Seed savers know a lot about bees and pollination, because we have to control pollination to save the seeds we want.
So when honey bee colonies started to collapse, and farmers and gardeners became concerned about protecting native bees, Seeds of Diversity was a natural fit for a pollinator protection program. Trusted by both the agricultural and ecological communities, and with a national scope, we initiated a PollinatorWatch citizen science project with Environment Canada.
Through the early 2010s we partnered with the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) and advocated for pollinator friendly farming and gardening.
Another national non-profit, Pollinator Partnership Canada, grew from the parent organization of NAPPC, and became an appropriate partner to take on this work.