Lee Finney shared this account of recent Bee City USA Gold Hill activities. At the beginning of October I attended a Can Do meeting and requested volunteer help in creating […]

On the coast of California, about three and a half hours drive north of San Francisco, Fort Bragg is working together to enhance pollinator habitat throughout the area. They were designated

Researchers Kirsten Traynor, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Jeffery Pettis, David Tarpy, Christopher Mullin, James Frazier and Maryann Frazier have published groundbreaking research in Nature Scientific Reports that reveals the sum total of the pesticides

Mayor Butch Berry and Ken Trimble, a member of the Eureka Springs Pollinator Alliance, recognized how essential bees and other pollinators are to our planet’s resilience.  That’s why they led the

Thanks to pollinator advocates Supervisor Katy Tang, landscape architect Patricia Algara, and city department of the Environement staff Mei Ling Hui, and others for increasing awareness of how each patch

In May, Bee Campus USA certified the University of North Texas (UNT) as the first affiliate in Texas. Director of Sustainability, Gary Cocke, other campus leaders, and UNT students are

Bee City USA® Calls for Conversations Between Local Government Agencies and Beekeeping Chapters on Mosquito Abatement Plans Tragically, millions of honey bees in Summerville, South Carolina, were found dead after Dorchester

Bumble bee on goldenrod. Photo: Nancy Adamson As wild bees begin to prepare for the winter, those individuals that will “hibernate” to ensure the continuation of the species the next

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