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.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Flower Longhorn Beetles, the Elegant Crowd

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Strangalia luteicornis on buttonbush © Beatriz Moisset   Most beetles we are familiar with are roundish or oval-shaped hard shell...
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Sunday, July 6, 2014

The Great Impersonators, flower flies

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Eristalis tenax , the drone fly, a honey bee mimic © Beatriz Moisset Why would one insect want to look like another? There must be ...
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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...
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...
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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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