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MILBRIDGE, Maine — Wyman’s President and CEO Edward R. Flanagan knows how important honeybees are to the annual blueberry crop.

With that in mind, the company has launched its 2015 honeybee campaign, a program that distributes free wildflower seeds in an effort to educate the public about the importance of pollinators and their habitats.

“There are no blueberries without pollinating honeybees,” Flanagan said Wednesday.

The Washington County-based firm’s website, nobeesnoberries.com, encourages people to sign up for the free seeds and provides information on Colony Collapse Disorder, the name given in the absence of a known cause, to the mysterious disappearance of honeybee colonies over the last decade in the U.S.

“Honeybees are responsible for pollinating one-third of our nation’s produce, including wild blueberries,” the website reads. “Every berry we grow owes its existence to the crazy dance of a honeybee from flower to flower. In our business, it’s simple. No bees, no berries.”

Flanagan noted that blueberry plants bloom in May. But beyond blueberries, bees need other food sources.

“You’ve got to have other things flowering for the bee to survive,” Flanagan said.

As a “stakeholder with a big blueberry crop,” Wyman’s has been active in the effort to help beekeepers solve the mystery behind Colony Collapse Disorder, Flanagan said.

In 2008, Flanagan testified before Congress in support of increased funding for research into the disorder.

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