pollinators

Establishing a Successful Bee Garden

The right flowers, fruit, and vegetables in your garden will attract some of your own bees, as well as welcoming bumblebee and solitary bee species.

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Garden Plan for Pollinators

Design choices, plant selections, and maintenance practices can make a huge difference in creating your own healthy ecosystem.

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What Pollinator Would Be Good for a Botanical Garden?
June 13, 2022 · · Ask the Expert

We are looking for a pollinator for a huge indoor botanical garden. We will need to find a pollinator that will be able to pollinate plants 365 days per year and will not be dangerous for the tourists.

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Bumblebees: The Big Buzz Pollinator

Most of us are familiar with bumblebees due to their size, bright colors, and buzz. This calm, passive bee is one of the largest native bees.

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Why Are There Flower Particles on my Bottom Board?

When we see flower parts stuck to bees, it’s usually the pollenia of either milkweeds or orchids. The pollenia are pollen-filled sacks that stick to the pollinator like glue and eventually fall off on another flower. Honey bees are most apt to engage with milkweed pollenia, and sometimes they have so many long and stringy orange sacks hanging from their legs they can barely fly.

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