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, February 22, 2014

Don't Underestimate the Native Pollinators

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Honey bee and several native bees on flowers of fruit trees © Beatriz Moisset  The concern for honey bees has exploded i...
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Monday, February 10, 2014

Alfalfa Pollination

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Large commercial alfalfa field requiring managed beehives because of its size © Vapampidis. Wikicommons What is the most im...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Beginners Guide to Pollinators

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Read the review by Kathy Keatley Garvey at the Bug Squad website, For Beginners, a Guide to Pollinators So many flowers.  So many p...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Roadside Pollinator Gardens and Traffic

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Mountain laurel. © Beatriz Moisset Pollinator gardens are blooming along many highways. Perhaps the idea originated with Lady B...
Saturday, December 7, 2013

Globetrotting Skippers

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Fiery skipper ( Hylephila phyleus ). © Beatriz Moisset  You probably thought I was running out of migratory butterflies after my ...
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Monday, December 2, 2013

More globetrotting butterflies

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Monarch butterfly, the most famous traveler. © Beatriz Moisset In my last post I discussed two butterflies, the red admiral and th...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Globetrotting Butterflies

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Red admiral ( Vanessa atalanta ) on snake root © Beatriz Moisset Name a lovely butterfly found throughout North America and ...
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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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