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Complete an application online or contact Rory Crowley to apply.
A short phone consultation with the Seeds for Bees program manager is required as the last step to finalize a participant’s enrollment if accepted. 

Rory Crowley

Seeds for Bees encourages the use of cover crops to increase the density, diversity, and duration of bee forage in California orchards, farms, and vineyards, while improving soil health.  The seed mixes available through Seeds for Bees are designed to bloom at critical times of the year when natural forage is scarce but managed and native bees are active.  Seeds for Bees serves the needs of bees, beekeepers, and growers, increasing sustainability of pollination and agriculture.



To enroll in the SFB program enrollees must:
- Be a farmer or grower of crops in California. 
- Grow honey bee pollinated crops (including seed production), nuts, or fruits. 
- Growers of wind pollinated crops may be considered for enrollment based on additional information provided in grower’s application. 
- Plant a minimum of 2 acres of cover crops. 
- Agree to submit 2 photos per year and complete a short annual survey.

A reduction or waiving of fees for meeting a certain criteria.

Discount

Nut Trees

Fruits

Abiu

Achachairu

Antidesma

Apples

Apricots

Bananas

Barbados Cherry

Blueberries

Breadfruit

Cacao

Caimito

Calabaza Melon

Canary Melon

Canary Seed

Caneberries

Canistel

Cantaloupes

Casaba Melon

Cherries

Chinese Bitter Melon

Chokeberry

Citron

Citron Melon

Coconuts

Cranberries

Crenshaw Melon

Custard Apple

Dates

Dragon Fruit

Durian

Elderberries

Figs

Genip

Goji

Gooseberries

Grapefruit

Grapes

Guava

Guavaberry

Honeyberries

Honeydew

Huckleberries

Israel Melons

Jack Fruit

Jujube

Juneberries

Kiwiberry

Kiwifruit

Korean Golden Melon

Kumquats

Langsat

Lemons

Limequats

Limes

Longan

Loquats

Lychee

Mangos

Mangosteen

Mayhaw Berries

Mesple

Mulberries

Nectarines

Oranges

Papaya

Passion Fruits

Pawpaw

Peaches

Pears

Pineapple

Plantain

Plumcots

Plums

Pomegranates

Prunes

Pummelo

Raisins

Rambutan

Sapodilla

Sapote

Schizandra Berries

Soursop

Sprite Melon

Star Fruit

Star Gooseberry

Strawberries

Sugar Apple

Tangelos

Tangerines

Tangors

Wampee

Watermelon

Wax Jamboo Fruit

Winter Melon

Ground Cherry

Wine

Nursery Trees

Specialty Crops

Nursery Crops

- Seeds for Bees - For the Grower
- Seeds for Bees Quick Guide
- SFB Planting Guides
- Guidelines and Enrollment
- Seeds for Bees General FAQs
- Seeds for Bees Grower FAQs
- Benefits of Cover Crops

Conservation

Regenerative

- 1st year Seeds for Bees enrollees are eligible for a $2,500 discount off their total seed purchase. 
- 2nd year enrollees are eligible for a $1,500 discount off their total seed purchase.
- Shipping is free for all orders throughout the enrollee’s participation in Seeds for Bees. Growers located within 50 miles of seed distributor are requested to pick up their seed if possible, so more donations can go directly to growers for free seed. 
- A limited number of new enrollees will be accepted each year based on available funding. 
- Project Apis m. has sole discretion for final enrollment decisions.
- Project Apis m. has the right to refuse any applicant at any time. 

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