Supporting Bumblebees
Rosebud Preserves are supporting the bumblebees through
donations from sales of their Victoria Plum Jam and Damson Conserve, the
bumblebees are supporting them right back!
In Britain, bumblebees pollinate the widest variety of fruit
and vegetables of all insect pollinators.
Bumblebees are particularly important visitors to plum and
damson trees, whose delicate blossoms appear early in the year when spring
weather in North Yorkshire can still be cool and unpredictable. Unlike many
other insects, bumblebees are able to forage in these challenging conditions,
making them invaluable pollinators at a time when their work is needed most.
Moving from blossom to blossom, they transfer pollen between flowers, setting
in motion the natural process that allows the fruit to form and develop,
helping to create the wonderful crops that become Rosebud Preserves Victoria
Plum Jam and Damson Conserve.
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust
is Britain’s only charity focused solely on bumblebee conservation and our work
has wide-ranging benefits in supporting other wild insect pollinators, birds,
small mammals, nature, and domestic food crop production.
As a membership charity, we exist on the generosity of
others, so donations from our fantastic supporters – like Rosebud Preserves –
are vital in enabling us to carry out our essential work, reversing bumblebee
declines and protecting these invaluable pollinators. With their help we can
collect data on bumblebee populations across the UK , share our knowledge to
positively influence decision makers; work with farmers and landowners to
create and restore much needed bumblebee-friendly habitat; and inspire a
diverse range of people to take action for bumblebees.
2026 marks the 20th
anniversary of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, so a huge buzzy thank
you to Rosebud Preserves for this guest blog spot and for their wonderful
support for our work! (from the team at the Bumblebee Conservation Trust).
https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/
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