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Dork Diaries Book 14

Dork Diaries

#1 New York Times Bestselling Series

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May 28, 2018

SPOTLIGHT ON…MIKAILA ULMER!

You might think that getting stung by a bee twice in one week at age four would make someone hate bees! But Mikaila Ulmer, now 13, became fascinated by them instead! 

She learned how important they are for our ecosystem, since plants wouldn’t grow without pollination, which bees provide. She also learned that bees are dying out at an alarming rate. 

Think about that for a second: without bees, plants wouldn’t grow! So if bees go extinct…what will we eat?! (And if you’re thinking, “Nikki, I hate vegetables!”, I get it. But we also need plants to feed our sources of meat and dairy. PLUS…sugar comes from a plant. So does chocolate! OMG!)

With some help from an old family recipe, Mikaila developed a honey-sweetened lemonade company called Me & the Bees Lemonade. Mikaila is the CEO, but she prefers to be called the Queen Bee. 🙂 

At first she sold it at events for youth entrepreneurs (or young business people), and NOW her lemonade is in Whole Foods grocery stores across the country!

And here’s the best part: Mikaila donates some of the profits from every bottle of lemonade she sells to organizations that are working to help save bees from extinction. She also gives workshops on how to save bees—because it’s not just for scientists!

Here are three things YOU can do to help the bees:

  • Encourage your family to use non-toxic cleaning and gardening products. Harsh chemicals and pesticides are a big part of why the bees are dying!
  • Plant bee-friendly flowers in your garden. If you don’t have a yard, even window boxes or potted plants can help. Bees love native wildflowers, flowering herbs, fruits and vegetables.
  • Buy local honey. This supports your local beekeepers, who are doing the most work to help save the bees.

If you want tips on how to be a kid entrepreneur, here’s what Mikaila says: “Be a social entrepreneur. Do something to help solve problems in the world. Don’t go into business to make a lot of money. Create a business that you see the world is missing, solve a problem with it and do something you have a passion for. Because the more passionate you are about what you do, the more fun you have while doing it!”

You can check out Mikaila’s website at Me & the Bees Lemonade and you can find her on Twitter at @MikailasBees and on Instagram at @MikailasBees.

I don’t know about you, but I am SO inspired by Mikaila. I want to start a business! I want to save the bees! I want to save the WORLD!!

What’s something you could do to help the environment? Tell us in the comments!

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  1. Chocolate says

    June 11, 2018 at 9:37 am

    You Go Girl !!!

  2. Anonymous says

    June 8, 2018 at 4:04 pm

    Bees will rule the world one day! Go Mikaila!

  3. Thebiggestfunofforkdiaries says

    June 7, 2018 at 2:53 am

    The environment also needs CLEAN places.I don’t know about America,but in greek roards (yes,the country I live) there are loats of rubbish! Every body throws the trush on the roard like they are the kings of the country. I wanna save the environment too. But I don’t think that those people care about it!

  4. Bees bees bees says

    June 6, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    Wow keep going
    Doing
    Save the bees save the bees

    • Thebiggestfunofforkdiaries says

      June 7, 2018 at 2:58 am

      Nikki and U all are true. That’s a sooo good idea. I never heard anyone else talking about this problem with the bees!

  5. Adorkable says

    June 6, 2018 at 10:45 am

    Sooo great!I should try it out!

  6. BeesAreWorthSaving says

    June 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm

    Hi! I’ve never been stung by a bee before, but I have been bitten by a wasp. I know it hurts, but Bees are very important to our planet, lots of bugs and insects are! Mikaila is so inspiring to many people! I hope bees won’t become extinct;)

  7. Imadorkandimnotafraidtosayit says

    June 5, 2018 at 5:03 pm

    I saw this on a time for kids magazine!

  8. Littlemissprettygirl says

    June 5, 2018 at 2:04 pm

    Swweeeetttt!!!! That’s something everyone should do instead of hating something that’s hurt u.

  9. DorkyCool says

    June 5, 2018 at 12:56 pm

    Oh wow! that’s so nice!

    • S says

      June 5, 2018 at 5:08 pm

      OMG!! I saw her in a video my school was showing us for 7 Mindsets! I think it was a, “The Time is Now,” mindset.

  10. charmingdork:P says

    June 5, 2018 at 9:05 am

    Soo Helpful!!!
    And sweet!! 🙂

  11. Jocelyna Jackaelle Andersen says

    June 5, 2018 at 9:00 am

    Inspirational idea for economic thingies and saving bees.

  12. Mikki says

    June 5, 2018 at 8:12 am

    Woww! I hated bees, but this definitely made me change my mind! Save bees!

  13. crystal witch says

    June 5, 2018 at 7:55 am

    That is amazing!!!!!OMG

  14. UnicornDorkable says

    June 5, 2018 at 2:54 am

    u know what…. i’m not gonna run and scream next time. U r very inspiring Mikaila and I hope everything u have invested into this company will make ur sweet dreams come true. Also, girl called BEEZ ENEMY, that was kind of discouraging.

  15. Dork diaries123 says

    June 5, 2018 at 1:53 am

    I think I can do something similar to Mikalia Ulmer!
    I can help set up some booth’s at one of those bazaar’s that are going on at my country and sell
    some organic stuff made from bees or the honey they produce.
    All profits from my sale will be given to charities or non-profit organizations to help people to save the environment!
    So I am basically aiming for a non-profit sale myself! 🙂

    I really think she’s amazing for doing this to help save the bees even though she got bitten by them! 🙂

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