Online Educational Opportunity: Pollinator Week – June 21-27, 2021

Did you know that June 21-27, 2021 is Pollinator Week? Check out the USDA Pollinator Week Webinar Series. Register here (https:/home/wp_tc8tsf/mnofwv.org/www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_5giJkARITpWt2weciXAo2g).

• Monday, June 21
  • 12:00 pm ET – Edward Henry, National Ecologist, USDA
    Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | NRCS
    Pollinator Conservation Success Stories
  • 1:00 pm ET – Gail Langellotto, Professor of Horticulture,
    Oregon State University | Selecting Garden Plants for
    Pollinators
  • 2:00 pm ET – Eric McTaggert, Acting Conservation Planning
    Branch Chief, USDA NRCS |Technical and Financial
    Assistance
• Tuesday, June 22
  • 12:00 pm ET – Matthew Wilson, Food Sovereignty Director,
    Sicangu Community Development Corporation | 7Gen Food
    System
  • 1:00 pm ET – Diana Cox-Foster, Research Leader, USDA
    Agricultural Research Service (ARS) | Who Are the Bees
  • 2:00 pm ET – Jon Koch, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS
    | Discovering the Secret Life of the Humble Bumble Bee
• Wednesday, June 23
  • 12:00 pm ET – Theresa Pitts-Singer, Research Entomologist,
    USDA ARS |Solitary Bees Aggregate for U.S. Crops
  • 1:00 pm ET – Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Research Leader,
    USDA ARS |How Seasonal Flowers Support the Yearly Cycle
    of Honey Bee Colonies
  • 2:00 pm ET – Vanessa Corby-Harris, Research Physiologist,
    USDA ARS |What Does a Bee Colony Do in the Winter
• Thursday, June 24
  • 12:00 pm ET – Susannah Lerman, Research Ecologist, U.S.
    Forest Service | The Lazy Lawnmower: A Simple Way to
    Help Native Bees
  • 1:00 pm ET – Byron Love, Entomologist, USDA ARS
    |Impact of Wildfire on Native Bees
  • 2:00 pm ET – Will Glenny, PhD Student, Montana State
    University | Assessing Pollinator Friendliness of Native Plants
    for Restoration on Wildlands
• Friday, June 25
  • 12:00 pm ET – Sammy Ramsey, Research Fellow, USDA
    ARS |The Threat Posed by Tropilealaps mercedesae to Honey
    Bees and Native Bees
  • 1:00 pm ET – Cameron Douglass, Agronomist, USDA Office
    of Pest Management Policy |Integrated Pest and Pollinator
    Management
  • 2:00 pm ET – Anne LeBrun, National Policy Manager,
    USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service | Asian Giant
    Hornet

(More info on Pollinator Week: https:/home/wp_tc8tsf/mnofwv.org/www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week) -jmb