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Privacy Policy

Wrenovations

Last updated: April 16, 2021

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Wrenovations, 6 Steam Mill Road, Robbinston, Maine 04671.

  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

  • Country refers to: Maine, United States

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the Website.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Website refers to Wrenovations, accessible from http://www.wrenovations.com

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Phone number

  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_

  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies: Cookies: What Do They Do?.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

    Type: Session Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

 

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.

  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.

  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.

  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.

  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email:

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Policies

  • SHIPPING INFORMATION
    Here's where you will find answers to your shipping questions. If you do not see your question, please send us an email and we will add it to this page.
  • Do you ship?
    Yes, we do ship, to the U.S. only! We ship via the U.S. Postal Service, First Class, Priority. Stained glass is heavy and requires special packaging. Shipping rates include: postage, handling, packaging and insurance. Shipping rates are based on your zipcode.
  • When is your studio open?
    Our studio does not have regular business hours. It is next door to our home, so we can be there to meet you with advance notice. Please call us at 207-454-2832 or text us at 207-904-7140 to let us know when to expect you.
  • What is the process to order a custom piece of stained glass artwork?
    For custom or commission work, you can reach out to us via telephone, email or in person. Maybe you like an existing panel that is already designed and created, but want it in different colors – say a different color for the border in a loon or scenery panel. We ask for a 50% deposit, create the panel, and the remainder would be due upon completion. You might want a completely unique design. This is a very interactive process. We'll go over the following: Desired size Shape (round, square, octagon, oval, half-round, rectangular, abstract, etc.) Anticipated location of completed panel (bright, sunny window or muted lighting or interior installation) Will the panel be hung or will it need to be installed? If installed, then a template needs to be provided of the exact final location. Do you have a pattern or design you like or just a general concept and want us to create a unique one? Stained glass preferences (colors and textures) Often we ask for a photo of room and future location of panel, so we can get a feel for the area. What is your desired timeline to receive the completed panel? If the design must be created from scratch, or an existing design adapted into a new shape or size, Mark will estimate the cost to design an original creation as well as the cost to create it. The design portion of the work must be paid in full before Mark begins. The actual creation requires a 50% non-refundable deposit with the balance due upon completion.
  • Where can I learn more about how Mark selects his glass?
    Read about how Mark chooses the glass he uses in his stained glass creations here.
  • What is the history of stained glass?
    There are many stories of how stained glass came into being. One historian, Pliny, believed that the Phoenicians discovered glass. The Phoenicians are most remembered for their sea travel and trading. During this travel, the stories are told that while docked on shore, they would build fires on the beaches. The combination of the sand and wood ash acted upon by the heat from the fire created glass. Of course, other historians doubt Pliny’s version since his accuracy of history was often questioned. While it is known that glass has been in use in the European countries since medieval times, it is believed that stained glass windows were first introduced to the United States in the mid 1800’s. The first stained glass graced church windows and is still enjoyed to this day. Regardless of who discovered how to create stained glass, we consider ourselves lucky to be able to enjoy the art of stained glass.
  • How is stained glass made?
