Save the Bees WNY & Cherish the Trees

05/07/2025

Consider rethinking your mowing habits this spring to help pollinators. You can set your blades high to leave low flowers and mow every 2 weeks instead of every week perhaps.

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04/15/2025

Did you know that some bees move in to the stems left in your garden? Check out this video to learn more about creating bee habitat in your yard:

Discover how to protect pollinators like native bees in your garden! 🐝🌼 Gardening for pollinators isn’t just about flowers—it’s also about stems. Many nati...

04/11/2025

You can help protect bee populations by purchasing ethically sourced local honey. Check out the honey options or bee-themed gifts at the Made for Good Shop at 7 Warren Ave., Kenmore, NY. https://www.villageofkenmore.com/made-for-good-shop.html Open 3-7 pm Tues-Fri or 10 am to 3 pm on Saturdays.

04/09/2025

Happy Earth Month! It's cold outside, but its not too early to start planning your garden or even start seedlings indoors. Bees like white, yellow, purple, and blue blooms that are highly fragrant, so plant some this year and watch our buzzing friends visit your garden! Visit https://www.savethebeeswny.com for more tips.

Welcome to Save the Bees Western New York and thank you for buzzing by! Here you can learn all about trees, take the pledge to love the tree in front of your place, and even name your tree! You can...

05/15/2022

We weeded, tended, and planted the Point Gardens at the Village Green today as well as the Library Garden. It was six hours of hard at it gardening by six KVIS volunteers! Plus the many trips out to Spoth Farm on Tonawanda Creek Road for the plants, this was many hours of work. The KVIS pays for all the plants at the Point Gardens but the Library Board reimburses us for the plants there. We hope that the gardens give your joy when you go by them and that you know that Kenmore truly is a place where love and kindness grow. A BIG thank you to todays planters: Rich, Michael, Ashlie, Nancy, Frank, Melissa, and Sarah the dog. 🙂

04/04/2022

We are pleased to let you know that we have won a grant to help support the work of Save the Bees WNY! We'll be sharing the buzz about this with you soon. Until then, make sure to become a Bee Ambassador and help your friends and family members become one too.

Bee Ambassadors pledge to: · Help raise awareness about the plight of bees and other pollinators · Plant native and bee friendly plants when possible · Grow more garden and less lawn ...

03/08/2020

The KVIS meets Monday March 9 at 7 pm at Kenmore United Methodist Church, 32 Landers Rd -big church next to the Library. We meet here for the good space and ample parking. Please come -open to anyone who cares about Kenmore. :) Please share if possible. Thanks!

02/07/2020

Bees are most attracted to highly fragrant white, yellow, purple and blue blooms. One of their favorites is phacelia tanacetifolia, also known as Bee's Friend, a non-invasive annual native to WNY (pictured).
Come spring, if you would like some Bee's Friend seeds, please contact us at the Kenmore Village Improvement Society (KVIS). We would be happy to provide them, completely free of charge.