This Senate resolution designates June 22 through June 28, 2026, as "National Pollinator Week." It says pollinators—such as native bees, butterflies and moths, birds and bats, and beetles—are vital to agriculture and healthy ecosystems. The resolution notes pollinators help reproduce at least 80 percent of flowering plants, add more than $18,000,000,000 in revenue to U.S. crop production each year, and benefit over 100 crops. It also describes declines and threats: some North American bumble bees are threatened or endangered; the Western monarch butterfly fell from nearly 10,000,000 butterflies in the 1980s to fewer than 2,000 in 2020 and has been proposed as threatened; and more than 70 native pollinator species are listed as threatened or endangered, including the rusty patched bumble bee, Powesheik skipperling, and Dakota skipper. The resolution expresses support for the week, acknowledges pollinators' importance, encourages public ceremonies and conservation and educational activities, and states the Senate intends to continue working to conserve native pollinators and improve understanding of their importance.
The resolution is a formal recognition and encouragement. It asks people to observe National Pollinator Week with ceremonies, conservation projects, and educational activities. It signals Senate interest in conserving pollinators and learning more about them, but does not create new rules or funding by itself.
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Supporters say pollinators are essential for food production, biodiversity, and healthy ecosystems. They point to the economic value to crop production, the wide role of pollinators in reproducing flowering plants, and the steep declines and threatened status of many pollinator species as reasons to promote awareness, conservation, and education.
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