pollinators

A bee rests on the stalk of a plant featuring many small yellow flowers.

(Kevin R. Darcy)

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Important pollinators are losing their habitats at an alarming rate. Planting native flowers can help provide essential habitats for rebuilding healthy ecosystems.
The pictures, one depicting a yellow butterfly perched on pink flowers, a bee perched on a red flower, and a brown butterfly on white flowers.

(Pamela Nobumoto)

University of Connecticut
Migratory pollinators are losing habitat due to human development. These Connecticut gardeners are fighting back.
An extreme close up of a tiny robotic bee perched on the end of a toothpick.
George Washington University
Robotic bees are being developed to study buzz pollination and help support the conservation of declining bee populations across the globe.
Constructed hives that house bees in the middle of a field under a cloudy sky

Here, the UM Beekeeper Club's hives are still in hibernation. (Gracey Massengill/University of Mississippi)

University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi recently joined the worldwide effort to save pollinators by housing honey bees at the University of Mississippi Field Station.

(Paulina Oswald/Eckerd College)

Planet Forward Correspondent | Eckerd College
In the time of the coronavirus pandemic, our unfounded fear of bats comes to a head. But they are vital part of a balanced ecosystem.

Dave Hunter, founder of Crown Bees, a bee nursery and supply business in Woodinville, Wash., speaks at the USDA event. (Eric Englert/Medill)

Northwestern University
The USDA gets public input on its Native Bee Monitoring Plan.
Profile of UNL's Pollinator Plot creator
Profile of UNL's Pollinator Plot creator
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Pollinator Plot is a demonstration and research garden and an outdoor classroom.