The City of Guelph wants to be a Bee City.
City Council voted unanimously Tuesday at its committee of the whole meeting in favour of officially becoming a city that has a Bee City designation.
“A Bee City takes action to help protect pollinators,” said a city staff report.
To become a “Bee City” Guelph would join the organization Bee City Canada, a federally-registered charitable organization aimed at inspiring municipalities, school, businesses and other organizations to protect pollinators.
They do this by enhancing and protecting pollination habitats, celebrating pollinators and education initiatives.
“Opportunities to protect, maintain and enhance pollinator habitat are encouraged city-wide,” says the report.
There were some questions from members of council about what becoming a Bee City would mean practically and financially, with those answers expected back when the matter comes before City Council for final decision at the end of the month.
