These children at Nalare in Samburu are blessed to have over thirty different bee species visiting the flowering acacia tree where they have lunch. There are hundreds of different bees present at this one site alone.
Education of young people is key for protecting pollinators and biodiversity.
About the East Africa Natural History Society, popularly known as ‘Nature Kenya’
The East Africa Natural History Society is a national organization that in 2009 celebrated it’s 100 anniversary. The Society has had exceptional achievements in the study of natural history, and nature conservation. It is supported by volunteers, naturalists, scientists, and grassroot community members.
The Insect Committee works to promote the conservation and understanding of insects. Its pollination projects aim to:
- Study, document, and describe bees and other pollinators from across East Africa.
- Raise public awareness about insects and pollination.
- Plant and promote pollinator gardens at community and public sites
- Produce leaflets, booklets, and make accessible to farmers and schools, information on insects and their importance.
- Undertake research on the impact of different farming practices on biodiversity.
- Document the benefits of pollinators to rural subsistence farmers.
- Show the links between the productivity of farms, and wild pollinator species.
- Improve food security, and reduce rural poverty through better management of shared natural resources, such as pollinators.
- Work with schools immediately adjacent to the most biodiversity-rich areas in the region.
- Run education activities like insect walks, with follow-up activities for students to try.
- Have students and teachers plant pollinator gardens in their schools.
Some of the work of the Society is carried out by its committees and projects, including the Insect Committee, which was formed in 2001.
We need your help –what can you do?
There are many different ways you can help save wild pollinators. From making a donation, and joining Nature Kenya, to participating in activities like monitoring surveys.
For more information contact us by email: insects@naturekenya.org or insects.eanhs@gmail.com
Visit our blogs: dududiaries. wildlifedirect.org/ and bit. ly/1bX3kAe
Visit our websites: discoverpollinators.org and naturekenya.org
or write to us at:
Insect Committee of Nature Kenya
The East Africa
Natural History Society
P. O. Box 44486 GPO 00100 Nairobi Kenya