Pollinator Week is less than 1 Month Away!
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Pollinator Week is less than 1 month away and will start on Monday, June 22nd! Help us celebrate by requesting local establishments and buildings to light up yellow and orange in support of pollinators and as a beacon of hope during these challenging times. Together, let's make this the brightest Pollinator Week ever!
Visit our website to see this year’s Pollinator Week Lightings so far. Past lightings include the Empire State Building, the CN Tower, Niagara Falls, and multiple City Hall buildings across North America.
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Support Local Bee Friendly Wineries
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Support our local Bee Friendly Wineries as they open for the season! Visit our website to support great vintners who are incorporating pollinator friendly practices as they make sustainably grown wine. To certify your farm or winery as Bee Friendly, click HERE! |
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Join Project Wingspan and Protect Monarchs
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Project Wingspan is excited to announce that it has expanded to two more states (Arkansas and Minnesota)! If you’re interested in joining this effort and becoming a certified seed collection volunteer, we have FREE ONLINE TRAINING for seed collecting volunteers in our target states of Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin!
Follow our easy 6-step training and learn how to properly collect seed from the landscape and how to identify a variety of native plant species. Skills that once learned, can be applied to your personal garden and other local community efforts.
Sign up to volunteer and a state coordinator will get in touch to connect you with the training module that will best fit your level of time, skill, and interest. We hope you will join Project Wingspan and help make a valuable contribution to supporting migrating monarchs and the imperiled rusty patched bumble bee!
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The World Bee Day Celebration Continues
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In celebration of the 20,000 incredible bee species worldwide, we have listed a few activities that you can do to celebrate these amazing pollinators!
1) Learn how to identify different types of bees in our Bee ID blog by Amber Barnes, Pollinator Partnership's Wildlife and Conservation Ecologist.
2) Watch the Protecting Our Pollinators webinar hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and learn about the importance of pollinators to our food system, the threats they face, and best practices to safeguard them.
3) Watch the Exploring the World of Pollinators webinar by Anthony Colangelo, Pollinator Partnership's Communications Coordinator and learn about native bees and a few of the fantastic programs Pollinator Partnership has to offer for parents and kids that are fun, educational, and beneficial to pollinators!
4) Download the Insight Citizen Science App and spend some time outside monitoring and recording observations of the bees visiting your garden! |
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