2016

Bumble bee on Baptisia flower. Photo: Sarah Coury The Washington Post reports that a new study finds in areas where neonicotinoid pesticides are used heavily for agriculture which is foraged on by bees, […]

This story from the Los  Angeles Times shares very encouraging news about retailers making a conscious effort to supply plants that have not been treated with neonicotinoid insecticides: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bees-pesticides-20160816-snap-story.html

About 50 people attended the public portion of the Beyond Pesticides/Osborne Organics workshop in Asheville on August 10. Photo: Jillian Wolf Under the leadership of Roderick Simmons, the Asheville Parks

On July 18, Gold Hill’s city council unanimously voted to join the movement to protect pollinators by planting more habitat rich in a diversity of native flowers and free to

A bee and a beetle (perhaps the first type of pollinator on the planet!) enjoy flowers in one of Ann Arbor’s Natural Area Preservation Program sites where native plants are

Bumble bee on echinacea at Honey’s Harvest Farm pollinator garden. Photo: Anna Chaney Good things are happening for pollinators in Maryland! The Maryland Pollinator Protection Act recently banned neonicotinoid pesticide sales

Three happy ladies: (L-R) J. C. Hines, Jennifer Leavey and Deborah Palmer. Photo: Ron Harris On June 20, the Decatur City Commission voted unanimously to become the first Bee City

PSU students investigate mothers laying eggs in the native bee box. Located in Portland, Oregon, Portland State University applied to be certified as a Bee Campus USA in spring 2016

Carmen Ketron, Educator for MUSC Urban Farm Bee Campus USA has certified the Medical University of South Carolina as the 11th affiliate in the nation and the first in South

Each fall, hundreds of visitors come to the NC Arboretum for Monarch Day. Photo: NC Arboretum The North Carolina Arboretum, a public garden and affiliate of the University of North