Bee City USA

Introducing our two newest Bee City USA affiliates, @city_of_tybee_island and @woodinvillegov! Thank you for helping us grow this program, continuing the expansion of our pollinator conservation efforts! 🐝🌼

#BeeCityUSA #Welcome #Affiliates #PollinatorPathwayNW

The Great Southeast Pollinator Census is a University of Georgia project open to residents of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and Alabama, and taking place on August 22nd and 23rd.

Visit ➡beecityusa.org/events to learn how to join!

Please join us in welcoming our newest Bee Campus USA affiliates, @sustainabilitycpp and @ndsu.official ! North Dakota is the 48th State to join the Bee City & Campus USA family! 🎉🐝

#BeeCampusUSA #Affiliates #ExperienceNDSU #Homeofthebison #cppsustainability

There's a little over a week left to apply for this job! Be sure to finish your applications by August 11th.

“We’re hiring! Science Illustration Intern. Apply by July 14, 2025”

Join Xerces and make art that supports conservation! 🐝✍🏽

Job Title: Science Illustration Intern
🌎Location: Remote
💲Compensation: $24/hr, 20hrs/week
📅Duration: Sep-Dec 2025
❗Apply by: July 14, 2025

Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs

Join us July 22 @ 10 AM PT for our free webinar on how a large Midwest native plant nursery collaborated with the Xerces Society to grow native plants w/o toxic pesticides. Speaker: Ridge Campbell, MNL Greenhouse Manager.

Register here today: beecityusa.org/events

#beecityusa #pesticides #beesafe

Affiliate Spotlight: Apex, NC — Pollinators in the Peak - Bee City USA Author: Ellison Lambert, Volunteer Coordinator, Town of ApexBee City USA: Apex, NCUSDA Plant Zone: 8A My top 5 native pollinator plants:  Blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis) Fireworks wrinkleleaf go...

Check out Apex's NC's Bee City Spotlight to learn how their Pollinator Habitat Certification program allows homeowners, schools, businesses, and community groups to certify their native pollinator habitats. beecityusa.org/affiliate-sp...

#beecityusa #apexnc #bees #butterflies

Please join Dr. Kueneman tomorrow as he teaches us about ground nesting bees, shows off some great bee photos, and learn how your Bee City or Bee Campus community can get involved in GNBee.

Register today: beecityusa.org/events

#GroundNestingBees #BeeCityUSA #NativeBees #GNBee

Lawn care needs may vary greatly across the states, but one constant is that a manicured lawn has minimal wildlife value.

Learn about ways to diversify your lawn space at beecityusa.org/blog

#nomowmay #lowmowspring #beecityusa

“Say No to Weakening the Endangered Species Act” Endangered Fender's blue butterfly at a restoration site near Fern Ridge

Protecting habitat is perhaps THE most important conservation strategy. But a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act would stop doing so, allowing people & companies to destroy habitat that endangered species need to survive.
Join us in stopping this change ➡️ xerces.org/protect-the-esa

Please join us in welcoming our newest Bee Campus USA affiliates! We can't wait to see what wonderful pollinator habitat projects you come up with! We're so excited to work with you! 🎉🌼

@iubloomington @thelwtech @universitynewengland

#BeeCityUSA #BeeCampusUSA #WelcomeAffiliates

We are so excited to have such a robust number of Bee City USA affiliates joining us this past month! 🐝💪

#AvonIndianaGovernment #BrookingsSouthDakota #SanMarcosTexas #SpringvilleAlabama #VancouverBeeProject
#BeeCityUSA #BeeCampusUSA #AffiliateWelcome

Join us May 29 for our regional meeting for the North Central US!

We are giving the floor to Bee Cities and Bee
Campuses to share their pollinator conservation events with the group.

Learn more and register:
beecityusa.org/events

#beecityusa #beecampususa

Join us May 8 for our regional meeting for the Northeast!

We are giving the floor to Bee Cities and Bee
Campuses to share their pollinator conservation events with the group.

Learn more and register:
beecityusa.org/events

#beecityusa #beecampususa

Join Xerces & help protect freshwater mussels & other aquatic inverts!

Job Title: Freshwater Mussel Technician
Location: OR (w/ travel to WA)
Compensation: $23 /hr
Job Term: Seasonal; approx. 3.5 months starting June 2025
Application deadline: Open until filled

Learn more & apply @ xerces.org/jobs

Join us May 1 for our regional meeting for the Western US!

