The Bee Squad

Boosting biodiversity in your neighbourhood

Judy Friedlander

• Publisher: NewSouth
• eBook ISBN:
  9781761179020
• Year: 2025

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Welcome!
• Chapter 1: Find the nature in your neighbourhood
• Chapter 2: Build a biodiversity corridor
• Chapter 3: Be your favourite pollinator for a day
• Chapter 4: Plant a garden for biodiversity
• Chapter 5: Build homes for birds, bees and other animals
• Images Section
• Chapter 6: Become a citizen scientist
• Chapter 7: Cool down your neighbourhood
• Chapter 8: Be a budding nature photographer or illustrator
• Chapter 9: Be a biodiversity champion
• The bee’s knees, Costa Georgiadis
• Find out more
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author