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This #PollinatorWeek, you can help #BringBackThePollinators, whether you’re tending a yard, community garden, local park, or even a tiny balcony! 🐝💖
We have everything you need for success: guides, videos, events, printable flyers, a social media kit, & more! ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
June 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
xercessociety.bsky.social
Habitat with pesticides isn't safe for pollinators! There's a lot you can do to help, like getting used to some nibbled leaves, removing weeds by hand, & buying pesticide-free plants.
Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
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June 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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How do you pick the right native plants?
🌎 Native to your region
📅 A mix that bloom throughout the year
🏞️ Grow well with your soil & sun conditions
🚫 No cultivated/ornamental varieties
Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
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June 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
xercessociety.bsky.social
To keep pollinators coming back year after year, they need places to take shelter & raise their offspring: bare soil, plant stems, brush piles, and fallen leaves!
🦋 Find guides, examples, & everything else you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
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June 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
xercessociety.bsky.social
It only takes one person & a little bit of space to help a whole lot of bugs. But that impact is amplified by every other piece of habitat nearby! And there are bigger challenges out there that need a team effort.
Get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
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June 26, 2026 at 7:13 PM
jencmars.bsky.social
It's apparently Pollinator Week so here is a sparkly bicolored striped sweat bee doing good work

These colorful bees live in communal dirt burrows in our small Chicago yard and make good use of the many native and non-native flowers growing around our neighborhood

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Photo of a bi-colored sweat bee standing on a the top of a cone-flower. The bee has a metallic emerald green head and thorax, yellow and black striped abdomen, and fuzzy legs covered in pollen. The eyes are a pale green with gray patterned spots. A nice looking bee.
June 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Lovely to have two hummingbird hawk moths in my garden today. #pollinatorweek @savebutterflies.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #moths #bringbackthepollinators
June 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
jilles.bsky.social
A great spangled fritillary for #pollinatorweek. Unfortunately my phone cam is fogged after a whole day of gardening in the rain… phone and i completely drenched. #nativeplants #plantnative #lesslawnmorelife
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A great spangled fritillary butterfly (brown and yellow) on a native purple coneflower
June 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM
xercessociety.bsky.social
Helping #BringBackThePollinators just takes 4 simple steps:
🌻 Growing pollinator-friendly flowers
🪵 Providing nesting sites
🚫 Avoiding pesticides
📢 Spreading the word!
Each day of #PollinatorWeek, we will be going into more detail on each step of the process! 🐝💖
June 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Apparently it's pollinator week! How cool is that?!

To celebrate here are a couple (four, hah!) of #watercolor paintings from forever ago of adorable little bees. Enjoy!

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A watercolor painting of a fluffy yellow black striped bee with a fuzzy white butt. A watercolor painting of a black and yellow striped bee with a random white stripe. These are probably the best bee wings I've ever done. A watercolor painting of a bumblebee with black and yellow stripes. A watercolor painting of a bumblebee with black and white stripes and a white bottom.
June 24, 2026 at 12:16 PM
xercessociety.bsky.social
Communities across North America are working to #BringBackThePollinators, and you can do the same where you live! Change can look like turning roadsides and unused spaces into habitat, reducing pesticide sprays, helping neighbors learn about conservation, and more. ⤵️
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Five Ways to Elevate Your Community’s Pollinator-Friendly Practices
Towns, cities, and school campuses around the country are working to Bring Back the Pollinators. We share five ways to elevate your community’s pollinator-friendly practices, with examples from places...
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September 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
smknigh.bsky.social
It’s #pollinatorweek! 🐝

Aside from host plants + pollen- & nectar-rich flowers, what else can you provide for pollinators?

- nesting & overwintering habitat ➡️ xerces.org/publications...

- shallow water sources ➡️ www.xerces.org/blog/if-your...

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Nesting & Overwintering Habitat | Xerces Society
The availability of nesting and overwintering habitat is one of the most important factors influencing populations of native bees and other beneficial insects. This guide focuses on a variety of natur...
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June 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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This week is National Pollinator Week. Learn more and sign the Pollinator Protection Pledge at bringbackthepollinators.org.