    A very basic glass can be made from a combination of sand and wood ash heated to high temperatures, around three to four thousand degrees. If the raw materials have impurities, then the resultant glass will have impurities as well. Through the many years of trial and error, it was found that quartz sand provided the best clarity in the final glass. It seems hard to believe that by melting one of earth's most common natural substances, sand, that it is possible to create glass. Of course, the combination of ingredients to make a desirable stained glass requires a formal recipe with specific ingredients. In order to make glass in various colors or “stained” glass, other minerals are added to the original mixture. For example, the addition of iron will create green glass; the addition of cobalt will create blue glass; and the addition of gold will create red glass. Once the ingredients are compiled, as with any recipe, you would need to know how long to cook it and the appropriate temperature. There are various methods to create sheets of glass. In one method, molten glass is blown into a large cylindrical shape. Then, the cylinder is slit down the middle allowing the cylinder to open into a flat sheet. In the mechanical method, the molten liquid is drawn from the furnace onto sets of rollers. The rollers may be smooth or textured. If textured, the design would be imparted onto the sheet of finished glass. In yet another method, the flat sheet of molten glass would be additionally handled to create different patterns or finishes. After the glass leaves the furnace or kiln, it must be allowed to cool at a very regulated pace. This process is called annealing. If this is not done properly, the finished glass can become brittle or cloudy and would not be desirable. The creation of beautiful stained glass is an artform in itself. It requires specific recipes, equipment and procedures. There are many different manufacturers of stained glass and each of these have particular stained glass that is their specialty.
  • How is a stained glass panel made?
    There are seven steps, from start to finish. I often do demonstrations at the art shows and for school students, showing all the stages in a condensed format. 1. Pattern I start with a hand drawn picture on paper. While it is certainly possible to order patterns on line or purchase a book of patterns, I prefer to use my imagination and my customers' ideas to create truly unique patterns. Once the picture is drawn, a cartoon must be made. Think of a cartoon like a puzzle with all the individual pieces. There is master cartoon, all in one piece, and then one that is cut into the individual pieces. These are drawn on heavier poster paper. 2. Glass Selection I choose the stained glass that I will use to create the panel. Depending upon the complexity of your pattern, you may have many different colors and types of glass. 3. Cutting the Glass Each piece of the cartoon is laid on a piece of glass, the edges are traced onto the glass with a marking pen. Then, the glass is cut by hand, using a glass cutter. Of course, it is rare for a piece of glass to cut perfectly the first time. With unique art glass, the glass is in layers like pastry dough, so the edges are often uneven. You can use grossing pliers to smooth up some of the edges. It is always better to have a piece be a little bit large to begin with. If it is too small, then you will have to cut another piece. 4. Grinding the Glass Pieces The edges of the glass pieces are now ground to be sure they fit perfectly together. The original master cartoon is used as a template and you place your pieces of glass on it to be sure they match smoothly with no overlaps or gaps. Once every piece of glass is cut, ground and fitted, it is time to move on to the next step. 5. Foiling the Glass Pieces The foil comes in a roll and is a thin layer of copper with an adhesive back. Each edge of each piece of glass is wrapped with the foil evenly and tightly with an even overlap on the front and back of the glass. Foil comes in various widths to accommodate different thicknesses of the glass sheets. As the glass is foiled, the pieces are fit together on the master cartoon in the appropriate order. The pieces are held in place by pins. Once all the glass pieces for your pattern have been foiled, it is time to move on to the next step. 6. Soldering the Glass Pieces To prepare to solder, you must first apply flux to the copper foil. Now it is time to solder. The soldering iron must be kept at a constant temperature and kept clean. Since the soldering iron is hot, over 600 degrees, you must solder quickly and avoid staying in one place for too long. If you linger in one place to long, you may overheat the glass and cause the glass to break. Then, you would have to stop, cut, grind and wrap another piece of glass to replace the broken one. As you solder, make sure you are creating a consistent bead on each seam. Once the first side is completed, you will turn the panel over and go through all of these steps to complete the other side. A properly completed solder seam is essential for the strength and stability of your stained glass panel. This solder will actually form an “H” with the edges of the glass firmly held in each half of the “H”. 7. Finishing the Stained Glass Panel Wash the panel with regular liquid dishwashing detergent to remove all flux. Solder finishes in a silver color. If you wish to have the solder be a different color, now is the time to apply patina. Finally, to provide another level of stability, the outer endge of the entire panel will be wrapped in either lead came, which provides a thicker border than soldered copper foil, or the panel can be framed in a wooden border. Now is the time to hang your panel in a sunny window and enjoy!
