As National Pollinator Week kicks off today, you might ask yourself why a US Senate resolution would officially dedicate a whole week to bees, birds, bats, beetles, and other critters that move pollen from plant to plant. True, on days when your eyes are rubbed red by lunchtime and the Allegra won"t seem to kick in, you might not think the world of pollen. But in ways that transcend sinus clarity, your world wouldn"t be the same without pollinators—they"re to thank for as many as one in three bites of food eaten in the US. Pollinator Week is meant to highlight problems—like climate change, pollution, and invasive species—that threaten pollinator animals, especially bee populations that are already declining.
Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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Mapping courage in the Seventh Ward
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The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Four Sisters, thousands of trees
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Juneteenth
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Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
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Frog Month
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Totally Thames Festival, London
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Working for that cliffside view
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Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
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Honoring the fallen
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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National Fossil Day
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Mooncake time
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada
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Holi festival
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Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico
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National Bison Day
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Everglades National Park turns 75
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Village of Saranac Lake, New York
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