Pollinators

Flowers have maintained a partnership with insect pollinators from the beginning. They are masters at attracting these love messengers and perpetuating the species through pollination. They use countless ways to accomplish this goal.

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Monday, May 16, 2016

Early Spring Pollinators and their Flowers

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Bluebells and carpenter bee © Beatriz Moisset Many gardeners are developing a new concern for pollinators. They look for way...
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Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Importance of Native Pollinators

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Bumble bee visiting a sunflower. © 2010 Beatriz Moisset At the risk of repeating myself, I want to discuss once again the widespread er...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

What is the Connection Between Honey Bees and Almond Farming?

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Honey bee. © Beatriz Moisset These days we hear a lot about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other problems that plague bees ...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Gardening for Honorary Butterflies (Mint Moths)

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Not all moths fly at night and not all are drab. Some deserve the name of honorary butterflies. In fact sometimes they are mistaken for th...
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Lawn for Pollinators. Part II

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Winterthur in the Brandywine Valley near Philadelphia. Large expanses of lawn such as these are being turned into meadows with paths ram...
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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Lawn for Pollinators. Grass Companions

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Yellow violet Ordinarily a lawn is a desert, very unwelcoming to wildlife from tiny insects to birds. It doesn't have to be this way...
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We are all part of the web of life. Animals need plants and plants need animals and ultimately we all need each other in a very intricate and complex web of interactions. A biologist from Argentina, resident of the United States for many years. Author of: "Bee Basics, An Introduction to Our Native Bees" by Beatriz Moisset, Ph.D and Stephen Buchmann, Ph.D. All photos and content are copyrighted. Please, contact me if you want to use or purchase something.
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