  • Do you offer classes on how to make a braided rug?
    Available classroom instruction: I offer classes in braided rugs occasionally, either at my home in Robbinston, Maine or at the Cobscook Institute in Whiting, Maine. I have also held classes at other locations as needed. In my class, I like to have each class be around six hours long with a lunch break, with one class per week. This really gives everyone the necessary time to engage and not only begin their rug but to make real progress during each class. Over a four-week period, with a total of twenty-four hours of classroom instruction, it is possible for a student to create a two by three-foot oval rug during the course of the class. Of course, this is assuming that my students also continue their braiding and lacing as part of their homework! If this is the first time you have created a rug, I encourage students to experiment with available fabrics. I would feel bad if a student invested in a high-quality wool and found that they did not like creating a rug. Current wool prices are running about twenty-five dollars per yard so this can be a significant investment. I have had students create rugs from cotton sheets, which can make lovely placemats or centerpieces for your table. Used sweatshirts and pants can make a nice soft braided rug. Heavy flannel shirts can also make a lovely rug. It is great to experiment. The tools needed to create a braided rug are simple: scissors, pins, needle, lacing needle, clothespins, table clamp, tape measure and ruler. The supplies needed are fabric, sewing thread and lacing thread. I hope you find the desire to create your own braided rug. I find such satisfaction from creating rugs for my own use and to create rugs especially for my customers. My customers are able to select from rugs I have already created, or I can design and create a rug to their desired specifications of colors, shape and size.
  • How do you make a braided rug?
    There are eight steps to create a braided rug. Learn how to create a braided rug: There are many ways to learn how to create a braided rug. You could take a formal class, read a “how to” manual, watch a you tube video, or learn from a mentor. I learned from my grandmother. As a teacher, I believe a hands-on class is a great way to learn because you can not only see, you can also feel the fabric and watch what other students are doing. The questions and answers are interactive and allow for a greater learning experience. Decide on the shape and size of your braided rug. You need to decide on the shape and size of your rug. Think about where you want to place your rug – at the front entrance to your house, next to your bed, as a room accent, or as a centerpiece of your main room. The desired size would fit the selected space. The traditional rugs can be round, oval or rectangular. 2. Determine the color scheme and pattern. Next, you will need to decide on the color scheme and fabric to be used in the rug. Think about your desired placement of the completed rug; are there colors in that area that you would like to accent or compliment? When using a medium weight, woven wool fabric, a good rule of thumb is that it will take about one pound or one yard of wool to create one square foot of rug. The reason that it takes so much wool to make a rug is each strip of wool is folded in half and then folded in half again in the lengthwise direction. This results in each strip of fabric in your braid being four-fold. This is what makes your rug such a lovely soft rug under your feet. There is nothing better than walking up in the morning and the first thing your feet touch when you get out of bed is a braided rug! As you prepare to design your rug, it is helpful to practice braiding your chosen fabric. You want to practice until your braids are a consistent width and firmness. A braid that is loosely woven will not hold up as well as one that is tightly woven. My grandmother’s rule was that you should never be able to put your finger through a braid or between the braids. If that happened, I knew I would be redoing that section of the rug! Measure the width of your braid and calculate how many braids it will take to complete your desired rug size. Now, you are ready to design your pattern. It is helpful to chart this on paper which makes it easy to follow along as your braid your rug. This will help you to calculate the fabric yardage needed of the various colors so you don’t run short. Fabric is dyed in one run, and if you try to find a color match at a later time, you may not be able to find an exact match. You can also choose to not follow a pattern and just make a “hit or miss” rug. During my grandmother’s time, brightly colored fabrics were not as prevalent as black or gray colors. So, her three-ply braided rugs were often composed of a black strand, a gray strand and then the third strand was a combination of various bright colors. My very first rug was composed of black, gray and red fabrics. Even with no color changes in a rug, you can create a pattern if your braids are consistent and even. 4. Prepare the fabric. When I am creating a rug, I like to prepare all of the fabric ahead of time. It must be clean and washed. A good quality wool fabric can be ripped into strips by hand, while other types of fabric may have to be cut by hand or using a roller cutter. Then these strips are sewn together on a bias angle. If a straight seam is used it will create a bulky spot in your rug. I then roll these strips up in about a six-inch roll for ease of handling while you are braiding. 