#bringbackthepollinators #nativeplants #NativeTexasPlants #ecoblossom #ecoblossomnursery
June 22, 2026 at 3:14 PM
xercessociety.bsky.social
Already on your way to a flower-filled space? Tag us and use hashtag #BringBackThePollinators so folks can see what’s possible when you make a little space for wildlife!
We’ve also put together art, flyers, and other media that everyone is welcome to use! ⤵️
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Bring Back the Pollinators Publicity Kit | Xerces Society
You can help Bring Back the Pollinators by sharing the campaign and encouraging others to sign the Pollinator Protection Pledge. The materials below include an educational brochure, printable sign, ne...
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June 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
xercessociety.bsky.social
Already on your way to a bug-filled yard? Tag us and use hashtag #BringBackThePollinators so folks can see what’s possible when you make a little space for wildlife!
We’ve also put together art, flyers, and other media that everyone is welcome to use! ⤵️
xerces.org/bring-back-t...
Bring Back the Pollinators Publicity Kit | Xerces Society
You can help Bring Back the Pollinators by sharing the campaign and encouraging others to sign the Pollinator Protection Pledge. The materials below include an educational brochure, printable sign, ne...
xerces.org
June 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
jilles.bsky.social
#bringbackthepollinators !! This #pollinatorweek I have to show off my back woods naturalized with native scarlet bee balm, now all abuzz with hummingbirds dinking nectar from the flowers and spreading the pollen with their wings #lesslawnmorelife
June 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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It’s #pollinatorweek!

Not all pollinators are bees! Pollinators include species of butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, and flies. Birds and bats also can be!

Here we have a bee, a beetle, and a fly that are all pollinators on a Canada anemone native plant.

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A small native sweat bee (possibly Halictus confusus) collects pollen from a Canada anemone flower, which has five white petals and long yellow stamens. The non-native scarlet malachite beetle (Malachius aeneus) collects pollen from a Canada anemone flower, which has five white petals and long yellow stamens. The non-native (?) common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)rests after collectingpollen from a Canada anemone flower, which has five white petals and long yellow stamens. common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)
June 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
jilles.bsky.social
#pollinatorweek #bringbackthepollinators These salvia and Angelina aren’t native, but I always put them out in pots on the balcony at the start of spring so there is food for hummingbirds, who are pollinators extraordinaire.
June 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM
jilles.bsky.social
The hobbitses have replaced their turf grass lawn with native wild strawberries! A wise choice. The white flowers are enjoyed by bees. Required zero watering even while neighboring lawns were scorched. #pollinatorweek
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A hobbit house with a rock walkway leading up to the gray round door, and the yard consists of native wild strawberry plants. The house is flanked by two cardinal flowers not yet in bloom. There is a pink Lilly blooming off to the right.
June 24, 2026 at 2:44 PM
jilles.bsky.social
It’s #NativePollinatorWeek and we are doing our best in our yard to #BringBackThePollinators. These intentional gardens are ready to bloom in a week or so. #nativepollinators #plantnative #lesslawnmorelife
A bee-friendly garden about to bloom with mountain mint, scarlet bee balm, wild bergamot, golden alexander (finished blooming), virginia sweetspire, bottlebrush grass, swamp milkweed, penstamon (just finished blooming), burn bush (volunteer). An official butterfly garden (see signage) about to bloom with 3 kinds of milkweed (whorled, butterfly, and swamp), 2 kinds of asters (Stokes and smooth blue), goldenrod (gray), ox-eye sunflower, switchgrass, prairie dropseed, fire pink, blue-eyed grass, golden alexander (already bloomed in spring) and a bird bath filled with water, rocks and dragonfly sculptures.
June 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
smknigh.bsky.social
It’s #pollinatorweek!

We often think of honeybees when we think of pollinators, but there are a wide variety of really cool native bees out there.

Reminder that when we say #BringBackThePollinators, we are not referring to honeybees, they are non-native livestock.

