The Town of Comox is making a commitment to bees, butterflies and other pollinators after receiving an official Bee City designation earlier this month.

The designation, assigned by Bee City Canada, means municipalities will commit to what the organization calls the three pillars of the program: Creating a healthy and biodiverse pollinator habitat, educating and celebrating.

Jordan Phelps, a coordinator for Bee City Canada who is employed by Pollinator Partnership Canada, said he was impressed with The Town of Comox’s application.

“It was a really well laid-out plan,” he said.

Comox Mayor Nicole Minions told The Discourse that the town was already on its way to welcome more bees with its pollinator gardens, so the designation was a natural next step.

With a fee of a few hundred dollar

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