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.

Friday, March 5, 2010

What is good for the birds is good for the bees

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Let us say that you want to help pollinators by creating a habitat in your garden that is beneficial to them. If you are a nature lover and ...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Our friend the elephant mosquito

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Male elephant mosquito sipping nectar of goldenrod flowers. Notice the elaborate antennae Elephant mosquitoes have a well deserved name;...
Friday, February 5, 2010

Bumblebees and Turtleheads

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Some flowers are easy to pollinate, wide open, with free access to pollen and nectar; an insect with no skills and no elaborate equipment ca...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A Night in the Life of a Working Mother

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It is spring but you wouldn’t know it judging by the temperature. Here in such northern latitudes, Ellesmere Island to be more precise, wint...
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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Floral Emissaries

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The raising sun turns the meadow into multicolored blankets of sparkling dewdrops. One flower stretches its petals lazily; it is still too e...
Saturday, January 2, 2010

For the Love of Flowers

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Andrena, the bee, was sleeping her long slumber, comfortably inside her underground refuge, when something began to arouse her. She had been...
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Friday, January 1, 2010

The pure magnificent green bee

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A female Augochlora pura gathering pollen on her leg baskets Among the many metallic green bees that you see in the summer there is a p...
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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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