It's Official! Happy Colorado Pollinator Month ⛰️ 🐝 🌸
- Jun 5
- 3 min read
🦋 Happy Colorado Pollinator Month! 🐝
In Colorado, we celebrate the entire month of June as Colorado Pollinator Month, honoring the role that pollinators play in restoring biodiverse ecosystems, our agricultural systems, our health, and our economy.
PPAN has worked with the Governor's office every year since 2017 to proclaim June as Colorado Pollinator Month, and we hope you'll get involved this year in some way from any part of our great state.
Read on for ways to get involved—we hope to see you at one of this month's many, many events!
🌸 2026 Limited Edition Tops to Support PPAN: My Milkweed Brings All the Bugs to the Yard 🐛
Looking for your new favorite organic cotton tee, tank, or hoodie? PPAN's 2026 limited edition t-shirts are only available during Colorado Pollinator Month, but you'll get compliments on them all year round! Every purchase supports PPAN's advocacy and education outreach. Shop for yourself and your friends now through June 30th!
June 17th @12pm Free Webinar with Dr. Orit Peleg: Understanding & Protecting Fireflies
Remember catching fireflies as a kid? Unfortunately, their magical blinking glow is quietly fading from our landscapes. In this webinar with CU Boulder's Dr. Orit Peleg of The Peleg Lab, we'll dive into the fascinating world of fireflies—their biology, their language of light, and the threats putting them at risk.
Whether you have a backyard, a balcony, or just a love of the natural world, you'll discover how you can help these luminous creatures thrive for generations to come.
Dr. Peleg is a global leader in the Physics of Living Systems. In addition to her faculty appointment at CU Boulder's BioFrontiers and in the Department of Computer Science, she is also affiliated with the Departments of Physics, Applied Math, and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. In addition, she is an External Faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. She has also won numerous distinguished awards for her research and teaching. Learn more about Dr. Peleg here.
Learn About Colorado's Littlest Wildlife
Each month we share a a new insect portrait and profile, but for Colorado Pollinator Month we couldn't pick just one!
In 2022, PPAN championed CO Senate Bill 22-199 at the legislature, in which the CO Department of Natural Resources commissioned a study on our state's native pollinating insects. Since then, we've been helping to build community knowledge and excitement about our local native insects, and pushing new state legislation based on the Study recommendations.
You can read about many of these pro-pollinator wins on our website.
Thank You to Our June Featured Business Partner, The Apiarian Home!
Using business as a force for good feels so good! We are having a blast getting to know our business donors and what motivates them more through a new interview series on the blog. We think you'll love getting to know Netta and exploring her handmade beeswax home fragrances.
June 26, 2026: The Big Day of Bugs 🐛 🐞 🐝
Join PPAN and the Colorado Pollinator Network at Denver Botanic Gardens for The Big Day of Bugs, aka the 'grand finale' of Pollinator Month, to learn more about the importance of pollinators and what you can do to support pollinator habitats, health, and biodiversity.
You can also participate from anywhere in the state through our Colorado Pollinator Month iNaturalist project.
📅 More Pollinator Month Events 📅
June 6 — Get some free native plants NoCo Native Plant Exchange at the Fort Collins EcoFest!
June 6 — Lyons Pollinator Power event — visit the 100% native plant Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens and connect with folks working on Lyons' Bee City initiative!
June 6 — Denver, come say hi to PPAN at the Blooms & Buzz Wash Park East Garden Tour at the garden on 1151 S High St.
June 6 — Join us at the Ollin Farms Pollinator Festival in Longmont for kid's activities, art projects, and a fun day on the farm.
June 11 — Join Dark Sky, PPAN, and Dr. Ryan St. Laurent, curator of Entomology at the CU Museum of Natural History in Boulder to observe and learn about some of our favorite nocturnal pollinators at the first ever Mothapalooza: A Magical World of Moths! Be sure to register as space is limited.
June 17 — Did you know June is prime firefly viewing season in Colorado? Join us for our first-ever firefly webinar with Dr. Orit Peleg of the Peleg Lab at CU for Understanding and Protecting Fireflies.
June 26 — Enjoy one of the best days of the year to visit Denver Botanic Gardens with the whole family, The Big Day of Bugs! Affectionately known as the 'grand finale' of Colorado Pollinator Month : )
Save the Dates!
August 19 — Lyons Farmette dinner with Greens Point Catering to benefit PPAN Tickets on sale now.
September 19 — PPAN's 10th Annual Bumble Bee Bash at Old Elm Farm!
November 19-20 — 11th Annual Colorado Pollinator Summit at CU Boulder
