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 Sponsorship levels:

Drone: Adopt a Bee- $50

- Email with Certificate of Adoption, a picture of your bee and information about its role in the hive.
- Your name/business in ECI newsletter at end of the season
- Packet a pollinator seed

Worker- Half a Hive- $250
- Welcome email with information about the program, the beekeepers and your hive
- Your name/business posted on signage at the bee yard, in ECI newsletters and on social media
- Receive monthly email updates from your beekeepers with pictures and educational information

- Invitations to beekeeping events and sponsor only events during the season

- Bottle your own 3-4 lbs. of ECI honey (determined by the health of the hives*) at our interactive Honey Harvest event!

Queen- Full Hive- $500
- Sponsors will have an opportunity to join a hive inspection

- Bottle your own 6-8 lbs. of ECI honey (determined by the health of the hives*) at our interactive Honey Harvest event!

PLUS all the sweet perks from the Worker Sponsorship above!

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!