ECI Pollinator Program - 2025 Sponsor A Hive

ECI Sponsor A Hive Program 

Help us maintain healthy honeybee colonies and pollinate Good Ground Heritage Garden located at St. Joseph Villa in Hampton Bays. The garden is an important part of our community, providing fresh produce for St. Rosalie’s Food Pantry.

We have three levels of Sponsorship:

Drone: Adopt-a-Bee - $50

As a Drone Bee sponsor, you’ll receive:

• An email certificate of adoption, with a picture of your bee and information about its role in the hive
  
• Your name listed as sponsor in the Beekeepers’ Annual Report
  
• A packet of pollinator seeds for your own garden

Worker Bee: Half-a-Hive Sponsorship - $250 (SOLD OUT)

As a Worker Bee sponsor, you’ll receive:

• Welcome email with program information about the beekeepers and your hive
• Your sponsorship will be highlighted on bee yard signage, in our newsletters and on social media
• Monthly reports from ECI beekeepers with pictures and educational updates
• Invites to beekeeping events and sponsor-only events 
• Bottle your 3-4 pounds of Good Ground Honey at our Honey Harvest event, determined by the health of our hives

Queen Bee: Full-Hive Sponsorship - $500 (SOLD OUT)

As a Queen Bee sponsor, you’ll receive:

• Welcome email with program information about the beekeepers and your hive
• Your sponsorship will be highlighted on bee yard signage, in our newsletters and on social media
• Monthly reports from ECI beekeepers with pictures and educational updates
• Invites to beekeeping events and sponsor-only events including special opportunity to join a hive inspection
• Bottle your 6-8 pounds of Good Ground Honey at our Honey Harvest event, determined by the health of our hives

Bees are an essential pollinator, vital to the health of the environment, food security, and human life. One out of every three bites of food people take is courtesy of bee pollination. The increased use of pesticides, fungicides and other environmental factors has caused a sharp nationwide decline in bee populations and other pollinators. Our hope is to be able to continue expanding our apiary and creating a safe haven for bees and other important pollinators in our community. 

If you have any questions about the beekeeping program or sponsorship, please contact Devan & Tricia at eciapiary@gmail.com. 

*Our focus for the 2025 season is to make sure we leave the bees with sufficient food stores to survive winter. We have lowered the amount of honey from past seasons with the hope of achieving this. We appreciate your support and understanding for the recent change.

If you prefer postal mail, we welcome checks payable to the "Ecological Culture Initiative" with "Sponsor A Hive" as a memo sent to "81 Lynn Avenue, Hampton Bays, NY 11946"

Or contribute online using Donorbox, which offers options for Credit Card, PayPal, Apple Pay, and ACH Electronic Bank Transfers.

Whichever way you can help, ECI thanks you for your support!