By Justin Wheeler, The Xerces SocietyJustin Wheeler previously worked for the Xerces Society managing websites and social media, and providing graphic design, writing, and content development. As a Penn State […]

Hunter Welcome Center goes native to welcome butterflies and bees!  Photos: Gayenell Rainwater Many college landscape directors belong to the Professional Grounds Management Society. The Society’s September/October newsletter, Grounds Management

Photo of rusty-patched bumblebee: Clay Bolt Remember when seven of the 60+ known yellow-faced bee species in Hawaii were added to the Endangered Species list in 2016, and the once

Photos Above: Mead and honey sales at Oregon Honey festival, and educational booth at North Carolina Honey Festival. The old saying, “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar,” has been

Photos: Karen Rycheck NOTE: Bee City USA is especially excited for guest blog posts from our affiliate cities and campuses.   ​ Guest Blog by Diana Reynolds Roome, reproduced with permission from Talent [Oregon]

Photo: Kristina Lefever NOTE: Bee City USA is especially excited for guest blog posts from our affiliate cities and campuses.  ​ Guest Blog by Kristina Lefever, Ashland, Oregon reproduced with Permission from The Ashland

National Pollinator Week ​(always the third full week of June) is an especially opportune time for raising pollinator awareness.  This year Bee Campus USA teamed up with the University of Connecticut-Storrs,

All butterflies make the stunning transition from determined caterpillar to striking adult. But the eastern monarch’s epic migration from Canada to Mexico’s high elevation fir forests piques our collective imaginations,

​While Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA affiliates can (and do) host pollinator conservation awareness events throughout the year, many choose to take advantage of National Pollinator Week, June

Many affiliates have hosted screenings of awe-inspiring, and sometimes disturbing, films like Wings of Life; Flight of the Butterflies; A Ghost in the Making: Searching for the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee; Queen of the