Bee Boxes - Tess Sauve

"Hi. My name is Tess Sauve, I am a rising senior at Wheeler High School and an active member in the youth program here at Saint Catherine's. I have been a Girl Scout with Troop 16133 since kindergarten and am currently in the last stages of my Gold Award. A Gold Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve. It is a solo project in which you pick your topic, goal, fundraise, and present your project in hopes that you will earn the award.

The goal of my Gold Award was to educate and help preserve the native bee population in Marietta. Through my project, I connected with an elementary school and taught their students, built five bee boxes by hand, taught my peers about bee boxes, and have installed two of these boxes at the church! These boxes are necessary because these small, non-stinging bees are vital to the environment and their typical nesting areas are being decreased due to the rise in infrastructure.

The bee boxes that I built can be hung on trees or fences and create a safe environment for bees to nest. I hung my boxes in areas near flowers, but far enough away from paths to avoid any disruption and have partnered with an agriculture group at Wheeler that will clean them out during the winter."