Pollinator Week Promo Kit for Affiliates

Pollinator Week Promo Kit for Affiliates: Bee Safe

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Pesticides & Pollinators Threats and Solutions: Yards and gardens often receive more pesticides per acre than agricultural areas. Join Emily May, Pollinator Conservation Specialist in the Pesticide Program at Xerces, to learn about the risks pesticides pose to pollinators, and how we can address those risks in our backyards and communities.
Practitioners Talk About IPM: Turning Lemons into Lemonade – the Story of Wilsonville, OR: Residents of Wilsonville, Oregon, were shocked by a massive bumble bee kill caused by insecticide treatment of parking lot trees. Hear from Kerry Rappold, Natural Resources Program Manager for the City of Wilsonville, how the community responded to that incident and the long-term changes that happened as a result.
Buying Bee Safe Plants: How You Can Help
IPM Examples and Lessons Learned

Handouts to Print

Activities for Families

X Kids
Print a bumble bee mask to cut and color
Bumble Bee Watch community science program

Online Resources for Gardeners and Land Managers

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If you are a campus, change #BeeCityUSA to #BeeCampusUSA

We’re proud to be a #BeeCityUSA affiliate during #PollinatorWeek! Let’s celebrate the hard-working insects that bring so much to our world! With more than 3,600 species, bees are the most important group of pollinators in the US. Without bumble bees, sweat bees, mason bees, mining bees, metallic green bees, squash bees, sunflower bees, and so many more, gardens would be less productive and landscapes less colorful.

This year, let’s get rid of insecticides from our gardens. 25% of total insecticide use in the US is in gardens – yikes! Reasons to not use insecticides:

1: They rarely solve the problem of why you have a pest. Find out why the pest is there and adjust to deal with the cause.

2: They kill bees too. A healthy garden shows signs of life – chewed leaves, blemished plants, nests in the ground.

3: They don’t stay where you applied them. What you put on your garden washes away. Urban creeks can be more polluted than agricultural areas.

#BeeCityUSA #ProtectBees #PollinatorWeek #NoSpray

Twitter
If you are a campus, change #BeeCityUSA to #BeeCampusUSA

It’s Pollinator Week – let’s celebrate the hard-working insects that bring so much to our world! With more than 3,600 species, bees are the most important group of pollinators in the US. #BeeCityUSA #ProtectBees #PollinatorWeek

Without bumble bees, sweat bees, mason bees, mining bees, metallic green bees, squash bees, sunflower bees, and so many more, gardens would be less productive and landscapes less colorful. #BeeCityUSA #ProtectBees #PollinatorWeek

Proud to be a #BeeCityUSA affiliate during #PollinatorWeek! This year, let’s get rid of insecticides from our gardens. 25% of total insecticide use in the US is in gardens – yikes! #ProtectBees #NoSpray

Reasons to not use insecticides 1: They rarely solve the problem of why you have a pest. Find out why the pest is there and adjust to deal with the cause. #BeeCityUSA #ProtectBees #PollinatorWeek #NoSpray

Reasons to not use insecticides 2: They kill bees too. A healthy garden shows signs of life – chewed leaves, blemished plants, nests in the ground. #BeeCityUSA #ProtectBees #PollinatorWeek #NoSpray

Reasons to not use insecticides 3: They don’t stay where you applied them. What you put on your garden washes away. Urban creeks can be more polluted than agricultural areas. #BeeCityUSA #ProtectBees #PollinatorWeek #NoSpray

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