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Pollinator Week

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Four people, two white and two black, holding shovels and smiling while standing in front of several freshly planted native flowers. Behind them tarps protect a small plot of crops.
Inspiration for Pollinator Conservation: Habitat Kits for Urban Farms and Gardens
A stream winding past a livestock pasture. The stream is surrounded by planted tree saplings and small shrubs so that the bare pasture does not reach the stream.
Inspiration for Pollinator Conservation: Protecting Waterways with Pollinator Habitat
A hedgerow planted to provide habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects on a farm. All the species in the hedgerow were chosen because they also provide fruit, flowers, or some other product that is edible.
Inspiration for Pollinator Conservation: Hedgerow Habitat on Farms
A grassland covered in colorful wildflowers
Inspiration for Pollinator Conservation: Wildflowers on Rangelands
A sunflower being visited by both a butterfly and a bee
Pollinator Week Peer-To-Peer Fundraising Challenge: Work Together To Make a Difference
Community campaign to stop mosquito spraying to protect wildlife
These Bee-Safe Communities are Welcoming Back Pollinators
Monarch caterpillars on milkweed
Looking for Pollinator-Safe Plants? Talk to Your Nursery
Sweat bee on coneflower in home garden
Tips for Pollinator-Safe Gardening
Bumble bee on California poppy flower
Top 7 Reasons to Stop Pesticide Use at Home
Bee pollinating flower
Meet the Cast of Pollinator Week
Attendees of the Monarch Butterfly Summit at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. (Photo: Scott Black/ Xerces Society)
D.C. Monarch Summit Secures Funding for Monarch Conservation
Bombus fraternus on sunflower (Photo: K. Hayden)
Pollinator Week 2022: Meet Our Staff Favorites
Emily Spindler samples pollinators in New Mexico (Photo: Aimee Code, Xerces Society)
Protecting New Mexico's Very Hungry Caterpillars
West coast lady, Vanessa annabella. Photo: Chris Halsch, University of Nevada-Reno
Grassroots Conservation is the Key to Saving Imperiled Western Butterflies
Community garden in Omaha NE. Squash flowers in front of an apartment complex. Photo: Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society
Investing in pollinator conservation through urban agriculture
Wildflowers grow beside a quite rural road. The most abundant plant has small gray-green leaves that grow on horizontal branches and a clyster of long, narrow spikes of dark purple flowers at the top of the stem
Pollinators Find a Home on Roadsides
Gently undulating rangeland stretches to the horizon. The silver-grey leaves of plants show between the green grass. In the distance a cluster of farm buildings sit in the shelter of trees. Brown and black cattle graze.
Great Plains Rangelands Are Important Habitat for Pollinators
several tall spikes of pink checkermallow flowers stand among a scattering of golden-orange flowers of California poppy in this garden. In the foreground, a bumble bee with a yellow head forages on a checkermallow
Pollinator Protection Starts at Home—and can Spread Faster than Weeds!
A small group of young men and women work with shovels and other tools to care for a hedgerow
Xerces Society and the NRCS: 17 Years of Conservation Partnership
A pollinator garden full of yellow-and-red and pink flowers. In the center is a sign that says "Pollinator Garden" and has colorful illustrations of flowers, butterflies, and bees.
Building Resilient Communities: Reflecting on a Year of Challenge and Opportunity for Bee City USA & Bee Campus USA
The black hairs that cover the rear segments of this yellow-and-black bumble bee shine in the sunshine as it forages on a pink flower
What Should You Do for Pollinator Week? Go Bumble Bee Watching!
A brown cardboard box has been opened to show the contents, bundles of newly printed books. The books are a gray-green color, with a photograph that shows two yellow and orange bumble bees on a pink flower.
Reflections on Two Decades of Pollinator Conservation
The hole in the end of this broken flower stem is filled with neatly cut pieces of leaf, a sure sign that a leafcutter bee has made a nest.
The hole in the end of this broken flower stem is filled with neatly cut pieces of leaf, a sure sign that a leafcutter bee has made a nest.
Moving Beyond Flowers: Natural Nesting Habitat for Bees and other Insects
An aerial view looking down on an almond orchard. At the bottom of the photo, the greenery of the hedgerow planted as habitat for bees contrasts with the straight rows of almond trees above.
Bee Better Certified: Protecting Bees and Providing a Level Playing Field for Farmers and the Companies that Support Them
A hairy, yellow-and-black bumble bee forages on a pink flower head of joe-pye weed.
A hairy, yellow-and-black bumble bee forages on a pink flower head of joe-pye weed.
Climate News Roundup: The Link Between Climate Change and Biodiversity
An orange-and-black striped checkered beetle foraging on yellow flowers
Notes from the Other Orders: Beetles as Pollinators
A group of three college students with clipboards watch carefully for bees beside a flower-rich garden.
Celebrating a Year of Enacting Positive Change: Bee City USA & Bee Campus USA
The white colored yucca moth is dwarfed by the person's thumbnail on which it perches
The Night Shift: Moths as Nocturnal Pollinators
A pollinator habitat sign sits proudly among many bright blooms.
Let’s Make Every Week Pollinator Week!
A beautiful, bright orange monarch perches atop bright pink milkweed blossoms.
Working to Conserve Monarchs from Coast to Coast
A fuzzy bee with big, shiny eyes peers out of a hole in bare dirt.
A fuzzy bee with big, shiny eyes peers out of a hole in bare dirt.
Remember the Ground Nesting Bees when You Make Your Patch of Land Pollinator-Friendly
Bright yellow flowers reach upwards in this low-angle shot.
Managing Invertebrate-Friendly Gardens
A bumble bee holds tightly to a cluster of purple flowers.
Introducing Xerces’ Newest Community Science Project: Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas
Two women walk through a garden with abundant, colorful flowers.
Bee City USA: Galvanizing Communities to Reverse Pollinator Decline
A Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat sign stands proudly among a blossoming garden.
Bring Back the Pollinators During National Pollinator Week
The author stands in a field holding a net while talking during a demonstration.
Kicking Off Canadian Bumble Bee Watch Training Events!
A bee is deep inside a brilliant orange-and-red flower.
#PicturePerfectPollinator Photo Contest Winners
Hundreds of dead bees lay across a single parking space in this photo of the Wilsonville bee kill.
Bumble Bee Die-Off Under Investigation in Virginia
A Xerces Society pollinator habitat sign stands proudly in a lush garden.
Protecting Pollinators One Community at a Time
 

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