Jun 14, 2017

Butterflies Get Royal Treatment on Golf Course

A team of volunteers supported by NC State and BASF plant milkweed and wildflowers at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course to create a habitat for rare monarch butterflies.

May 1, 2017

Horticultural Science Students Design Pollinator Garden That’s a Work of Art

NC State University’s Gregg Museum touts a collection of 34,000 objects of art and design, and now, thanks to the work of horticultural science students, it has a new artful garden designed to attract bees and other pollinators.

Apr 26, 2017

Bee the Change: New Apiary on Centennial Campus

Thanks to a public-private partnership, Centennial Campus is now home to 150,000 honeybees in seven beehives. The new apiary will create opportunities for tours and other forms of pollinator-related education.

Mar 16, 2017

Students Plan Pollinator Education Week

NC State students host Pollinator Education Week to raise awareness about pollinators and the importance of these bees, butterflies and other insects.

Nov 1, 2016

Student Creates Campus Pollinator Garden

Thanks to a partnership between an NC State graduate student and the university’s Grounds Management department -- a large pollinator-friendly garden is both managing stormwater and providing habitat on campus.

May 31, 2016

Campus monarchs

Professor Dennis Werner and graduate student Melissa Tinling are creating a network of campus pollinator gardens to support monarch butterfly migration.

May 20, 2015

Busy as a Bee Garden

College of Veterinary Medicine students just completed a bee apiary and community garden, thanks to a grant from the NC State Sustainability Fund.

May 18, 2015

Garden, bees boost sustainability at College of Veterinary Medicine

This year a group of students at NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine have been busy as bees establishing a habitat for bees and a community garden on campus.

Mar 27, 2015

Student ‘thinks outside the hive’ to address global bee shortage

Leigh-Kathryn Bonner’s vision is for Durham to become the model for urban beekeeping.