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Get to know pollinators for #NationalPollinatorWeek!

Bees, bats, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds – just some of the pollinators you’ll find on public lands. Pollinator are essential to the health and productivity of their ecosystems. They spread pollen from flowers as the pollinators visit flowers from one location to the next. Although about 10 percent of plant species rely on wind or water for this pollination process, the other 90 percent of all plant species rely on pollinators for the plants for reproduction and seed and fruit production, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Here are a few quick facts about some of the pollinators you will be able to spot on BLM-managed public lands:

Bats eat billions of insects every night and pollinate plants. The BLM and partners regularly team up for conservation projects and scientific studies and utilize volunteers who want to learn more about the bats in their area. The BLM’s partnership with Bat Conservation International has been instrumental to this effort across the nation.

Bees (pictured here is a honeybee) are probably the most well-known pollinators, since they gather pollen and nectar from flowers for survival. Bee populations have a set roles: the queen bee lays eggs, the female worker bees do the work for the hive and the male drone bees find a queen from a different colony to mate with. Worker bees collect nectar and pollen.

As far as butterflies go, milkweed plants are some of their favorites! Butterflies, like this Erynnis tristis, will flock to milkweeds for their fragrant flowers. The BLM works with partners all over the country to plant and cultivate milkweed populations to restore and maintain pollinator habitats. Read more about this: tmblr.co/Z9wNeu28EFn2C.

Hummingbirds also play a very important role in pollination. The population status of many hummingbirds is unknown and monitoring efforts help collect local and regional information. Working with partners like the Hummingbird Monitoring Network, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service and various volunteers, the BLM participates in regular surveys of hummingbirds to gather important information to help understand how best to manage habitat for the species.

Learn more about the BLM’s wildlife programs on our website: blm.gov/wildlife.