(We'd like to thank the NC State Youth and Consumer Horticulture Working Group for their support of this outreach tool!)

The 2025 Pollinator Outreach Kits for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census were created to support Count Event coordinators and anyone else looking to create a suite of tools and resources to learn about pollinators. The kits provide everything needed to effectively promote the Census, educate the public, and offer accessible tools and educational materials from N.C. Cooperative Extension.

The below list is provided to help anyone who wants to foundational tool kit to explore pollinators and pollinator gardening in North Carolina.

• A bumble bee puppet
• Hand lenses or loupes

• Painted Lady Butterfly Amazing Bugs® Kit

• Mason Bee Observation Box

• GSEPC in NC Perennial Marketing Materials:
  • GSEPC in NC Rack Cards
  • GSEPC in NC Stickers 

• Select Pollinator Gardening Books:
  • Attracting Native Pollinators by Eric Mader, Matthew Shepherd, Mace Vaughan, and Scott Black in collaboration with Gretchen LeBuhn (Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation)
  • Pollinator Gardening for the South Creating Sustainable Habitats by Danesha Seth Carley and Anne M. Spafford (NC State University)
  • The Bees of North Carolina by Drs. Hannah Levenson and elsa Youngsteadt (NC State University)
    • Free Downloadable Copy of The Bees of North Carolina

• Printed Extension Resources (available for FREE):
  •  Garden Cleanup for Pollinators: Trim Perennial Stems in Their First Winter
  • How to Manage a Successful Bee Hotel
  • Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants
  • Managing Backyards and Other Urban Habitats for Birds
  • Low-Cost Habitat Improvements
  • Hummingbirds and Butterflies
  • Butterflies in Your Backyard