This morning, I’m heading out to Portland’s World Forestry Center for UnBEElievable Bees, a daylong event celebrating the incredible work of our favorite winged pollinator: the honeybee. I get to learn more about keeping bees healthy, queen breeding and common misperceptions of bees.

I’m doubly excited because the Winged website goes live today. That means I get to connect with other writers and activists who are passionate about protecting pollinators. I’ll be passing out flyers and spreading the word about the Winged call for submissions.

This project has been a long time in the making, and I’m looking forward to opening it up for collaboration.