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Pollinator Power Party Pollinator Partnership BEE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE Bees are beneficial insects that pollinate flowering plants by transferring pollen from one flower to another. This is important for plant reproduction and food production. In fact, pollinators are responsible for 1 out of every 3 bites of food you take. While the honey bee gets most of the credit for providing pollination, there are actually about 4000 species of bees in North America! All bees have three body segments, a head, thorax, and abdomen. The head is where large multi-faceted eyes, long slender antennae, and mouthparts are found. The thorax is the middle segment where the wings and legs attach. Last is the abdomen, which for female bees ends in a stinger for some types of bees.. Special pollen-carrying hairs unique to female bees resemble dense broom bristles, and are commonly found on the rear legs or the underside of the abdomen. Some carry pollen in an almost hairless, flattened pollen basket on the rear legs. Honey Bee Apis mellifera 12-15mm Light to dark brown body with pale and dark hairs in bands on abdomen. Pollen basket present. Abdomen barrel-shaped. Head heart-shaped. Colonies nest in human-made hives, in the open, and in cavities. Swarm to locate new nest. Honey bees have hairy eyes! Leaf Cutting Bee Megachile spp. 7-15mm Black body with light or dark hairs. Pollen-carrying hairs beneath abdo-men. Head is as broad as the thorax with large mouthparts used to cut leaves. Solitary, but nest in aggregations in above-ground pre-existing holes, natural or man-made. They cut circular pieces from leaves which are used to line their nests! Bumble Bee Bombus spp. 8-21mm Black body, extensively covered with black and yellow hairs on all body segments. Pollen basket present. Robust body. Long face. Colonies often nest underground, commonly in old rodent burrows. Bumble bees pollinate in cool, cloudy weather when most bees are at home! Large Carpenter Bee Xylocopa spp. 15-23mm Sweat Bee Halictidae 3.5-11mm Two forms: 1) bright metallic green or 2) black/brown with light bands of hair on the abdomen. Pollen-carrying hairs on rear legs. Slender body. Nest in the soil, solitary to communal nesters. Some are attracted to the salt in your sweat! Mason Bee Osmia spp. 7-16mm Two forms: 1) black body covered in pale hairs or 2) dull metallic green-blue and less hairy. Pollen-car-rying hairs beneath abdomen. Head as broad as thorax, robust body. Solitary, but nest in aggregations in above-ground pre-existing holes. Collect mud to line their nests! Squash Bee Peponapis pruinosa 11-14mm Brown body covered in dense light hair on the thorax and in bands on abdomen. Pollen-carrying hairs on rear legs. Long antennae. Appear to have protruding "nose". Ground nesting, mostly near squash and pumpkin fields. Only collects pollen from squash/pumpkin plants! Small Carpenter Bee Ceratina spp. 5-8mm Dark blue-green and shiny, appearing hairless on all body segments. Pollen-carrying hairs on rear legs. Slender with shield-shaped abdomen. Solitary, nest in twigs and stems. Pale yellow marks on face. Females have vertical bar, males have upside-down "T"! Mining Bee Andrena spp. 5.5-15mm Black body, with black, yellow, and sometimes rust-colored hair on most of the body. Pollen is carried on the hairy back legs. Dig solitary ground nests. Prefer sandy soils. Shallow depressions between their eyes and antennae hold short velvety hairs! Long Horned Bee Melissodes spp. 8-16mm Black body covered in dense pale or dark hairs. Pollen-carrying hairs on rear legs may be very long. Stout-bodied. Males have extremely long antennae. Solitary to communal ground nesters. Some are especially attracted to asters, sunflowers, and daisies! A Bee, or Not a Bee? Some insects that you will see visiting flowers are bee mimics. While they are not bees, they may resemble them in appearance. Common bee mimics are flies and wasps.
June 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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jilles.bsky.social Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · Jun 23
#pollinatorweek ripped out my non-native Butterfly Bush (👎🏻) and replaced it with spotted bee balm (pink&green petals 💚💗) and butterfly milkweed. The later is best because it feeds both larvae (caterpillars) and adults of Monarch butterflies. #pollinatorweek #plantnatives #lesslawnmorelife 🎉🥳👏🍾
June 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Grow these #nativeplants instead of invasives & #BringBackThePollinators
June 27, 2026 at 3:48 PM