{"id":559642,"date":"2023-05-22T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=559642"},"modified":"2023-05-31T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:23:22","slug":"rochester-certification-bee-campus-usa-559642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/rochester-certification-bee-campus-usa-559642\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowjackets welcome certification as a Bee Campus USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"width: 85%; font-weight: bold; line-height: 135%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\">The national designation is the result of a two-year, student-led effort.<\/h2>\n<p>As a sophomore, Zo\u00eb Bross \u201923 learned about Bee Campus USA from a friend at the University of Utah. And she said to herself, \u201cI like sustainability. I like pollinators. Why isn\u2019t the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\">Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a> a certified Bee Campus USA?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That began a two-year effort to earn that certification.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_559672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559672\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-559672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-campus-usa-sign.jpg\" alt=\"Vertical sign with words Bee Campus USA, URochester, since 2023.\" width=\"341\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-campus-usa-sign.jpg 1836w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-campus-usa-sign-510x630.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-campus-usa-sign-1658x2048.jpg 1658w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-campus-usa-sign-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-campus-usa-sign-1243x1536.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-559672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ graphic \/ Michael Osadciw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The certification\u2014along with one for Bee City USA\u2014comes from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/beecityusa.org\/bee-campus-usa-commitments\/\">website<\/a>, \u201cBee Campus USA provides a framework for university and college campus communities to work together to conserve native pollinators by increasing the abundance of native plants, providing nest sites, and reducing the use of pesticides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPollinators keep plants alive and are the very reason we have the food we eat,\u201d says Bross. \u201cBut bee populations are threatened because of human activities, like climate change, urbanization, and pesticide usage. That makes pollinators a keystone group for everything we need and use in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bees feed pollen to their young, explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/people\/faculty\/minckley_robert\/index.php\">Robert Minckley<\/a>, a senior instructor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/bio\/\">Department of Biology<\/a> and a coauthor of <a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691168982\/the-solitary-bees\"><em>Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation<\/em><\/a> (Princeton University Press, 2019). \u201cSome of the pollen bees collect from one plant are dropped off at other plants they visit. In that way, bees help flowers to reproduce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Bross, an environmental studies major, the ideas of plant reproduction and sustainability struck close to home. She went to her adviser, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/people\/faculty\/berger_karen\/index.html\">Karen Berger<\/a>, an associate professor of instruction in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/ees\/\">Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/a> and cochair of the University Council on Sustainability, who directed her to the person responsible for the upkeep of the campus greenery: John McIntyre, manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facilities.rochester.edu\/support_ops\/grounds.php\">University Horticulture and Grounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a student initiative, so I was just a guiding tool,\u201d says McIntyre. \u201cWe already met a lot of the program needs for the certification. I just had to supply documentation to the student group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That documentation was only one of many requirements for certification. Others included having pollinator habitats, reducing the use of pesticides, incorporating pollinator conservation studies in the classroom, and establishing a Campus USA committee made up of students, faculty, and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Bross\u2019s efforts paid off on April 10 when the University was certified as Bee Campus USA affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>A fine example of community engagement took place on April 19 as about 150 students\u2014along with faculty, staff, and University mascot Rocky\u2014got together to plant a pollinator garden of native plants at the intersection of Intercampus Drive and Library Road.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_559722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559722\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-559722 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zoe-bross.jpg\" alt=\"Two women students siting on large rock surrounded by fresh mulch and new plantings.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zoe-bross.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zoe-bross-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zoe-bross-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-559722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zo\u00eb Bross \u201923 (left) and incoming Bee Campus rep Sahara Walto \u201924 sit atop the new pollinator garden of mixed yaro, butterfly weed, and grass planted in April.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_559732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559732\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-559732 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-planting.jpg\" alt=\"Group of students and person dressed as University mascot Rocky work with shovels to plant pollinator garden along campus drive.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-planting.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-planting-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bee-planting-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-559732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University mascot Rocky was among the volunteers who helped plant the new pollinator garden along Intercampus Drive near Library Road. A total of about 150 students, faculty, and staff participated in the planting throughout the day. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would have been excited to get 15 people for the planting,\u201d says Bross. \u201cThe turnout completely blew me out of the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bross would like to see a ripple effect from the garden planting. Seeds were given away at the event, and Bross hopes that some new yarrow, coneflower, aster, and milkweed plants will soon sprout at the homes of the people who turned out.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the event and the certification itself are about education. Minckley agrees that bee populations are being hurt in areas where people have disturbed their habitats. He says, \u201cThe Bee Campus certification will help educate our community about the importance of reducing pesticide use and favoring native plants.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"large-up-3\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/thegreendandelion\/2022\/02\/university-earns-stars-silver-rating-from-aashe-in-recognition-of-sustainability-accomplishments-third-time-in-a-row\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fea-go-green-pledge.jpg\" alt=\"Button that reads GO GREEN WITH ROCKY, I MADE THE PLEDGE.\" \/><strong>University earns silver rating for sustainability<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">For the third time in a row, Rochester has been recognized as a STARS Silver Institution by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/summer-sustainability-fellows-climate-change-328922\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/summer-sustainability-fellows-1000x600.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Sustainability Fellow asks Rochester resident to complete a climate change survey.\" \/><strong>Hot town, Summer Sustainability Fellows in the city<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">How will climate change affect the health and well-being of City of Rochester residents? Students in a new sustainability fellowship program help answer the question.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/art-preserving-opportunity\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/nature_bubble_crop.jpg\" alt=\"A glass ball perched atop a wooden post reflects a tree in the woods.\" \/><strong>Philosopher Randall Curren considers why sustainability matters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: .9em;\">In <em>Living Well Now and in the Future: Why Sustainability Matters<\/em>, Curren argues that the core of sustainability is the \u201clong-term preservation of opportunities to live well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national designation from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is the result of a 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