We are giving the floor to Bee Cities and Bee
Campuses to share their pollinator conservation events with the group.

Learn more and register:
beecityusa.org/events

#beecityusa #beecampususa

Make sure pollinator plants that your City/Campus purchase are 🐝-friendly!

3 ways to buy 🐝-safe 🌱:
1) Buy organic plants & seeds
2) Avoid plants & seeds treated w/ systemic insecticides
3) Tell your nursery you want native plants free from harmful pesticides

#beesafe #beecityusa #beecampususa

Are you mowing less this spring to feed the 🐝?

Download a free, printable "No Mow April", "No Mow May", & "Low Mow Spring" yard signs (available with the Bee City USA or Bee Campus USA logo) @ beecityusa.org/no-mow-may.

#beecityusa #savethebees #nomowmay #nomowapril #slowmow #pollinators

Join us April 24 for our regional meeting for the Southern US! We are giving the floor to Bee Cities and Bee Campuses to share their pollinator conservation events with the group.

Learn more and register: beecityusa.org/events

#beecityusa #beecampususa

With spring arriving, it's tempting to begin working on our yards and gardens. But hold on!

Clearing debris & trimming plants too soon can actually harm bees, butterflies, & other important pollinators!

Learn more at beecityusa.org/blog

#BeeCityUSA #SpringCleaning #Habitat

Please join us in giving a warm Springtime welcome to our newest Bee Campus Affiliate, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire! 🐝

#BeeCampusUSA #Welcome #Affiliate #PollinatorConservation

There will be no April Fools' hoaxes from Bee City USA! These affiliates are the real deal! Thank you to Berkeley Heights Environmental Commission, NJ & the City of Moline, IL for all the of the work that you've done & continue to do for pollinators! 🎉

#BeeCityUSA #Welcome #PollinatorConservation

Tomorrow is our FREE Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA Webinar- Still Growing: Pollinator Habitat Maintenance Tips @ 10 AM PT

Xerces Society staff Kaitlin Haase and Stefanie Steele will share their on-the-ground experiences w/ pollinator plantings and more!

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Here are four community science programs you can join today:
🐝👀 Bumble Bee Watch
➡️ bumblebeewatch.org
🐝🗺 @BumbleBeeAtlas
➡️ bumblebeeatlas.org
🪲🗺 Firefly Atlas
➡️ fireflyatlas.org
🦋🌼 Monarch Nectar Plant Database
➡️ xerces.org/monarch-nectar-plants

For even more, visit xerces.org/community-science

Join us next week on Tuesday for our Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA Webinar- Still Growing: Pollinator Habitat Maintenance Tips @ 10 AM PT

Xerces Society staff Kaitlin Haase and Stefanie Steele will share their on-the-ground experiences w/ pollinator plantings.

Register: beecityusa.org/events

Of the 554 butterfly species studied, more than two thirds are declining, with many in serious trouble.

Learn more about this new research at beecityusa.org/blog

Welcome to the Bee City USA team, City of Daphne, AL & City of Savannah, GA! We're so excited to have you join us in our pollinator conservation journey! 🐝

#BeeCityUSA #BeeCampusUSA #Affiliates #Welcome #PollinatorConservation

Please join us in giving a warm Bee Campus USA welcome to our newest affiliates! Thank you for the work that your committees put in to become certified, and the work that you'll continue to do for pollinators! 🐝

#BeeCampusUSA #BeeCityUSA #PicturePurdue

Certified Bee Cities and Bee Campuses: Your renewal reports and fees are due by Feb 28th!🌿 Go to beecityusa.org/login to get started.

Thank you!

#BeeCityUSA #BeeCampusUSA #ReportingWindow #Renewals

Pollinator gardens rise from the ashes of the Almeda Fire From Fires to Flowers, a program run by the non-profit Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, creates vibrant gardens in the scorched footprint of the 2020 wildfire, helping create a landscape that heals bo...

We wanted to share this nice article on Fires to Flowers, a program run by the Southern Oregon non-profit, Pollinator Project Rogue Valley. This program is restoring pollinator habitat in the wake of the Alameda Fire that swept through the Rogue Valley in 2020: www.ijpr.org/wildfire/202...