**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE CORN-SOYBEAN AGROECOSYSTEM DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE IN MUCH OF THE MIDWEST, BUT CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY WILL DEPEND ON MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND SOIL HEALTH. THIS AREA ALSO SUPPORTS ONE-THIRD OF US HONEY BEE COLONIES, A DIVERSITY OF WILD POLLINATORS AND OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS, BUT CURRENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES RARELY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POTENTIAL FOR AGRICULTURE TO SUPPORT THESE INSECTS AND THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THEY CAN PROVIDE - INCLUDING POSSIBLE YIELD BENEFITS TO SOYBEANS FROM INSECT POLLINATION. THIS STUDY AIMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SMALL MODIFICATIONS TO CURRENT FARM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES CAN BETTER SUPPORT POLLINATOR SERVICES AND IMPROVE HONEY PRODUCTION FOR BEEKEEPERS WHILE BENEFITING SOIL HEALTH AND MAXIMIZING CROP PRODUCTIVITY. THE EFFECTS OF TWO CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WILL BE TESTED: (1) PLANTING NECTAR-RICH SOYBEAN VARIETIES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOOD RESOURCES FOR HONEY BEES AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS, AND (2) REPLACING LOW-YIELDING AREAS WITHIN FIELDS WITH FLOWERING PERENNIAL POLLINATOR HABITAT TO PROVIDE SEASON-LONG FLORAL RESOURCES AND IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH. BENEFITS FROM THESE STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE PRACTICAL INFORMATION THAT FARMERS, BEEKEEPERS, AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN USE TO BOTH IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND PROMOTE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH.