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Save the Bees!
Challenge Starts July 1, 2024

There are over 20,000 bee species found in the world. This diversity encompasses some of the most important insects for agriculture, wild plants, and home gardens.
Many plants rely on pollinators, including bees, for pollination. Some plants are fully dependent on bees, while others are only partially dependent.
Fully dependent plants include brazil nuts, cocoa beans, kiwi and melons. Partially dependent plants include avocados, coffee and nuts. Other plants that rely on bees are almonds, apples, apricots, blueberries, cotton, papaya, passionfruit, and strawberries.

Take seven steps to help protect the bees! Each step requires 3 books.

There is an optional spell out for each level as well. For spell outs, you may use the first letter of the first word of the title (using or omitting an opening A/An/The), or the first letter of the author's first or last name.

Post your completions in your own thread. You may take as long as you need to complete this challenge.

Sample completion post:

TASK:
BOOK/AUTHOR:
PAGES:
DATE READ:
HOW IT FITS:

I'm so in

I didn't see an announcement for this one, I'll play.

Catsalive wrote: "I didn't see an announcement for this one, I'll play."

I'm out of town. Was going to announce when I send the broadcast on DB and FWYS. I don't like to overload people with messages.

I'll join you please

I'm in, please!

Please include me

Looks like fun! I'm in.

Not at a computer until later tonight but will assign your threads then.

I am in.
🐝🌻🐝

Add me to the list of participants

Sounds fun, I'm in! :)

I'd like to play too! I love bees and would love to learn more :)

I’m in please - I’m always a busy bee but never too busy to read books for challenges 🐝🌸 🐝 🌺 🐝 🌻 🐝 🌼🐝

I'm in.

I'm in, as well!

I'm in!! Love bees!!

I'm in! Sounds like fun 😁

I’m in!

All threads up to this point done. I'll post initial tasks this weekend - but no books finished prior to July 1st can be used!

I'll play, please!

I'm in

I will play :)

Your threads are ready ladies! If anyone else signs up tonight, your thread won't go up until tomorrow- we mods are limited to creating three new threads per hour. Ugh.

I'm in

Yes please!

Erica wrote: "we mods are limited to creating three new threads per hour. Ugh."

That’s not a good change. I have more and more the impression GR makes live unnecessary difficult for group moderators, challenge participants and (freebie) readers - not a good development!

I'ld like to join!

I'm in!

I would like to take part of this reading challenge

I'll join you

All threads ready! Have fun everyone!!

Going to go for it! Seems like fun :D

I love bees! I'm in please.

Please sign me up. Thanks!

I'd like to play please 😊

I would like to be included please !

Everyone through this post should have a thread up. Just holler if I've missed you!

I am deathly afraid of bees (being allergic) but I know they are beneficial...I'll try and save them too!

You are a kind and brave soul, Jenny. Your thread is up!

I'ld like to join, please.

You're all set Caipi. Have fun!

I would like to join this one.

I'll join!

sounds like fun. I'd like to play.

All threads up and ready. Initial tasks will be posted this weekend. PLEASE NOTE: No books completed prior to July 1st may be used for this challenge!

I'd like to sign up, please.

You're all set Dawn. Have fun!

Erica wrote: "You're all set Dawn. Have fun!"

Thanks, Erica.

I don't see a cut-off point so I hope I can still join even though I'm starting late :)