Greening Up My Act
For skeptics of sustainable products, learn how to spot greenwashing in the wild. This sustainability podcast is hosted by two marketing writers — Kat and Tiff — who reveal the sneaky tactics brands use so you can avoid getting tricked by green hooey.
Greening Up My Act
Are Bee Hotels Worth the Space in Your Garden?
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Kat Cox & Tiffany Verbeck
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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This week on your favorite sustainability podcast, Tiffany teaches Kat about bee hotels and whether they're really saving the right bees. Watch out for tarantula hawks and the Wasp Surprise!
Sources:
- UC Davis on ‘beewashing’: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=30929
- Scientific journal PLOS One study on bee hotels: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122126
- Xerces Society: We should focus on habitat, not honey bees: https://www.xerces.org/blog/want-to-save-bees-focus-on-habitat-not-honey-bees
- “Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are”: https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2023/1/19/23552518/honey-bees-native-bees-decline
- University of Minnesota Extension: Wasps are passive pollinators: https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-news/wasps-are-gardeners-friend
- Songbird Essentials Bee Hotel: https://nature-niche.com/products/bee-insect-hotel
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Intro
Swapping wasp stories (skip this if you're afraid of wasps!)
Who are we?
Sources
What are bee hotels?
Honeybees vs native bees
What eco-friendly claims do bee hotels make and do they live up to them?
The Wasp Surprise!
Five most important elements of a proper bee hotel
Is this something a normal person could do/afford?
Does the earth-friendly message need to come back to earth?
TLDR/Granola Rating
Next week: Xeriscaping
