Valley STUwards: Stuart Hall students to aid pollinators with garden in downtown Staunton
April showers bring May flowers, as the saying goes. But what helps the flowers and other plants continue to grow is pollinators.
April showers bring May flowers, as the saying goes. But what helps the flowers and other plants continue to grow is pollinators.
Virginia Tech has earned the Bee Campus USA certification for commitment to sustaining native insect pollinators, a designation that further cements the university’s climate action commitment to create a green and sustainable campus.
At the Wildlife Center of Virginia, the patients who come in provide information for staff about what is happening outside in nature.
Bees and other pollinators are essential for growing a great deal of nature’s finest foods.
Pollinator species such as honey bees, other insects and birds are essential partners of farmers in producing much of our food supply.
They can’t drive a tractor or milk the cows, but native pollinators put in a hard day’s work on Virginia farms.
Honeybees are invaluable to the health of the U.S. agricultural economy as they enable the production of 90 commercially grown crops in the nation.
Eastern Mennonite University is among the organizations promoting awareness of pollinators through the “A Book for the ‘Burg” program.
Every third bite in your mouth is made possible by pollination. That is why Governor Northam declared June 18-24 as Virginia Pollinator Week.
Pollinators are important to farmers and ranchers, gardeners and the food industry. That’s why June 19-25 has been designated National Pollinator Week.