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| BeeCityUSA.org | Bee City USA® galvanizes communities to sustain pollinators by providing them with healthy habitat, rich in a variety of native plants, and free to nearly free of pesticides. Bee City USA is an initiative of the Xerces Society.
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Good news: the bugs that eat pests in your yard also use fallen leaves to survive the winter! 🍂

Learn how to balance tidying leaves and providing habitat ➡️ beecityusa.org/blog

#BeeCityUSA #gardencleanup #fallcleaning #yardcleaning #yardwork #fall #backyardwildlife #pollinatorconservation
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Please join us in giving a warm Bee City USA welcome to our three newest affiliates! We are so excited to have you join us! 🐝@btownparks @charlottesvilleva @keepevansvillebeautiful

#BeeCityUSA #Affiliate #Welcome #Pollinators #Habitat #Conservation
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Bee City USA - Wichita, KS is featured in the New York Times series 50 States, 50 Fixes! Great work, Wichita. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...
Bee Happy: They’re Saving Pollinators in Kansas
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October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Bugs are in trouble, and our yards are part of the answer!🍂 ➡

If each of us — you, your neighbor, your friend down the block — takes a step, that adds up to a lot.

✅Learn more about the importance of microhabitats here ➡ beecityusa.org/blog

#BeeCityUSA #Gardens #Microhabitats #LeavetheLeaves
October 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Please join us in welcoming our two newest Bee Campus USA Affiliates! We can't wait to support you in creating bee-friendly habitat and raising awareness around the importance of pollinators!🌿 @njit @brynathyncollege

#BeeCampusUSA #Welcome #Affiliates #Pollinator #Conservation #Habitat
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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We are pleased to announce that the City of Tangent, OR has become our newest Bee City USA affiliate! We can't wait to see what wonderful pollinator habitat you create and enhance in your community! 🎉🐝

#BeeCityUSA #Affiliate #Welcome #Pollinator #Conservation #Habitat
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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How can we manage pests and keep landscapes healthy without using pesticides? Join us on Tuesday, October 21st at 10 am PT for an engaging webinar where we explore this question through the world of non-chemical management!

Register today ➡beecityusa.org/events

#BeeCityUSA #PesticideReduction
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Join us on September 30th @ 10 AM PT for a tour of our 2024 renewal report: Buzzing with Biodiversity! We think you will find inspiration for your own community's pollinator conservation and pesticide reduction work.

Register here today! ➡ beecityusa.org/events

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September 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Please join us in welcomig our newest Bee Campus USA affiliate! UC Merced, we're so happy to have you on the Bee Campus USA Team! 🐝

#BeeCampusUSA #UCMerced #Welcome #Affiliates
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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A big Bee City USA Welcome to all of the new affiliates that became certified in the month of August! 🐝🌿

@bettparksandrec , @cityofcolumbiascgov , @city_of_tybee_island , @cityofdanville , @woodinvillegov

#BeeCityUSA #Welcome #Affiliates #Pollinator #Conservation #Habitat
September 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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DYK - Most butterfly & moth species feed on only 1 or a few different types of plants as they grow and develop. Keep these welcome visitors coming back each year by planting some of these delicious host plants!

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#BeeCityUSA #wildlifeconservation #butterflies #savethebutterflies
August 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Our 2024 annual report is out: Buzzing with Biodiversity! In 2024, our affiliates reached 579,000+ people at 4,800+ events, & they improved 3,800+ acres of habitat for pollinators! Learn more & get some inspiration: beecityusa.org/2024-annual-...

#beecityusa #beecampususa #xerces #bees #nativebees
Buzzing with Biodiversity: Bee City USA & Bee Campus USA 2024 Annual Report - Bee City USA
Dear Friends, One of my favorite things about pollinator conservation is that it has very tangible achievements, even instant gratification: plant a native flower, bees show up! It mirrors what […]
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August 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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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
August 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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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!
August 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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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
August 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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There's a little over a week left to apply for this job! Be sure to finish your applications by August 11th.
xercessociety.bsky.social The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · Jul 22
Join our team & help protect monarch butterflies in Texas! 🦋

Job Title: Pollinator Conservation Specialist, NRCS Partner Biologist, Texas
🌎Location: Hybrid remote near Temple, TX
💲Compensation: $62,857/yr, $2,619 paid semi-monthly
❗Apply by: August 11, 2025
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“We’re Hiring! Pollinator Conservation Specialist, NRCS Partner Biologist, Texas”
August 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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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
“We’re hiring! Science Illustration Intern. Apply by July 14, 2025”
June 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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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
June 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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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
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...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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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
May 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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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
May 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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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
“Say No to Weakening the Endangered Species Act” Endangered Fender's blue butterfly at a restoration site near Fern Ridge
May 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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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
May 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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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
May 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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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
April 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM