Pollinator Week Jun 17, 2024

Pollinator Week

Let"s celebrate the small heroes who help plants flourish! It"s Pollinator Week, celebrating the creatures which transport pollen to help plants reproduce. While some plants are self-pollinating, or pollinated by wind or water, the majority of them are fertilized with the help of bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, birds—like the green-crowned brilliant hummingbird in today"s image—and even bats. The non-profit organization Pollinator Partnership initiated Pollinator Week to raise awareness about the protection of these creatures. This celebration is now being joined by other programs and educational events around the country. Should we care? Absolutely! From fruits and veggies to nuts, chocolate, or sugarcane, there are plenty of ingredients in our diet that are brought to us by pollinators.

© adrian hepworth/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Jun 17, 2018Papa was a flightless bird
Jun 17, 2019World-class art comes to Arkansas
Jun 17, 2020Don t go chasing waterfalls
Jun 17, 2021Just another day in paradise
Jun 17, 2022Grand Teton National Park
Jun 17, 2023International Surfing Day
Jun 17, 2025Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 11, 2022Patriot Day
Jul 3, 2025Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida
Jan 25, 2021Struck by Southwestern beauty
Aug 11, 2025Village of Santa Maddalena, Dolomites, Italy
Jun 17, 2021Just another day in paradise
Feb 6, 2025Waitangi Day in New Zealand
Dec 10, 2025Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Apr 16, 2026Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Apr 16, 2018The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
Dec 20, 2022Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
Jan 16, 2024Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
Oct 11, 2021Indigenous living
Aug 9, 2023International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
Mar 19, 2025A black heron canopy feeding in Botswana
Oct 17, 2022Long-eared owl in the Czech Republic
Oct 11, 2020A monastery in the mountain
Jul 10, 2018Wyoming celebrates its statehood
Jan 9, 2025Remembering Jimmy Carter
Apr 14, 2023Mediterranean red sea stars
Mar 17, 2022St. Patrick s Day
Jul 7, 2025Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Sep 14, 2023Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
Dec 11, 2023International Mountain Day
Mar 22, 2024World Water Day
Jul 13, 2022International Rock Day
Jan 17, 2021On the Route of the Waterfalls
Jul 25, 2023Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
Nov 26, 2019Staring down winter
Nov 30, 2021Giving Tuesday