Page 9 - Pollinator Week News Today

Over half of animal biomass on Earth is inhabited by insects. Every year, the Natural History Museum of Utah host’s BugFest, an event to educate and celebrate the importance and marvels of bugs. There is also a bug bar you won’t want to miss.

As Pollinator Week progresses, MCE discusses various possibilities for solar that will also benefit bees and butterflies.

Following the theft of its honeybees earlier in the year, The Giant Co. added two new beehives, housing 30,000 honeybees, near the company’s seven-acre pollinator-friendly solar field at its corporate headquarters. The company will continue to add to the colony over the next several months and will ultimately house 450,000 honeybees in nine beehives by next year.

Reports of harmful algal blooms have increased in Michigan in recent years, and state officials have tips on how to keep an eye out for them. Algal blooms are rapid increases or accumulations of algae in surface waters, and mostly occur in lakes during summer and into fall. Cyanobacteria, known as blue-green algae, can sometimes produce toxins. ...

The nonprofit group wants to set up a habitat in every Vermont town and help businesses create land too.

By Phoebe Petrovic for Wisconsin Watch.Broadcast version by Jonah Chester for Wisconsin News Connection reporting for Wisconsin Watch-Public News Service Collaboration About 50 abortion rights supporters stood on the bridge over the Wisconsin River into Sauk City on a sunny Saturday morning in mid-May. They held signs reading "CHOICE" and "PROTECT ROE v. WADE" and cheered when passing cars honked in support. ...

Pollinator Night in OKC Join The Nature Conservancy and Okies for Monarchs for the most bee-utiful sunset party in OKC to celebrate Pollinator Week at Skydance Bridge as it lights up yellow and orange on Tuesday, June 21.

To spread awareness of Illinois pollinator species and ignite action for their protection, the Aurora Pollinator Festival will be held on Saturday, June 25, on the Phillips Park Zoo campus.

June 20-26 is Pollinator Week in the State of Wisconsin, and the Department of Natural Resources wants the public to help protect their declining populations.

Pesticides and herbicides have cut populations of as much as 80 percent of insect species around the world,