Pollinator Week 2020: Happy Pollinator Week!
Join the Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia in observing this week, June 22–28, 2020, by learning more about some of the insects, birds, bats and other small mammals that pollinate at least 80 percent of our flowering plants and about 33 percent of our food crops as well as what you can do to sustain pollinators.
To end Pollinator Week we bring you a tongue-under-chin story. In this short video, a queen Bombus impatiens (common eastern bumble bee) rests on the petals of a hydrangea.
Besides showcasing a number of Virginia Tech resources, the Pollinator Protection Vital to Urban Agriculture poster, created for Pollinator Week 2017, lists eleven Best Management Practices for Pollinators in Northern Virginia.