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Bee City USA
Contacts
Anja Collette, City of Bangor Planning Officer, Bee City USA Liason
planning@bangormaine.govGreg Edwards, Bangor Beautiful Board Member, Trees & Bees Committee Chair
greg@bangorbeautiful.org
Bangor Is a BEE CITY USA!
Bangor Is a BEE CITY USA!
Bangor is certified as the first Bee City USA Affiliate in Maine!
Our Trees & Bees Committee has worked with the City of Bangor on acheving this certification and acts as the official Bee City USA commitee.
Bee City USA® and Bee Campus USA work to galvanize communities to sustain pollinators, in particular the more than 3,600 species of native bees in this country, by increasing the abundance of native plants, providing nest sites, and reducing the use of pesticides. To learn more about the program, visit beecityusa.org.
On July 8, 2024, the Bangor City Council passed a resolution designating the City of Bangor as a Bee City USA Affiliate. Read the resolution.
2024 Accomplishments
May 1st: No Mow May Campaign, including paid radio ads on WKITand a PSA created by students at New England School of Communications that ran on WHSN.
(Listen to Ad 1, Ad 2, PSA)May 20th: Planted 18 native flowering shrubs at the Good of the Hive Mural to celebration World Bee Day
May 20th: Planted 25 native tree saplings on the Kenduskeag Stream Trail
June 14th: Planted a pollinator garden at the Welcome to Bangor sign on Oak Street
Resources
What to plant:
Native Plants by Growing Condition (Wild Seed Project)
Native Plants by Season of Bloom (Wild Seed Project)
Maine Native Plants (Native Gardens of Blue Hill)
Maine Native Plant Finder (Maine Audubon)
Where to buy Native Plants
Statewide list (Wild Seed Project)
Bas Rouge Farm & Forge, Orono, ME - a local, native-only farm offering sales at farmers' markets and other events.
Fedco, Clinton, ME - a local cooperative offering mail order plants that ship in spring.
Maine Audubon Native Plant Sale, Holden, ME - a native plant nursery offering online sales with scheduled pick ups at Field's Pond starting in June.
Rebel Hill Farm, Liberty, ME - a small nursery speciealizing in native plants available in the Bangor area at Sprague's Nursery & through early summer at Tiller & Rye.
Sprague's Nursery, Bangor, ME - a local nursery offering a selection of native plants.
Windswept Gardens, Bangor, ME - a local nursery offering a selection of native plants.
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