The Bee Squad

Boosting biodiversity in your neighbourhood

Judy Friedlander

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NewSouth Publishing
01 February 2025

Conservation of wildlife & habitats; Wildlife (Children's&YA); Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's&YA)

Children around Australia are taking charge. Come and join the revolution!

From Dunsborough on the coast of Western Australia to Sydney's suburbs, young people are discovering nature in their neighbourhoods and setting up nesting boxes for birds, cleaning up waterways, planting to attract bees and koalas and building insect hotels. They're learning about the amazing native species around them and finding ways to protect them.

The Bee Squad will inspire you take part in these exciting adventures and projects that support threatened species by doing things like:

learning how to put together a nature sleuth toolkit planting to attract pollinators using the tally sheet to record flora and fauna sightings following the tips to ace your wildlife photography building your very own insect hotel

The best part is, you don't need to live near a national park or protected area to get involved

you can make a difference from your balcony, backyard, local park or school.

By: Judy Friedlander
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781742238227
ISBN 10: 174223822X
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 February 2025
Recommended Age: From 8 years
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Judy Friedlander is the founder of PlantingSeeds Projects, the environmental organisation whose flagship program is the B&B Highway. The B&B Highway (Bed and Breakfasts for Bees, Birds and Biodiversity) is an educational and practical program that links hundreds of B&Bs at schools in four Australian states to form regenerative corridors. Judy is also a University of Technology Sydney Adjunct Fellow.