Plates to benefit Texas honey bees

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Texas loves honey bees! The Texas Honey Bee Education Association(THBEA) recently introduced a new way for Texans to support education and research programs dedicated to preserving and protecting honey bees. The new THBEA “Love Honey Bees” license plate is now available for sale online and in county tax assessor offices where license plates are sold and renewed across the state.

The license plates are available for cars, trucks, motorcycles, trailers, and RVs at a cost of $30 per year. This annual fee is in addition to the regular registration costs. For every license plate purchased $22 will go to the THBEA for youth and beekeeper education programs, information resources for farmers and the general public, and research programs to improve honey bee health and longevity. You do not have to wait until receiving your renewal notice. You may order your “Love Honey Bees” license plate at any time and the cost will be prorated. To purchase the plate online go to www.txdmv.gov/motorists/license-plates or visit your local tax assessor office.

“We’re pleased to be able to offer a way for Texans to show their care and concern for honey bees,” said Roger Farr, Chairman of the THBEA Board which championed the new plate. “We hope honey bee loving Texans will buy the plate and bring visibility to much needed honey bee research and education efforts for this very important insect.”

The Texas Honey Bee Education Association is a controlled entity of the Texas Beekeepers Association (TBA).

Read more: https://starlocalmedia.com/mesquitenews/news/plates-to-benefit-texas-honey-bees/article_d74a9308-ed54-11ea-944d-dba53f07a5af.html

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1. 🐝 Bee the change you want to see!

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2. FLOTUS Lady Bird Johnson is well known for her pioneering native plant

and wildflower conservation projects, and her legacy also includes pollinator conservation.


https://www.wildflower.org/project/pollinator-conservation
"Native pollinators—bees, butterflies, moths, bats and birds—play a critical role in sustaining ecosystems and provide essential services to American agriculture (estimated at as much as $9 billion annually).

Yet pollinators are in trouble. More than 50 native bees are in documented decline, with nine critically imperiled, including the Franklin’s bumble bee. Another iconic North American pollinator—the monarch butterfly—is in severe decline, down from a billion monarchs 20 years ago to 35 million today. Research shows that native pollinators can be two to three times as effective at pollinating agricultural crops as non-native honeybees.

Native pollinators need native plants and natural landscapes to survive. The Wildflower Center helps by:

Creating pollinator habitats in urban planned landscapes such as at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas and the Mission Reach on the San Antonio River
Helping gardeners find thousands of plants that sustain bees and butterflies
Educating school groups, parents and children about native pollinators and the plants that they needSupporting pollinators on our 279 acres in Austin
Providing sustainably grown native plants at plant sales for homeowners to create pollinator-friendly gardensConserving seeds of important pollinator plants for future use and research
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Support Monarchs Through Project Milkweed
Become a Milkweed Grower
Join the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
How Pollinators Help Cotton Farmers
Browse Pollinator-Friendly Plants by Region or Insect