Sources of Bee-Safe Seeds

Seedlings

Sources where you can find seeds that were not treated with fungicides or insecticides. It’s particularly important to avoid neonicotinoids, as they are absorbed by the growing plant and can be found in the flowers, nectar, and pollen. All organic seeds and plants are untreated.

Name	State	Notes
FEDCO	ME	All seeds are untreated.
Johnny’s Selected Seeds	ME	Most seeds are untreated. Treated seeds are clearly labeled.
Maine Potato Lady	ME	Potatoes, Onions, Garlic, Shallots. All seeds are untreated.
Pinetree Garden Seeds	ME	per email: Our seeds are not treated at all with insecticides.
High Mowing	VT	100% Organic seeds
American Seed & Ferry-Morse	MA	per email: We don’t treat any of our seed.
John Scheeper’s Kitchen Garden	CT	per email: All of our seeds are untreated.
Fruition Seeds	NY	Organic. Based in Canandaigua, NY, they are the first organic seed company to grow seed in our region, for our region. Order 5 or more seed packs by May 1 and get free shipping with promo code freeshipping2014.
Harris Seeds	NY	Provides a list of untreated seeds
Hudson Valley Seed Library	NY	Certified Organic
Burpee	PA	Makes organic seeds easy to find. Per phone: Burpee’s seeds are never pre-treated.
Cook’s Garden	PA	per email: None of the seeds that The Cook’s Garden offers are treated with any chemicals.
Happy Cat Farm	PA	per FB post by owner Tim Mountz: Organic practices, but not certified. “The only thing we have sprayed in years is water.”
D. Landreth Seed Co.	PA	All seeds are untreated.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	VA	All seeds are untreated.
Baker Creek	MO	All seeds are untreated.
D. Landreth Seed Co.	PA	All seeds are untreated.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	PA	All seeds are untreated.
Seed Savers Exchange	PA	All seeds are untreated.
Sow True	NC	All seeds are untreated.
Tomato Growers Supply	FL	per email: Almost all of our seeds are untreated. There are a few varieties that we have been unable to find in untreated seed stock, and these are clearly marked as “Treated Seed” on our website. These “Treated Seed” varieties have been treated with the fungicide Thiram, but they have not been treated with any insecticides.
Clear Creek Seeds	OK	per email: None of our seeds are treated.
Botanical Interests	CO	All seeds are untreated.
Native Seeds	AZ	All seeds are untreated.
Seeds Now	CA	All seeds are untreated.
Bountiful Gardens	CA	All seeds are untreated.
Peaceful Valley	CA	All seeds are untreated.
Renee’s Garden	CA	All seeds are untreated. Themed pages to help you find seeds to attract bees!
Sustainable Seed Company	CA	All seeds are untreated.
Horizon Herbs	OR	All seeds are untreated.
Nichols Garden Nursery	OR	per email: Our seeds are untreated.
Territorial Seed	OR	All seeds are untreated.
Denali Seed Company	AK	All seeds are untreated.

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