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title: Bees Without Borders
date: 2023-04-06T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/bees-without-borders"
section: Articles
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# Bees Without Borders

*April 6, 2023* — by [Maggie Haslam](/author/maggie-haslam)


> Sustainability Program Unites Route One Communities to Build a Pathway for Pollinators

*University Park Pollinator Meadow photo 1920x1080 — The University Park Pollinator Meadow on Adelphi Road is one of over 30 pollinator refuges stretching from Greenbelt to the D.C. line, a project facilitated by UMD’s Sustainable Maryland to build food and habitat along the Route One corridor. Below, the same field in February, offering a safe haven for bees and butterflies to overwinter.*

Along a busy stretch of Adelphi Road just south of the University of Maryland sits an unremarkable field, its dormant scrub offering little trace of the six-month, nectar-fueled rager it hosted last year. But by June, the sea of muted brown will again give way to a riot of black-eyed Susans, golden Alexanders and crimson beardtongues—a floral feast for the eyes, and for the bellies of bees, butterflies and other frequent fliers roaming the region.


*brown dormant plants in meadow*


*bee sits on a pink flower — A frequent flyer enjoys the bounty of summer. Photo courtesy of Mary Sue Twohy, University Park.*



**Sidebar note:**

With abundant gardens, flowering trees and sidewalk planters, the University of Maryland is a highlight of the Route One Pollinator Corridor, an ongoing effort supported by several campus organizations including PollinaTerps, a group of UMD students, faculty and staff dedicated to building a bee-friendly campus. This month, Terps are buzzing about the group’s latest move to designate UMD as a certified Bee Campus USA affiliate, a measure that earned the support of UMD’s Student Government Association last week.





**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Climate Change](https://today.umd.edu/topic/climate-change)


**Units:** [School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation](https://today.umd.edu/topic/school-architecture-planning-and-preservation)