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Bee habitats installed to support County resolution <br /> <br />On February 9, 2016, the Board of Ramsey County Commissioners passed a <br />resolution to declare Ramsey County “pollinator-friendly.” The County has since <br />undertaken efforts to educate residents on the importance of pollinator-friendly <br />best practices and garner support of this designation in municipalities within the <br />County. <br /> <br />In response to the County’s efforts, the Parks, Trails and Recreation Committee <br />(PTRC) has collaborated with resident volunteers and the University of Minnesota <br />to install three bee habitats on City park and civic property. Arden Hills is now an <br />active part of this County-wide environmental effort to increase pollinator habitat, <br />increase pollinator forage, decrease toxicity, and raise awareness of these important <br />environmental issues. <br /> <br />Key volunteer expertise <br />The knowledge base and generosity of resident volunteers figures directly in the <br />City’s participation in this initiative. Arden Hills resident Mike Noonan, along with <br />his cousin Andy Murray, who raises bees on a farm in Rice County, worked with the <br />PTRC to bring two honeybee hives to City property. <br /> <br />One hive has been installed in Floral Park to provide natural pollinators for the <br />gardens that City resident Dr. Robert Mullin continues to cultivate. It is set back in a <br />clearing among some trees and bushes approximately twenty feet off of a portion of <br />the walking trail north of the pollinator gardens. <br /> <br />A second hive has been installed at City Hall to further promote growth of local <br />honeybee populations and natural pollinators in the area. The hive is located among <br />the tress and tall wild grasses on the north side of the building and is easily visible <br />from the windowed lobby area. The City plans to create and install signage at both <br />hive locations to make residents aware of the installations and provide additional <br />educational information. <br /> <br />Murray expects to make frequent visits to Arden Hills throughout the summer to <br />check on the bees and maintain the hives. At the end of the summer, he plans to <br />harvest any honey produced and donate a portion of the harvest to the City to do <br />with as they choose. The bees and their hives will then be removed to their winter <br />home in Arkansas. <br /> <br />University bee project <br />In May, a bee nesting block was installed in Crepeau Nature Preserve and is being <br />observed and maintained through the summer by the Minnesota Bee Atlas, a citizen <br />science project of the University of Minnesota Extension. (Although the exact <br />location of the block within Crepeau was not known as Arden Hills Notes went to <br />press, signage will be posted at the site.) <br />
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