COCC is a Bee Campus USA Site!
Central Oregon Daily News story July 2022
COCC saves bee hive as tree is removed from campus January 2024
COCC uses sheep to remove weeds and invasive plants.
How do we help the Bees and other Pollinators?
- Pollinator Facts
- 1/3 of food production depends on pollinators
- 75% of all fruits and vegetables produce higher yields when visited by pollinators
- The global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at $577 billion and 61 Pollinators contribute $24 billion to the U.S. agriculture industry, making up a third of the food consumed by Americans
- Xerces society estimates 28% of bumble bee species are at risk of extinction in North America – 8 species in California alone
- Bees can be found in marshes, shingles, sand dunes, soft cliffs, heathlands, wetlands, chalk grasslands, quarries, gravel pits, sea walls and even post-industrial land
- Curriculum
- BIO 102: General Biology: Evolution - Learn about the interactions of climate change and pesticide activities on pollinators, buzz pollination and play behavior in bumblebees.
- ART 143: Scientific Illustration - Learn the basic techniques to visually interpret scientific principles, especially relating pollinators to their plants.
- PHE 268: Sustainable Food and Nutrition.
Check out other Sustainability courses.
- Resources
Around the COCC Campuses
Native plants, various gardens and water feature around our campuses help promote a healthy bee population.
COCC continually improves its grounds for maximal Climate Health and to provide habitat and other benefits its flora and fauna.
We partner with Local Organizations such as Deschutes Land Trust and Bend Pollinator Pathway.
Flowering trees were planted in the COCC Community garden by the cutest budding scientists
at the Barber Family Science Night May 25, 2022.