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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A patch of land at Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery will be buzzing with activity before long.
The farm announced that they’re developing a pollinator patch and a beehive on their property. Several kinds of flower species will be planted in the coming months to make sure bees and butterflies have plenty of food and a place to call home.
Organizers said although the results won’t be immediate, the infrastructure is an investment into the farm’s future.
“It’s part of our mission and our goals as a farm, as an operation in total, to be sustainable,” Horticulture Manager Ian Asklund said. “We have the pollinator which we can get honey from, and that again, increases our biodiversity which is part of our mission. It helps increase our native populations, it helps revitalize the land to what native prairie used to look like.”
Asklund said it’ll take a couple years for the patch to be in full bloom. When that does happen, though, there will be flowers budding every season aside from winter.