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Centennial Campus Bee Apiary: Partnerships for a Sustainable Future
Last spring, a community apiary home to 150,000 honeybees opened on NC State’s Centennial Campus. Founded by an NC State alumna, Bee Downtown installed and maintains the apiary to help rebuild healthy honey bee populations. The bees have produced the most honey of any Bee Downtown apiary and is one of the most frequently visited.
‘Bee’ A Pollinator Protector In Your Garden
NC State Horticultural Science faculty member Anne Spafford shares her advice on how your own garden can protect pollinators such as bees.
Want to Learn More About Sustainability? Try This New Campus Program
Sustainability Partners is a new program for members of the NC State community to learn about sustainability.
Grounds Services Goes Green At Gregg
NC State Grounds Services pilots a new sustainable landscape management effort at the university’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design.
Brickyard Gets New Gardens To Manage Rainfall
NC State’s Facilities Division is installing a new series of sustainable landscapes to mitigate flooding on and near the Brickyard.
Flowers Aren’t Enough: How Urban Heat Affects Bee Populations
In cities, even gardens rich with flowers do not have the same bee abundance or diversity as natural areas. Why not?
Venus Flytraps Don’t Eat The Insects That Pollinate Them
Researchers discover which insects pollinate Venus flytraps – and learn that flytraps don’t dine on them.
A Garden With SOUL
Near the banks of Lake Raleigh is an NC State garden that grows food while also developing student leaders.