Arkearth

Arkearth Arkearth saves bees, butterflies, bats, and other pollinating species via Pollination Accelerators. Restorative Farms: Hatcher Station / Fair Park
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Arkearth is a pollination accelerator for urban farms and community gardens. Overview:
Arkearth is a 501(c)3 nonprofit foundation focused on saving bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, and other pollinators via our unique pollination accelerator projects. Our projects deploy into community gardens, urban farms, schools, universities, corporate campuses, and other locations. Each project is site

surveyed for its unique needs, local plant, animal, and insect life, and how we can best help save pollinating species while increasing food output and providing valuable educational content and experiences for students and volunteers. Our mission is to create a sustainable set of easy-to-manage and track environmental features, including beehives, bat houses, butterfly enclosures, hummingbird feeders, wildflower borders, and highly valuable IoT reporting architecture. Our goal is to increase local pollinators' success, food yields, and plant growth. Studies have shown projects like ours can increase food output by 15% to 30%. In at-risk neighborhoods, we also help to engage more of the residents in community projects, increase property values, and reduce reported crimes. Arkearth is a massive initiative, and our mission is not small in its scope. However, thanks to supporting research, it is doable and scalable, beginning at a local level and with the support of donors, corporate sponsors, and volunteers. Together, we can not only help save the pollinators, but we can help eliminate food deserts and give both nutritional foods and hope to people in local communities. Currently, we have dozens of projects underway with more planned. Our first pollination accelerator projects include the following:

1. Trinity River Audubon Center
3. North Dallas Community Garden Project 2024
4. Fairmont Hotel Dallas Rooftop Garden
5. Fair Park Dallas / Winter 2024

Website
http://www.arkearth.org

What is the human cost of pollinators disappearing? In Nepal, we have an answer.
06/10/2026

What is the human cost of pollinators disappearing? In Nepal, we have an answer.

Crops and flowers rely on them for survival, but wild bees are declining – and crucial nutrients will go missing from our diets as a result

The defunding of federal agri research AND the recent announcement of closing the Beltsville Bee Research Center will ha...
06/09/2026

The defunding of federal agri research AND the recent announcement of closing the Beltsville Bee Research Center will have drastic impacts on not just pollinators, but our own food supply. We shared some dire perspectives with TR!LL 😳🐝

A major federal bee research site is closing, along with other bee-focused programs due to budget cuts in the USDA.

We're going old skool college-level today with a celebration post about Johann Dzierzon from the 1800's - the father of ...
06/05/2026

We're going old skool college-level today with a celebration post about Johann Dzierzon from the 1800's - the father of the modern beehive design. 🐝

He may not look happy, but we're sure his successful research about bees and their lives made everyone else happy. Here's to you, Johann!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Dzierzon

We’ve had so many people interested in our owl houses that we added a new heavier dark wood design you have to check out...
06/03/2026

We’ve had so many people interested in our owl houses that we added a new heavier dark wood design you have to check out! 🦉

Here's a beautiful owl house you'll love as much as our nighttime friends! This Large Dark Wood Owl House is perfect for any yard and can be easily set up and hung on a pole, tree, shed, or tall fence. Owls are wonderful animals that help keep the ecosystem in balance by removing rodents and adding....

2 year old boy asks question which prompts discovery of new kind of worker bee! 🐝
06/03/2026

2 year old boy asks question which prompts discovery of new kind of worker bee! 🐝

Secrets of the hive unlocked thanks to child’s question.

North Texas people! 🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🌛
05/30/2026

North Texas people! 🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🌛

UPDATE JUNE 5, 2026: Moth Night is postponed due to severe weather. 🚨

Due to forecasted thunderstorms Saturday evening, our Moth Night event is being moved to next Saturday, June 13th at 8pm - 10pm. ⛈️

Stay safe and dry this weekend, and we look forward to sharing this magical experience with you next week! 🌙
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Experience the park after dark. 🌙✨

There is a whole world that wakes up just as we’re winding down. Join us for a special Moth Night event as we discover the incredible variety and beauty of moths and nocturnal insects hiding right in our own backyard. Bring a flashlight, your curiosity, and the whole family!

📅 Saturday, June 13th
⏱️ 8:00pm - 10:00pm
📍 Breckinridge Park - West side (parking along Moroney Drive)
🎫 FREE to attend - no registration required

This is a fantastic, hands-on event for families, nature photographers, and curious minds of all ages. We’ll have special lighting setups to attract these fascinating creatures, and local experts on hand to help us identify what we find from Blackland Prairie Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists & North Texas Master Naturalists

With some creativity, you can keep your lawn AND add pollinator habitats and beautiful flowering native plants to your h...
05/28/2026

With some creativity, you can keep your lawn AND add pollinator habitats and beautiful flowering native plants to your home. Arkearth.org/shop

Our Book of the Week is this one! The Compact Garden! It's packed with wonderful tips on growing almost anything in a sm...
05/26/2026

Our Book of the Week is this one! The Compact Garden! It's packed with wonderful tips on growing almost anything in a small space!

Here's a wonderful book on creating a healthy, beautiful garden space ANYWHERE! The Compact Garden instructs you how to turn any small space into a bountiful garden for herbs, fruits, veggies, or simple colorful design. Forget Looksmaxxing, we're Plantmaxxing! Learn about raised beds, vertical farmi...

Don’t make me take you to bee court! 🐝😜
05/24/2026

Don’t make me take you to bee court! 🐝😜

In early medieval Ireland, bees were so valuable that there were actual laws written just for them.

Known as the Bechbretha, or “bee judgments,” these laws date back to around the 7th and 8th centuries and covered everything from stolen hives to bee attacks and even “nectar theft” by neighboring swarms.

If someone claimed your bees were stealing flowers from their land, the law suggested dusting the bees with flour and following the white trail back to their hive.

Bees were legally treated like livestock because honey, wax, and mead were essential to daily life in medieval Ireland. In some cases, compensation for injuries or disputes was literally paid in beehives.

What makes it even more fascinating is that Irish records from over 1,000 years ago mention mass bee die-offs linked to famine and human suffering, showing people already understood how important pollinators were long before modern science confirmed it.

📸: Douai Cuincy Library Network.
📸: National Museum of Antiquities

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