Emily Jasmine wants to give bees a hand in the Ruapehu District.
She's Ruapehu District Council's waste minimisation educator and ran a workshop to make environmentally friendly beeswax wraps. It went so well she thinks it's only fair to help the bees make beeswax.
"Bees need to consume about 3kg of honey to produce 500gm of wax, so it is a huge amount of work for them," she said.
"To help them out we have 50 packets of bee-friendly wildflower seeds to give away."
Bees forage on wildflowers and other bee-friendly plants for nectar and pollen, which provide carbohydrates and protein for growth and the energy they need to make honey and wax. In the process, bees do the vital task of pollinating plants for the food we all need.