You don’t need to be a bee keeper, be a keeper of bees…
by making our outdoor spaces a welcoming habitat for both new and existing bees and pollinators. Without bees and other pollinators much of the world’s food supply would end so it’s critical to support these essential links in our global food chain.
Featured News
The Our Garden – Your Future event was held on the 7th of April 2025, at the Box Hill Golf Club. This special night raised awareness and funds for the Rotarians for Bees campaign to promote the importance of bees and other pollinators, and to encourage efforts to boost dwindling numbers and prevent disease.
Rotarians for BEES at the 2023 Rotary International Convention
Rotarians for BEES had a stand at the Rotary International Convention House of Friendship, Melbourne, 27 - 31 May 2023. Enthusiastic participants in the Waggle Dance Challenge at the House of Friendship.
Our Focus
We aim to educate and encourage action to support bees and pollinators and their role in agriculture & horticulture around the world, thus ensuring food security.
Powerful Pollinators
Attract bees and other pollinators to your garden, with strategic planting advice from the Wheen Bee Foundation.
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The Waggle Dance
This dance mimics the extraordinary way honey bees communicate and celebrates bees’ crucial role in pollination and food security.
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Disease - Varroa
Upto date advice on the Varroa mite incursion in NSW and the current eradication efforts by New South Wales Department of Primary Industries.
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What’s causing a buzz in the blog?
Have you ever watched a Waggle Dance?
Here are schoolgirls in the Democratic Republic of Congo replicating how bees show where food can be found. (Thank you, Rotary Ekanga-Mbandaka for facilitating this video!) Come join the buzz when...
Rotary District 9685 Conference
Rotary District 9685 held its conference in the charming town of Cowra NSW 17-19 March. The Rotarians for BEES team had everyone a-buzz with their great bee-themed merchandise (designed by Sue...
The Bacchus Marsh Flower and Garden Show
At the invitation of Donna Martin (current President of Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh and Co-Chair of Environment/Sustainability for District 9800),...
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We would love to hear from you. Whether you’re a Rotarian or not, we need people like you getting involved to help create the awareness to solve the issues faced by our pollinators..