University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) was recertified by the Xerces Society as a Bee Campus in June 2024, extending the university’s status as one of eight colleges in Wisconsin and one […]
Author: Laura Janway, Environmental Sustainability CoordinatorBee City USA Affiliate: Carrboro, NCUSDA Plant Zone: 8a My top 5 native pollinator plants: Spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata) Bearded beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Milkweed (Asclepias spp.)
Affiliate Spotlight: Weed Pulls, Moth Nights & Buffer Balls in Carrboro, NC Read More »
Authors:Liz Childress, Education and Outreach Supervisor, Weedon Island Preserve Cultural & Natural History CenterJames Stevenson, Education and Outreach Supervisor, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center Bee City USA Affiliate: Pinellas
Affiliate Spotlight: Bee City USA – Pinellas County, FL Takes Flight Read More »
Author: Susana Prieto Bravo, Bilingual Naturalist Bee City Affiliate Name: City of Westminster, COUSDA Plant Zone: 6a My top 5 native pollinator plants: Sulphur flower (Eriogonum umbellatum): Must have for pollinator
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Author: Leanne Tippett Mosby, Sustainability ManagerBee Campus Affiliate: University of MissouriUSDA Plant Zone: 6aMy favorite native pollinator plants: Many of the plants in University of Missouri pollinator patches pictured here
Affiliate Spotlight: Pollinator habitat is par for the course at Mizzou Read More »
Author: Stephanie Krull, Landscape Architect, Southwestern UniversityBee Campus Affiliate: Southwestern University, Georgetown, TXUSDA Plant Zone: 8b Cullen Administration Building Pollinator Garden Less than one year ago, the Cullen Administration Building
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A private parking lot in Wilsonville, Oregon became the unexpected site of the country’s largest bumble bee kill, when an estimated 50,000-100,000 bumble bees died during Pollinator Week in 2013,
Authors:Julie Blaker, Pittman Center Firewise Committee CoordinatorKristine Johnson, Pittman Center Bee City and Firewise CommitteesGlenn Taylor, Pittman Center Firewise Photographer USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 6Common invasive plants: kudzu, multiflora rose,
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Guest blogs by Kim Bailey, City of Hendersonville Environmental Sustainability Board member and Bee City USA – Hendersonville coordinator from 2015 to 2021 and Patrice German, Bullington Gardens staff member/volunteer
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