During Asheville's Pollination Celebration!, Reems Creek Nursery hosted a Pollinator Scavenger Hunt where children dressed as bees, butterflies, beetles or flies with wings and antennae, to take a closer look at flowers and drink nectar using their pretend proboscis! Photo: Ruth Gonzalez

After six years as a volunteer-run organization, Bee City USA is thrilled to share the news that we are now part of the Xerces Society. T he  Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is the largest pollinator protection organization in the world! As of June 30, 2018, Bee City USA will formally become an initiative of Xerces, leveraging Xerces’ 46-year history in support of Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA affiliates, and continued program growth.

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Powerful Films About Pollinators

If a picture paints a thousand words, what can a film do? You can find a list of excellent films about pollinators at the bottom of the Bee City USA Resources page . Many are available as DVDs and many can be shown to the public at little to no cost, Some even come with discussion guides.

Many Bee City/Campus USA affiliates aired The Guardians Film about the struggle to protect the Monarch's overwintering habitat in Mexico during National Pollinator Week, and Pollinators Under Pressure, and How to Help Them debuted in Washington, DC during the Week. Other films have recently aired on PBS stations: NATURE: Sex, Lies and Butterflies and NOVA: The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies .