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Roanoke earns Bee Campus USA certification

  • Roanoke College earned Bee Campus USA certification on May 10, 2025, recognizing its pollinator-friendly campus in Salem, Virginia.
  • The certification followed a senior practicum project by five students, including James Hartmann, who added pollinator plants to campus gardens.
  • Roanoke supports about five acres of restored meadows, woods, and creek swales, maintains a beekeeping society hive, and installed bat and bee houses funded by multiple grants in 2024.
  • Pollinators support over 85% of flowering plants, but one in five North American pollinators face extinction risk, highlighting the need for Roanoke’s pro-pollinator practices.
  • Roanoke reaffirmed its commitment to native plant use and habitat restoration, contributing as the 200th institution nationwide to the Bee Campus USA movement.
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Roanoke earns Bee Campus USA certification

The certification process was led by a team of environmental studies majors.

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Charleston Gazette-Mail broke the news in Charleston, United States on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
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