Find Best Management Practices to Protect Pollinators

There are many ways to reduce potential pesticide exposure to bees and other pollinators. Information about best management practices is available from several sources:

• The Center for Integrated Pest Management's Pollinator Protection Web page 
• EPA's Tips for Reducing Pesticide Impacts on Wildlife Web page
• Pollinator Protection and Responsible Use of Treated Seed - Best Management Practices (Health Canada)
• Reducing exposure to dust from treated seed (EPA-sponsored summit)
• EPA hosted webinar on Integrated Pest Management: Strategies for Pollinator Habitat Promotion and Conservation in Agricultural Areas

Several states have developed pollinator protection information for their areas:

The following links exit the site

• Florida Bee Protection
• North Dakota Apiary Program (Honey Bees)
• 10 Ways to Protect Bees from Pesticides (Washington (pdf) (344 KB)
• Cooperative Standards of the Mississippi Honey Bee Stewardship Program (pdf) (2 MB)

We are working with our partners to develop, evaluate and share even more best management practices.