Bee Campus USA
What is Bee Campus USA?
Bee Campus USA is a program created by The Xerces Society as an extension of Bee City USA. Bee Campus USA promotes awareness for all pollinators: bees, butterflies, bats, birds, etc. It helps campuses establish a safe, healthy environment for pollinators to feed and pollinate the plants they need to survive. We are excited to be Bee Campus USA - Tennessee Tech University and to follow the guidelines that Bee Campus USA has laid out. For more information, visit www.beecityusa.org.
Check out these classes on pollinators and IPM:
BIOL 3330 - Entomology
BIOL 2310 - General Botany
BIOL 3240 - Field Botany
BIOL 4330 (5330) - Plant Ecology
AGRN 4100 (5100) - Weed Science
AGHT 3030 - IPM
AGRN 3300 - Organic Farming
Our Goals:
- Implement a habitat plan that is safe and friendly for pollinators
- Develop gardens with native plants around campus to help pollinators
- Engage the community with workshops, classes, events and more
- Post signage to educate the community on the benefits of pollinators
Requirements:
- Develop a Bee Campus USA Committee to maintain a Campus Pollinator Habitat Plan and Integrated Pest management Plan (IPM)
- Host events to bring awareness to the importance of pollinators
- Sponsor student Service-Learning Projects
- Offer courses and/or workshops that are pollinator or IPM focused
- Post signs to educate the campus and community about pollinators
- Create a website that shares our Bee Campus USA news and activities (check!)
- Apply annually for Bee Campus USA renewal
- Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
- Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
- Tennessee Coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis)
- Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium Spp)
- Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
- Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
- American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
- Dutch Man's Pipe (Aristolochia tomentosa)
- Hearts a Bursting (Euonymus americanus)
- River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
- Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Find a Native Plant Supplier close to you! You can also check out Tennessee Smart Yards for mail order.