October 2025 | 

New! Free Printable Stickers

Earlier this year, the very talented artist Fruitblush offered to do a free commission to support our conservation work and we thought native pollinator stickers would be a fun and helpful outreach tool for all of our Bee City and Bee Campus affiliates. We now have four different sticker sheets you are welcome to print and distribute. These sheets are designed to be printed at home or professionally printed. View all the stickers and read Fruitblush's artist statement.

You're Invited

Non-Chemical Management for Beautiful Buzzing Landscapes

How can we manage pests and keep landscapes healthy without using pesticides? Join us for an engaging webinar where we explore this question through the world of non-chemical management! During this session, Xerces Society's pesticide specialist Jacqueline Buenrostro, along with Bee City and Bee Campus affiliates, will share their success skipping the pesticides in favor of non-chemical techniques. There’s no one better to share about non-chemical management than the amazing communities doing this great work every day.

Grab your work gloves, invite a friend, and join us to explore the many ways to manage pests without compromising on pollinator protection in your community!

Tuesday, October 21

10 AM – 11 AM PT / 11 AM – 12 PM MT / 12 PM – 1 PM CT / 1 PM – 2 PM ET

Free

Register here today!

This webinar will be recorded and available on the Xerces Society YouTube channel on the Bee City USA Playlist. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

To request a reasonable accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact outreach@xerces.org.

Speaker:

Jacqueline Buenrostro

Pesticide Program Specialist

Urban Policy Lead

The Xerces Society

New Resources Added to Our IPM Plan Toolkit

We have some great new resources in our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan Toolkit!

• New web page: Non-Chemical Management Tools for Outdoor Landscapes.
• New PDF: Template to create your IPM Plan
• New PDF: 10 Questions to Ask Your Local Land Managers About Pesticide Use

Special thanks to Aimée Code, Aaron Anderson, and Jacqueline Buenrostro on the Xerces Society's pesticide reduction team for all of their hard work on creating and improving our IPM Plan Toolkit.

Host a Screening of the Documentary The Little Things that Run the World

We have a fun opportunity for you to host an in-person film screening of the documentary, The Little Things That Run the World. Showing a educational movie can be great way to support pollinator conservation while promoting your Bee City and Bee Campus work to a broader audience.

In this documentary, the filmmakers Doug Hawes-Davis and Dru Carr interviewed some of the leading voices in pollinator conservation and insect decline, including, Doug Tallamy and Xerces Society's own Scott Black. 

This film does a great job explaining the why of pollinators protection – and your Bee City or Bee Campus can be the how of pollinator conservation action.

Check out our screening toolkit for trailers, social media content, printable resources and much more. There are three options for screening and even includes an opportunity to request a free guest speaker! Screening Toolkit: Host a Screening of the Documentary The Little Things that Run the World

Blog: Leave The Leaves! These Invertebrates Depend On It.

When the temperature starts to drop and flowers close up shop for the winter, it’s normal to wonder where all the little creatures have gone. For most invertebrates, the answer is that they’re still right next door. 

Your garden’s wild residents benefit immensely when you practice good neighbor relations, leaving things a little messy and wild with a variety of leaves, hollow stems, brush piles or dead wood, soil, and flower heads available for winter shelter. That’s not to say you can’t do any tidying up – we have tips for thoughtful autumn cleanup that still leaves space for nature. Read more

Promo Kit: Leave The Leaves & Save the Stems

Help your community spread the word about protecting overwintering habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects with our free 2025 Leave the Leaves Promo Kit.

Designed for gardeners, advocates, landscape professionals, and everyone in between, this online toolkit includes talking points, social media content, printable handouts, and a template op-ed to help you effectively spread the word with clear, engaging content.

We hope you enjoy these resources!

Check out your free Leave the Leaves Promo Kit

Welcome New Affiliates!

• Bloomington, IN
• Tangent, OR

If you know of a community that might be interested in becoming a Bee City or Bee Campus, we'd love to connect with them. We're particularly interested in those in Alaska or Hawaii, two states where we have no affiliates. Let us know at beecityusa@xerces.org. We are available to meet, present, and/or send outreach materials to groups that are interested. Here are the Bee City USA Commitments and Bee Campus USA Commitments. Thank you!

Oct 21 @ 10 AM PT / 11 AM MT / 12 PM CT / 1 PM ET

Bee City/Campus Webinar: Non-Chemical Management for Beautiful Buzzing Landscapes

Oct 24 - Oct 31

Bat Week!

Have an event, funding opportunity, or volunteer opportunity you would like us to promote? Email beecityusa@xerces.org. If you have a Bee City/Campus login: you can add events here.

Application and renewal fee address:

The Xerces Society

??‹PO Box 84274

Seattle, WA 98124-5574

Contact:

beecityusa@xerces.org

503.212.0894

Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA are initiatives of the Xerces Society.

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