Pollinator Week Promo Kit: Bring Back The Pollinators
Illustrations by Maya Hutagalung and Madison Sankovitz
Pollinator Week 2026 is June 22-28 and it can be a great time to kick off summer activities. Whether you are tabling at the farmers market or holding a movie night, we’ve got the resources to help you out. Our theme this year is “Bring Back the Pollinators,” which is a Xerces Society campaign for individuals to take action to protect pollinators. The four steps of the Bring Back the Pollinators pledge mirror the commitments of Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA. Below are the pledge steps with links to learn more:
1. Grow Pollinator-Friendly Flowers
Flowers provide the nectar and pollen resources that pollinators feed on. Growing the right flowers, shrubs, and trees with overlapping bloom times will support pollinators from spring through fall.
2. Provide Nest Sites
It is important to support all pollinator life stages, including eggs and larvae! For bees, leave patches of bare ground and brush piles, have plants and shrubs with hollow or pithy stems, or install nesting blocks. For butterflies and moths, plant their caterpillar host plants.
3. Avoid Pesticides
Pesticides, especially insecticides, are harmful to pollinators. Herbicides reduce food sources by removing flowers from the landscape. Fungicides can also have negative effects on bees. There are safer ways to manage issues!
4. Spread the Word
Make your commitment both official and visible by signing the Pollinator Protection Pledge! You can also share information about pollinators on social media, talk with your neighbors, or spread the word with a pollinator habitat sign or pesticide-free sign.
Ideas for Pollinator Week:
- Share the Bring Back the Pollinators Pledge on social media: See our social media images and text below.
- Print and laminate your recommended list of of native plants for pollinators: You can use our regional lists, linked here and below. Display it when you table at events.
- Pass a Pollinator Week Proclamation: While we no longer require Bee Cities to pass a Pollinator Week proclamation, it can be fun and meaningful way to remind your community how and why we help pollinators. Download our Template Proclamation for National Pollinator Week.
- Library display: Ask your library if you can help them make a Pollinator Week display with book recommendations for kids and adults. Print and display materials below.
Handouts to Print
Bring Back the Pollinators pledge brochure – Updated!
Cheat Sheet for Bee Morphogroups – New!
- Bee City USA 10 Pollinator Factoids – Spanish & English, 1 pager – New!
- Bee City USA 10 Pollinator Factoids – Spanish & English, flashcards (laminate for tabling!) – New!
- Bee Campus USA 10 Pollinator Factoids – Spanish & English, 1 pager – New!
- Bee Campus USA 10 Pollinator Factoids – Spanish & English, flashcards (laminate for tabling!) – New!
Kid-Friendly Activities
X Kids: A fun kids workbook in Spanish and English!
Bumble Bee Watch community science program. Take pictures of bumble bees and help with real scientific research across North America.
Cut, color, and wear this fun mask! This is an educational craft activity for kids. You can attach string for wearable masks, or attach popsicle sticks for handheld masks.
Social Media Promo Kit: Images & Text
Click image, then right click and select “Save image as” to download:
Bee City USA Post #1
Happy Pollinator Week! 
Pollinators need us to provide habitat, safe food, and fewer chemicals in our landscapes. Small actions add up. 
Take the Pollinator Protection Pledge at bringbackthepollinators.org
#BeeCityUSA # BeeCampusUSA #Gardening #PollinatorWeek
Bee City USA Post #2
Happy Pollinator Week!
Want to help Bring Back the Pollinators? Start here: Grow pollinator-friendly flowers
Provide nesting sites
Avoid pesticides
Spread the word
Learn more + sign the pledge: bringbackthepollinators.org
#BeeCityUSA #BeeCampusUSA #Gardening #PollinatorWeek
Bee City USA Post #3
Happy Pollinator Week!
Did you know [community name] is a Bee City USA affiliate? That means we work together to grow pollinator habitat, reduce pesticide use on [city/township/county] property, and hold pollinator conservation events like [example]! Learn more at [your event/your webpage/beecityusa.org].
#BeeCityUSA # BeeCampusUSA #Gardening #PollinatorWeek
Bee Campus USA Post #1
Happy Pollinator Week!
Pollinators need us to provide habitat, safe food, and fewer chemicals in our landscapes. Small actions add up.
Take the Pollinator Protection Pledge at bringbackthepollinators.org
#BeeCityUSA # BeeCampusUSA #Gardening #PollinatorWeek
Bee Campus USA Post #2
Happy Pollinator Week!
Want to help Bring Back the Pollinators? Start here: Grow pollinator-friendly flowers Provide nesting sites Avoid pesticides Spread the word
Learn more + sign the pledge: bringbackthepollinators.org
#BeeCityUSA #BeeCampusUSA #Gardening #PollinatorWeek
Bee Campus USA Post #3
Happy Pollinator Week!
Did you know [college/university name] is a Bee Campus USA affiliate? That means we work together to grow pollinator habitat, reduce pesticide use on [school] property, and hold pollinator conservation events like [example]! Learn more at [your event/your webpage/beecityusa.org].
#BeeCityUSA # BeeCampusUSA #Gardening #PollinatorWeek
Template Op-Ed Article (click to download Word Doc):
Feel free to edit this document to personalize and use in your:
- Neighborhood/homeowners association/student newsletter or blog
- The opinion and editorial section of your local or regional paper
- Your Bee City/Campus USA affiliate website
