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Protecting Pollinators: How PPQ and Partners Are Tackling the Yellow Legged Hornet

Anne LeBrun, National Policy Manager

USDA’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program and its state partners are working together to protect honey bees and other pollinators.

Animals
Yellow-legged hornet showing “hawking” or predation behavior with honey bees (Photo by Georgia Department of Agriculture)

USDA Forest Service Booklet Touts Value of Native Bees

August 04, 2011 Reggie Woodruff, Media Relations Officer, U.S. Forest Service

When I was a kid, there was one category for bees – “the stinging kind.” Fear of being stung wouldn’t allow me to consider variations among the swarms that patrolled playgrounds. The only thing that made bees tolerable was … the honey.

Forestry

National Pollinator Week Success Story: NRCS Helps Farmer Create Pollinator Habitat in Mississippi

June 21, 2011 Justin Fritscher, NRCS Mississippi

Along the lush banks of the Sunflower River, Steve Martens has a slice of paradise. The Madison, Miss. resident owns 1,600 acres of farmland and forests, hospitable not only to soybeans and corn, but also to whitetail deer and bobwhite quail.

Conservation
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