[Pollinator] Bee City USA Invites you to Welcome Pollinators to your Lawn with No Mow May

[Molly Martin]

Bee City USA Invites you to Welcome Pollinators to your Lawn with No Mow May

As temperatures warm across the country, bees are starting to emerge from
their nests and forage for nectar and pollen. If you live in an urban area
you may notice a lot of concrete and manicured lawns but not many flowering
plants that provide the pollen and nectar that bees rely on to survive and
raise their offspring. Bee City USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society,
is trying to change that.

Join communities across the country for No Mow May, an initiative to help
support early season pollinators by allowing your yard to grow for the
month of May. Learn more about the history of No Mow May, how to
participate, and additional steps you can take to help out the bees,
butterflies, and other insects that support our planet by visiting Bee City
USA's No Mow May webpage
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001f7s0KPHbWPQjAcmlNTT7CzBa9LgwLz32prVI2GT8SgTxScX8x7UFv4NuOZBosHmamRp_P8PH-dLAnqbxlinA-MC_AxVgbmJI4ZT_TKknUCB8NpoIDL-D6HEzjoZjiK7bYQuW37XErOOa2WYeenmj006ZoGCb2U3s&c=xGssoyls_b3LhBEAgDl9-eU1F9jMq25sgnM-zDjUqyLJ69Rr_u2taQ==&ch=veBkukcd01cCAb9w7OqnGVrbgi2Kg-__9kaQ-yRZ5RQBIKZ916C81A==>
or
reading our No Mow May blog post
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001f7s0KPHbWPQjAcmlNTT7CzBa9LgwLz32prVI2GT8SgTxScX8x7UFvwc4om5cH9ZENyoogV_w9q-TT9Y2mu1Th_J5yqpCETzQ1352VeK153mMkaMxqy_PVGj6OASLSgCo9CArWpCB-nDq22WTy0zyHueHDt7Z0ryWZ3eD86kb9mBkT8ip4j38H7ZHwvvWSyr8-xBRroZK9s2CCqfus9WWHQ==&c=xGssoyls_b3LhBEAgDl9-eU1F9jMq25sgnM-zDjUqyLJ69Rr_u2taQ==&ch=veBkukcd01cCAb9w7OqnGVrbgi2Kg-__9kaQ-yRZ5RQBIKZ916C81A==>
.

We realize that many cities may have rules that are intended to control
noxious weeds, but which you might fall afoul of simply by allowing your
grass to grow. If so, consider using this as the spark to begin figuring
out how to achieve a change or suspension of such rules for next year!

https://beecityusa.org/no-mow-may/
https://beecityusa.org/welcome-pollinators-to-your-lawn-with-no-mow-may/

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*Molly Martin*

*Bee City USA Coordinator*

she/her/hers





628 NE Broadway, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232, USA

(503) 232-6639 ext. 127


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