Bee:wild for Hospitality

Pollinator conservation for the hospitality sector

Extreme close-up of a single bee on budding flowers, the kind of wild pollinator Bee:wild's hospitality program works to protect. Its fuzzy face and compound eyes in sharp detail against a green background.

Meet Bee:wild.

Bee:wild is a global movement to protect pollinators and restore the wild spaces they depend on, for the health of people and the planet.

Co-founded by renowned scientists and Founding Board Member Leonardo DiCaprio, Bee:wild unites leading environmental groups, scientists, brands, and influential voices from art, sports, and entertainment.

Together, we share one rallying cry: Bring the Buzz Back!
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Why it matters

Nearly 90% of flowering plants and over 75% of our main food crops depend on pollinators.

And it isn't just honeybees. Wild bees, moths, butterflies, flies and bats do most of the pollinating — and they're the ones vanishing fastest, squeezed by habitat loss, pesticides, light pollution and a changing climate.

Here are five ways to join the mission to protect pollinators.

Figures from Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Conservation of Global Pollinators: A Rapid Assessment for Bee:wild (Howard et al., 2025), drawing on IPBES (2016) and Knop et al. (2017).

  • Plant for the wild ones

    Trade manicured, non-native beds for locally native flowers that bloom across the seasons so there's always something in flower. The green space you already run (lawns, borders, even the golf course) lifts local pollinator diversity when planted and mown with the wild ones in mind. Leave some of the ‘messy’ bits: long grass, leaf litter and bare soil are where wild bees nest.

  • Put pollinators on the plate

    A "Powered by Pollen" menu makes the invisible visible, telling guests which of the ingredients in front of them depend on pollinators. Source from low-pesticide, regenerative and organic growers to protect the pollinators your kitchen depends on.

  • Ditch the pesticides

    Insecticides, herbicides and fungicides harm pollinators on there own, and their combined effects can be worse still. Move grounds and greens to integrated pest management and pollinator-safe alternatives.

  • Dim the lights after dark

    Many pollinators are nocturnal and floodlights, path lights and illuminated signage can confuse them. Shield fixtures, warm the colour, add timers and motion sensors. Good for pollinators, guests' sleep and your energy bill.

  • Make it a guest story

    Turn conservation into experience: garden tours, seed-planting, a screening of the BEE WILD film. Guests remember the stay that meant something and take the habit home.

A Carpenter Bee with a vivid yellow thorax burrows into a bright yellow flower, set against a soft green background

Worth knowing: rethink the rooftop hive

Installing honeybee hives feels like helping, however, managed bees compete with wild pollinators for the same flowers, and moving hives around can spread parasites and disease into wild populations, from Varroa mites to deformed wing virus. Even where managed bees are abundant, it's the diversity of wild pollinators that keeps pollination working.
Purple wisteria on a New York City rooftop garden, showing how hospitality properties can create pollinator habitat in urban spaces.

Beyond your grounds

One property is a waypoint. Connected, they become a corridor or Bee:line across cities and landscapes, so pollinators can move, feed and recover. The science backs the logic, pollinators do best where habitat connects, and every a green roof, balcony and planted courtyards it’s role to play.

With properties across the globe, hospitality could become the largest pollinator network on the map. Your grounds could be the next stop on it.

Let's talk about your property.

From a single garden to a global programme, we’ll help you find the right first step.

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