Events

9:00 AM – 1:30 PM EDT Rotary Centennial Pavilion Gastonia, NC Join Phyllis Stiles, Bee City USA Founder and Pollinator Champion of the Xerces Society, as she speaks at 9:20 am to the importance of all pollinators and what each of us can do to help reverse their decline. Other speakers include Allen Thompson and …

Okanogan Highlands British Columbia, Canada The bumble bee field trip will provide community members with an opportunity to learn about the bumble bee species in our area, their importance to our ecosystem, as well as ways we can help conserve them. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, in partnership with the Washington Department of Fish …

9:30 AM – 4:00 PM EDT Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum Atlanta, GA   Join Xerces staff and partners for this workshop that will open a window into the fascinating world of North America’s native bees and butterflies, introduce you to what they need, and examine the threats that make the future daunting for …

Reiman Gardens Ames, IA   Visit Reiman Gardens and celebrate National Pollinator Week. There will be many collaborators and fun activities to make sure this day is educational and plenty of fun!   Collaborators include the Iowa State University Pollinator Working Group, the ISU Entomology Graduate Student Organization, the ISU Graduates in Evolutionary Biology and …

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT Dancing Oaks Nursery & Gardens Monmouth, OR   Join Xerces Ambassadors for the Dancing Oaks Pollinator Festival that will include local food & music, educational activities for kids and grown-ups, and featured pollinator-friendly plants for sale & giveaway during the day.   More info here

Presenters:  Christine Browne Ph.D., Conservation Social Scientist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Lex Winter, Environmental Social Scientist, The Field Museum Every corner of the landscape that the monarch butterfly navigates is shaped, to some degree, by humans. While this has resulted in a variety of obstacles for monarchs, people are striving to create or maintain …

Burleigh SCD Menoken Farm Menoken, ND Learn about supporting beneficial insects that provide pest control in this full-day short course. Conservation biological control is a science based pest management strategy that seeks to encourage beneficial insects back into cropping & grazing systems for natural pest control, ultimately rewarding farmers with economically-viable pest management systems.    …

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT In Mexico and the American southwest, agave serves as a crucial nectar source for pollinators, particularly long-nosed bats. The continued decline in agave availability threatens long-nosed bat populations. This webinar will demonstrate how corporate conservation programs in Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas and Mexico can join the growing and …

Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites Convention Center Ashland, OR   Join Kathryn Prince, Pollinator Conservation Planner & NRCS Partner Biologist with the Xerces Society, for the Western Apicultural Society Conference. The weekend long conference will be a mix of dynamic keynote talks, workshops built on the themes of art, beekeeping, social media and marketing, bee …

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT Strawberry Fields Nature Preserve Amsterdam, NY Join Katie Hietala-Henschell, Conservation Biologist with the Xerces Society, for a walk at Strawberry Field Nature Preserve and learn how to identify some of our native bumble bees. Katie will lead the nature walk in search of bumble bees and other pollinators, go …