their daily routines. This year's theme is Protect our Species. The City of Fort Saskatchewan is working with the community to protect our honey bee and wild native bee populations.
Why we need to protect the Honey Bee
What you need to know about bees and how you can help to protect them (Earth Day Network)
- Bees are indispensable pollinators of ecosystems, plants need bees to pollinate. In fact, 90% of flowering plant species on earth depend on insect pollination. For example: If a honey bee makes 10 trips in a day, within a colony of 25,000 bees, and visits between 50-1,000 flowers —That's a total 250 million flowers pollinated a day!
- Bees are a keystone species, other species depend on them to survive. Many animal species need bees to survive because their food source (nuts, berries, seeds and fruit) relies on insect pollination.
- As pollinators disappear, so does our food source. We cannot survive without bees.
How we can protect the Honey Bee
Did you know you can help support our local bees and other pollinator populations by planting pollinator friendly plants? Our Youth Advisory Club (YAC) , with help from the City, planted a pollinator friendly garden bed in the Jubilee Park Community Garden. Start Your Own Pollinator Garden!
Not much of a green thumb, become a backyard beekeeper instead. Urban beekeeping is a great way to improve plant pollination in backyards across the community. Learn more about our Fort Honey Bee Program.
Did You Know?
Fort Sask Transit |
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Curbside Organics Collection |
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Cigarette Butt Recycling |
We collect cigarette butts and ship to TerraCycle where they're turned into a variety of industrial products and compost. |
Community Gardens |
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Pitch In Week |
Pitch in Week is a national event that runs from April 22 to 29. It's a time when community groups, and residents work together to clean-up their communities. To make it easy, we provide the bags and we'll pick up too! To order your bags, please call: 780-992-6249 |