5. Start the rug. To begin your rug, the first three colored strips are sewn together to form a “T” shape. This is necessary to provide the anchor to be able to lace the braids together to form your rug. 6. Braiding the rug. Now, let the braiding begin! Your chosen rug shape will determine how you braid. For example, a round rug will begin with a number of braided corners, while a rectangular or oval rug will begin with a straight section of braid before a corner is made. As you begin to braid, it is important to keep a consistent firm pressure. This is made easy with a clamp that attaches to your crafting table or by using a floor model clamp. If this is not done properly, your braid will vary in width and then it will be hard to maintain the desired shape or pattern of your rug. 7. Lacing the rug. The next step is to lace the braids of the rug together. I use a heavy seven or nine ply braided lacing thread. This lacing thread is woven between the plies of the braids without ever piercing the fabric. Proper braiding and lacing will allow the rug to lay flat on the floor and to be reversed from side to side. Use of the proper fabric, lacing thread and techniques will allow your rug to become an heirloom to be passed down through future generations. Following your initial pattern, you’ll continue braiding, lacing and changing colors as planned. I like to braid for a while and then lace for a while. I have done this for so many years, that I do think I could do it in my sleep! It is great to watch the rug grow and take shape from the original bolts of fabric or old dress suits into a beautiful braided rug. 8. Finishing the rug. To finish off the rug, the final braid is tapered and woven into the body of the rug. This is done in such a way so that it is not apparent where the rug begins or ends and provides a nice smooth finish. One of my students thought this was a tedious step, however it is so critical to your finished rug. The more rugs that you create, the easier this process and all the steps will be. My estimate of the time needed to create a two by three-foot braided oval rug is forty hours. This means from preparing the fabric to finishing the rug. Or another way to look at it, is about seven hours per square foot of rug. This may seem like a lot of time, but remember, you are creating an heirloom! Now, step back and begin to use and enjoy your creation of a braided rug! To maintain your rug, vacuum both sides periodically. You can use a weak solution of laundry detergent and water to spot clean any spills. Or, you can have the rug professionally cleaned.
  • Where can I learn more about Arlene's history in fiber arts?
    You can read more about Arlene's history of braided wool rugs in her own words, as well as how she started making denim pocket quilts here. There is also a terrific article about her in the Cultural Adventures magazine.
  • Where can I learn more about the Wrenovations honey bees?
    Read all about our honey bees here.
  • What can I do to help the honey bees so they can continue to take care of us?
    1. Plant bee-friendly flowers and flowering herbs in your garden and lawn. Encourage native flowering plants and let your lawn grow tall enough to let the dandelions (and other flowers like white clover) bloom! 2. Reduce or limit the use of chemicals and pesticides to treat your lawn and garden. Especially while plants are in bloom and the bees are out foraging. Our gardens and yards are all organic. We find that bugs and pests are at a minimum because our gardens and yards are full of song birds and toads and they take care of a lot of the pests naturally. 3. Bees are thirsty. We gather rain water to use for our gardens during the dry spells. We float a few sticks or a rope across the top of the water to allow the bees to gather fresh water. Bees need something to land on to drink water or their wings will get wet and they can’t fly back to their hive. 4. If you are ready to do more than help bees and want to be an active beekeeper, learn how by finding a mentor and taking a class. While classes are great, it is not the same as looking into a hive and watching what is happening on a periodic basis. The life in a honey bee hive is to be admired and all bees have a role to play for the hive to be successful. 5. Spread the word in your community to encourage bee friendly yards and open spaces and discourage the use of pesticides and chemicals.

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