Pollinators: Websites

Available for educators and community groups

Live Monarch

Hudson Valley Seed Library

High Mowing Seeds

Ed Hume Seeds

Wild Ones

Learn how to create a butterfly garden. From Missouri Botanical Garden

From Oregon State Extension Services.

Follow these simple steps to create a pollinator-friendly landscape around your home or workplace. From the USDA Forest Service

Of the 4,000 bee species in North America, Mason Bees are among the easiest to raise, while also being gentle and amazing pollinators.

The Hummingbird Society was founded by 1996 with the goals of teaching about hummingbirds and working to prevent their extinction, the latter in response to approximately ten per cent (10%) of the known species being at risk.

The Mid-Atlantic Region encompasses North Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. -From the Xerces Society

From the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute

This fact sheet gives information on how to provide nest sites for native bees, including nest blocks and bare ground for solitary nesting bees, and nesting boxes for bumble bees. From the Xerces Society

From Penn State Coop Extension Services

An overview on the importance of pollinators and outlines three simple steps that you can do to help conserve bees and butterflies from Xerces Society

Certify your pollinator-friendly garden with the Penn State Master Gardeners.

A New York Times article describing a day in the life of a bee.

From the Chicago Botanic Garden

The mission of Bat Conservation International is to conserve the world’s bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet.

Bumble Bee Watch is a collaborative effort to track and conserve North America’s bumble bees.

From the National Wildlife Federation. Turning your yard, balcony container garden, schoolyard, work landscape, or roadside greenspace into a Certified Wildlife Habitat® is fun, easy and makes a big difference for neighborhood wildlife.

More information from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services

A campaign to register a million public and private gardens and landscapes to support pollinators.

Pollinator Week is an international celebration of the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats and beetles.

The North American Butterfly Association (NABA) formed in 1992 is, by far, the largest group of people in North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico) interested in butterflies.

Fact sheets and more information from the USDA Forest Service.

EPA's risk assessment guidance for pollinators

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats