Mission Possible: Save Our Bees

We’ve teamed up with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden again for our fifth annual Save Our Bees campaign. We want you to know that our campaign isn't just about saving bees because all pollinators play an important role and have a direct impact on the global food supply. Here at Klosterman, we want to be good stewards of the community and help cultivate a prosperous ecosystem for all pollinators to thrive in.

Honeybees are of special interest to us because they are the only producers of honey, which we use to make some of our most popular varieties of bread and buns and their populations have been declining. Honeybees are vitally important - not only to our business at Klosterman, but to all of agriculture. Bringing awareness to the steady decline of the global honeybee population is key to ensuring they have a fighting chance at survival.

One way we can help the population of pollinators is by planting native plants in our gardens. As luck would have it, we know just where you can find a wide range of hard-to-find, well-grown species of native plants at reasonable prices. The Cincinnati Zoo's Native Plant Sales at Bowyer Farm, a 529-acre farm and natural wetland in Warren County, is the one place where gardeners and pollinator champions can find this utopia.

The plants are grown by the Cincinnati Zoo's very own horticultural team and they have been designing, and planting gardens with pollinators in mind for decades. Needless to say, they know a thing or two about pollinator-friendly plants native to our region and why Klosterman is proud to sponsor the Native Plant Sales as part of the "Save Our Bees" mission.