Pollinator week, that’s all the buzz

RAPID CITY, SD (KOTA) – The movement of pollen from plant to plant ensures a diverse, healthy and healthy ecosystem.

Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender has made this week a symbolic week that recognizes the little able-bodied creatures that carry pollen far and wide.

In case you missed all of the buzz from last year, you might not have heard that Rapid City was the first city in South Dakota to become an officially Affiliated Bee City.

Rapid City landscape architect Melissa Petersen says protecting pollinators is crucial.

“Pollination is important,” says Petersen, “because it’s how plants reproduce. It helps to increase crop yields.

Some say pollination is responsible for one in three pieces of food. In some places, pollinators are in decline. Which can be problematic, says Petersen, “if we don’t help support pollinators and see these declines in their populations, the food supply will have a harder time feeding us all.”

Be a The city of bees means Rapid City has taken a stand by saying pollinators don’t bother us and instead support creatures in various ways.

“The easiest, planting native flowers. Have habitat sites. Provide nectar. Think about the pesticides you use in your garden and is that perhaps affecting pollinators or other insects that live and feed in your garden, ”says Petersen.

Bees are everywhere in Rapid City doing their part to promote healthy plant life.

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