The Undergraduate Library rehomed 6 3-bins at the onset of redevelopment:

• Armory took 4 (P10E62260 second floor east side right out of the elevator, P10E62264 third floor southside center outside restroom, P10E62261 third floor northside center outside of restroom, P10E62265 in landing area in front of Room 232 under glassed bulletin board).
• Mechanical Engineering Laboratory took 2 (P10E62262 and P10E62263 on first and second floors).

Information about how commercial bee keeping functions and its impact to overall bee populations was inquired about by Brent Lewis, Landscape Architect. Below is the response from Adam Donzel, an Assistant Professor in Entomology. 

'Hi Brent,

Yeah, there is work on that.  Here are links to couple studies about it:

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep32023

https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/article/22/1/17/6523145

Basically, yes, there are some stresses involved with migratory beekeeping but sedentary colonies can also have similar issues. In some scenarios, migratory colonies could be healthier as they are moved to areas with good nutritional resources all the time, while those left in place have to deal with times of low food availability. In reality, though, migratory colonies do undergo a lot of stress as they are used to pollinate crops and a lot goes into that - the stress of confinement, heat, exposure to agrochemicals, etc. From a beekeeping perspective, this is calculated into the fees charged for pollination (to some extent at least). Right now, beekeepers charge about $200/hive to pollinate almonds for example (the most lucrative pollination event). Big beekeepers manage 20,000-50,000 hives!  "Small" commercial beekeepers usually have 2-5000.

Migratory beekeeping uses about 85% of the managed colonies in the USA (incredible!). One big issue with this is that, if a new pest or pathogen is introduced, it will be spread throughout the country very fast. And in big pollination events, like almonds, hives are concentrated at very high densities, which does present a lot of opportunities for spreading diseases. They do mitigate this to some extent, however, as there are health checks required to move bees across state lines, and almond growers usually require checks of colonies to make sure they are healthy.

Hope this helps - always happy to answer questions when I can!"

The master list for indoor 3-bin containers has been updated. This list includes all 3-bin station deployments, with information regarding the building, floor, and P-Tag associated with each individual bin. If applicable, additional information regarding their location is provided as well.

See the attached file to review the updated master list for the 3-bin containers.

On March 3, 2022, it was recorded that 56 buildings across campus have at least one of the new 3-bins.

From: White, Morgan

To: Moore, Meredith Kaye

Hi Meredith,

Where on the portal do you think BeeSpotter belongs? I'm thinking it should be in the Resilience theme, but I'm not sure whether it should be under one of the other projects or just under the main one.

Morgan

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From: Moore, Meredith Kaye

To: White, Morgan

Hi Morgan,

That’s a good question. In my opinion, it doesn’t seem to fit well with any of the other projects under the resilience theme page. So unless we want to create a new project “support local pollinator projects” (or something of the sort) with the intention of adding additional pollinator projects, I vote for now let’s make it a project under the main theme. Does that make sense?

Thanks,
Meredith
 
Link to proposal:

https://uillinoisedu-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/fandsamaloto2_ad_u...

Link to BeeSpotter:

https://beespotter.org/

On October 20, 2021, the 2021 Energy Conservation Incentive Program (ECIP) Award Winners were announced at the Campus Sustainability Celebration!

UIUC is home to a total of 10 winners and honorable mentions, as listed below according to their categories:

• Occupant Action Category
  • Ice Arena
  • Student Dining and Residential Programs
  • English Building
  • Campus Recreation Center East (CRCE)
• Energy Advancement Category
  • Stock Pavilion
  • Forbes Natural History Building
  • Levis Faculty Center
  • Early Development Lab
• Honorable Mentions
  • State Farm Center
  • Bielfeldt Athletic Administrative Building

See the attached file to read the official announcement of 2021 ECIP Winners, including the locations' % improvements and monetary savings.

On July 12, 2021, Adam Dolezal, May Berenbaum, Layne Knoche, Eliana Brown, Morgan White, and Avery Maloto met over Zoom to discuss pollinator efforts on campus. The conversation included topics such as: Bloom Calendar, Red Oak Rain Garden, Dorner Drive Retention Pond, Setting up a BioBlitz, and more.

See the attached file to view the minute notes. 

Discover Magazine released an article highlighting the biodiversity benefits that can stem from pairing solar farms with pollinator-friendly plants. Supporting its claims with initiatives from universities across the country, the article recognizes the University of Illinois' pollinator habitat at Solar Farm 2.0.

Read the article on Discover Magazine. Or, refer to the PDF of the article in the attached files.