The Urban Farm Podcast With Greg Peterson

724: Phyllis Stiles on the Bee City USA Program

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Appreciating the Variety of Pollinators That Visit Our GardensIn This Podcast:Phyllis Stiles is someone who loves to create a buzz about pollinators.  She became fascinated with bees when she started keeping her own, and that led to an appreciation of and sense of responsibility for all pollinators.  As she became aware of the problems they face, she decided to do something about it and created the Bee City USA program.  The program certifies for cities and universities, but as Phyllis explains, there are also many things that individuals anywhere can do to help our friends the pollinators. Don’t miss an episode!visit UrbanFarm.Org/blog/podcast Phyllis Stiles is founder and director emerita of Bee City USA®, which began in Asheville, NC in 2012. The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign named her “Pollinator Advocate of the Year for the United States” in 2015, the same year the sister program, Bee Campus USA, launched. To date, more than 330 cities and campuses in 46 states ha