Endangered apples: help save Britain’s rare varieties
Familiarity, as they say, breeds contempt. Or, in the case of the humble apple, perhaps…
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What is best? And how to test it.
Last night we cleaned 140 cocoons from two different houses, one round house ( 3″pvc…
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Leafcutter bees and their emergence
People are quite excited about being able to buy Leafcutter bees cocoons, since it is…
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A gem of a resource on pollination.
Insect pollination of cultivated crop plants by McGregor 1976. When I began my career as…
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Honey bee blog-BC, Canada
This is a great blog on Honey bees, their food sources and management challenges. If…
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Insect photos-by insect expert
This web site has some beautiful photos of wasps and bees. http://insectexpertphd.com/bees.aspx
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Conservation farming techniques
ESSEX COUNTY FARMER RECOGNIZED FOR POLLINATOR PROTECTION EFFORTS OTTAWA, CANADA OCT 29 – The Canadian…
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Goodbye-grass on city boulevards
What a wonderful sight. Food plants on the boulevard. More food for bees and more…
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What is this Cotton fluff?
Tony W. writes “I found insect pupae embedded by fluff this winter. There was also…
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Release and stay!
“Nesting all but finished now at our condo terrace, down to the last dozen nesting…
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