【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, June 26, 2022】Per County of San Diego Communications Office, birds do it, bees do it, and without them and all the other pollinators in our world, life as we know it wouldn’t exist ― no flowers, no food, no terrestrial ecosystems. (Photo credit: County of San Diego Communications Office)

That’s why the County of San Diego and its Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures (AWM) want to help the public celebrate National Pollinator Week through June 26!

Starting Tuesday, AWM had an interactive display up for visitors from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in their office lobby, located at 9325 Hazard Way in San Diego, where people could learn more about pollinators.

At 10 a.m. Friday June 24, the department and master gardeners from the University of California Cooperative Extension hosted a pollinator presentation for the public at the Demonstration Garden at the County Operations Center.

And Friday night, the County Administration Center was lit to honor the most famous pollinators of all ― bees ― and their keepers!

National Pollinator Week is held every year the world over to support pollinator health. The U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as National Pollinator Week was a needed step to addressing the issue of declining pollinator populations. The week gives scientists and the public a special week to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what we all can do to protect them.

Roughly 75% of all flowering plant species need animal pollinators to reproduce.

AWM supports local farmers and the County’s $1.8 billion agriculture industry by protecting native plant habitat for pollinators including bees, butterflies, bats, moths and flies through programs that help prevent the introduction of invasive plants, pests and diseases.

In addition, AWM’s Apiary Program helps ensure the health and safety of managed bee colonies by inspecting apiaries and providing outreach about the importance of pollinators.

You can help pollinators by sharing Pollinator Week on your social media, building native bee houses, planting pollinator habitat in your yard and many other ways. For more information about how you can help, please visit pollinator.org, UC Cooperative Extension and AWM’s Apiary Program, or call AWM’s Bee Hotline at 1-800-200-BEES (2337).

Source: County of San Diego Communications Office

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