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.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Death among the flowers

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Pollinators have such a glamorous job. They fly from flower to flower collecting golden pollen and sweet, delicious nectar. What could be be...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

My bees and climate change

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It is February 16th and the weather forecast for the next few days shows temperatures in the sixties. I am concerned about my bees. I hope t...
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Friday, December 3, 2010

Symmetry

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I am looking at a picture I took several years ago of a bee visiting a sunflower. The head and front part of her body are metallic green. T...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Lawn for Pollinators. Part III

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As mentioned many times before, it is preferable to have a wildflower meadow than a large expanse of lawn; however, some areas need to be m...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Jack-in-the-pulpit and its cruel deception

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Early in the spring you can often see Jack-in-the-pulpits in your walks through the forest. The peculiar shape of its flowers gives it its ...
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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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