Federal Government Resources

EPA is undertaking a variety of actions to protect pollinators as part of the Agency's role in the National Pollinator Health Strategy. Other federal agencies also have leadership roles in solving problems and outreach related to pollinators, such as those listed here.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's internal research agency, is leading several efforts to enhance overall honey bee health by improving bee management practices, as well as studying honey bee diseases and parasites and how best to control them. 
• Insects and pollinators Natural Resources Conservation Service documents for pollinator conservation and enhancement.
• Survey of Honey Bee Pests and Diseases

• Pollinators U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pollinator web page

International Agencies

• Pollinator Protection (Health Canada) Exit

• OECD website: Managing Risk to Insect Pollinators Exit

Other Resources

• The Bee Informed Partnership Exit includes a variety of research labs and universities in agriculture and science with the goal of better understandomg honey bee declines in the United States
• Bee Health Exit University extension programs
• North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Exit
  • Your School and Pollinators, Protecting Monarchs, Bumblebees are Essential, and Inviting Bees to your Property (2 pp, 4,957,661 K, About PDF)  Exit
  • Solving Your Pest Problems without Harming Pollinators (PDF) (2 pp, 876,975 K, About PDF)Exit
  • Pollinator-Friendly Planting Guide Exit
• 10 Ways to Protect Bees from Pesticides (PDF)(2 pp, 512.0 K, About PDF) Exit
• The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservaton Exit