National Pollinator Week at MSU – Planting for the Future

Jun 18, 2025

By Rufus Isaacs

June 16-22 is National Pollinator Week, when people across the United States take action to support pollinators. Making positive changes for pollinators is part of the work at Michigan State University (MSU) all through the year, so Pollinator Week provides a chance to highlight the activities underway to make the MSU campus a positive place for pollinators and people.

The Sustainability Office coordinates campus-wide activities that have helped MSU gain designation as a Bee Campus USA program member. By partnering with the Landscape Services Division, Department of Entomology, various student groups, and the Beal Botanical Garden, this collaboration is bringing changes that will support pollinators all across the MSU main campus in East Lansing, Michigan. This includes reduced mowing to save on fuel and labor, adding Trees For Bees into new landscaping projects, and installing multiple new pollinator plantings near buildings and in open areas across the campus. These changes will provide more pollen and nectar for the insects that are so essential for our food supply and healthy natural habitats.

Source : msu.edu

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