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Bee City USA News Oct. 2023

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October 2023

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Bee City USA Visits Michigan Bee Campuses

Join us on a photo tour of Bee Campus USA affiliates on Michigan’s Lower Peninsula: Michigan State University, Washtenaw Community College, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Michigan-Dearborn--plus a bonus visit to Michigan State University-Detroit Extension Service's Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation (DPFLI) with Detroit Hives! In our November eNewsletter, we will share highlights of our visits with three of our Lower Peninsula Bee Cities: City of Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township, Royal Oak. Read more

In Case You Missed It: 2023 Leave the Leaves Promo Kit

As a benefit to our Bee City and Bee Campus affiliates, we provide "promo kits" to help affiliates easily share pollinator conservation tools within their communities for events like No Mow May, Earth Week, Pollinator Week, and, for autumn: Leave the Leaves!

These digital kits includes items like printable handouts, ideas for events and activities, social media content, template op-eds, links for further reading, and more.

We hope these kits allow you to quickly disseminate information in a way that is easy to read and share.

Access the 2023 Leave the Leaves Promo Kit here

Affiliate Spotlight: Seed Propagation at Vassar College’s Willow Labyrinth

The Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns, located on the Preserve at Vassar in Poughkeepsie, NY, brings together regional environmental and community organizations, educators, residents, and the Vassar College community to strengthen place-based environmental awareness throughout the Hudson Valley. As part of our mission, we strive to protect, cultivate, and spread awareness about the native plant populations and pollinators on Vassar’s campus and the Preserve at Vassar. Read more

Next Week: Virtual Affiliate Meetup: SE Region

Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: Southeast Region

October 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Join Laurie Hamon, Xerces Society’s Endangered Species Conservation Biologist for a short presentation on the Southeastern Bee Atlas, followed by an extended Q&A and group discussion with Laurie and Bee City and Bee Campus USA National Coordinator Laura Rost. This is an opportunity to share your successes, ask for advice, and connect with your fellow affiliate cities and campuses.

Feel free to join us if you are a Bee City or Bee Campus affiliate in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

This free Bee City USA webinar is hosted by Xerces Society and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel on the Bee City USA playlist. Auto-generated Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Watch Past Regional meetings

Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: SW Region

Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: Great Lakes

Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: NE & Mid-Atlantic

More regional meetings to come!

Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways

Did you know roadsides can make excellent pollinator habitat? We’re excited to share a series of 16 regional Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways guidebooks Xerces staff helped put together, which are published through the National Academy of Sciences. These guidebooks have guidance for transportation agencies looking to maintain or create habitat for pollinators on roadsides, with a particular focus on the habitat and natural history of imperiled pollinators and options for Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance. View the regional guidebooks and accessory materials

Welcome, New Bee City affiliate!

Lake Oswego, OR

Upcoming Events

Tomorrow: October 20

28th Annual Symbolic Monarch Migration to Mexico with Bee City USA – Hendersonville

October 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Bee City & Bee Campus USA Virtual Affiliate Meetup: Southeast Region

November 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 pm PST

In the Life of Western Monarchs: A Community Science Approach to Conservation

December 7 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

In the Life of Monarchs East of the Rockies: Biology and the Great Migration

Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA are initiatives of the Xerces Society. Xerces is a donor supported non-profit organization. Your tax-deductible donation today will help grow and sustain our essential work.

New! Set up a personal, peer-to-peer fundraiser to support Xerces.

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