Bee Campus USA recently announced UCF is the 46th educational institution in the nation to be certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of campuses for the benefit of pollinators.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur designation as a Bee Campus USA builds on our ongoing commitment to address global concerns over the decline in pollinators, especially in urban settings,\u201d UCF’s Arboretum director Patrick Bohlen says. \u201cIt also builds on other pollinator initiatives we have joined, including the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge and the Nature Conservancy Monarch Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur designation as a Bee Campus USA builds on our ongoing commitment to address global concerns over the decline in pollinators.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In 2016, the Arboretum worked with UCF’s Landscape and Natural Resources to plant the campus\u2019s first pollinator gardens. Since then the campus has established another large pollinator garden near Colbourn Hall. The university\u2019s horticultural staffers are using these areas to test different native and non-native pollinator plants to determine which species perform best on campus.<\/p>\n