Join the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in celebrating National Pollinator Week, June 22-28. Take this opportunity to appreciate the hard-working animals that help pollinate more than 75 percent of of our flowering plants and nearly 75 percent of our crops. Often we may not notice the hummingbirds, bats, bees, beetles, butterflies, and flies that carry pollen from one plant to another as they collect nectar. Yet without them, wildlife would have fewer nutritious berries and seeds, and we would miss many fruits, vegetables, and nuts, like blueberries, squash, and almonds — not to mention choclate and coffee —  all of which depend on pollinators.

Learn more about pollinators by viewing fun and educational materials on pollinators below:

A new video (http://www.fws.gov/video/flash/pollinatoroverview2009daveh.html) (National Conservation Training Center) – View a video of Service staff and volunteers planting a demonstration pollinator garden at NCTC in Shepherdstown, W. Va., which provides planting tips for your garden.

An online clubhouse (Neighborhood Explorers) - learn about Lucy's pizza garden, then make your own pizza from pollinated foods.

Activity guide (Go! Wild) - learn about pollinators at Rocky Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, then match plants to pollinators and enjoy other games. Can you guess which animals pollinate plants in your yard?

Podcasts - listen to broadcasts about native bees, endangered pollinators, pollinator gardens and backyard habitat, and a view a video clip from Green Springs Garden. Are you providing good habitat for pollinators in your yard? Webcasts (Monarch Live) - take a trip on this website to "see" monarch habitat across North America and learn about the great migration of monarchs, their habitats in winter and summer, and how you can help.

A monarch butterfly website - learn how to tell a monarch butterfly from a viceroy butterfly, how monarchs get out of their chrysalis, why they gather on trees overwinter, and lots of other fun facts. Are monarchs found in your area? When?

The Nature's Partner's Curriculum - fun activities for clubs, schools, and families to learn about pollinators. Children may need some help from adults with many of these activities.

Note: The celebration of Pollinator Week started in 2007, when the U.S. Senate designated Pollinator Week in Resolution 580.