 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. June 20th through the 26th is recognized as National Pollinator Week. Pollinator Week is an annual celebration to support pollinator health and raise awareness about the impact pollinators have on the ecosystem. It is a week where we here at Extension and some of our related organizations want to make people aware of the importance of pollinators in our production, plus in our benefit to all humankind. You know, pollinators are one thing that if we didn't have our pollinators, they're beneficial because they help pollinate the crops, the plants that we use for food, drink, fiber. So we have a difficult time without those pollinators there. Pollinator populations are shrinking worldwide due to pesticide use, loss of habitat, climate change, and the spread of invasive species. If the pollinator species continue to decline, the availability and diversity of fresh produce will decline substantially. Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food. There are several things that people can do. They can plant certain plants. You know, pollinators need plants for homes, for food, basically a rescue stop. You know, so we have things like planting them on our butterfly bed, and there are certain plants that you can do that for. Other flowering plants that will help feed, you know, hummingbirds. You know, other plants that will also help with some of our native bees. Pollinators also sustain ecosystems and produce natural resources by helping plants reproduce. There are several beekeeping and master gardening groups available for those interested in helping rebuild the pollinator population. One thing that individuals, if they have an interest in pollinators, they can join a local beekeeping association. Several of our counties around have very active associations. Floyd County, Pike County, Letra County, Martin County, and there's others. Also, I would recommend individual, if they're interested, to participate and join an Extension Master Gardener group. Our local master gardeners, they basically go through and they'll put monarch waystations in different locations. We put some of our local parks, also in some of our walking trails. For more information on pollinators, safe pesticide use, and rebuilding pollinator populations, visit pollinator.org or the Floyd County Cooperative Service on Facebook. For Mountain Top News, I'm Breonna Robinson.