Bees need two kinds of food. One we've already read about -- pollen. The other is honey made from the nectar they gather from their visits to flowers. Nectar is the sugary juice that flowers offer to bees in return for the successful transportation of the pollen the flowers need to fulfill their … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2018
More on Pollination – Pollen Sac
Well, I made my presentation and as you might guess there were a number of questions I couldn't answer. One was how does a bee's pollen sac hold pollen? Hm-m-m. That's a good question. Why do bees collect pollen? To make bee bread, of course. Pollen contains protein and fats -- nutritious … [Read more...]
Pollination continued
In my earlier post about Gardening for Pollinators, I talked primarily about pollinators and flowering plants, also known as angiosperms. But there's a whole other group of plants out there which require pollen as well -- specifically grasses and trees. Grasses are angiosperms, however, trees are … [Read more...]
WCHF Induction Ceremony Rescheduled – May 5, 2018
Good News! The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame's (WCHF) 2018 Induction Ceremony for Roy and Charlotte Lukes, George Meyer and Arlie Schorger has been rescheduled for the afternoon of May 5, 2018. Dinner will follow at the Atrium at SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Here are the … [Read more...]
Gardening for Pollinators
I'm working on a new PowerPoint (PPT) presentation on pollinators. Although I've done many presentations on natural landscaping, I've never done one focused on pollinators, so I thought I should understand a little more about pollination before I started developing the PPT. Here's what I came up … [Read more...]
The Very Hungary Caterpillar
I found this little video on a friend's Facebook page and couldn't resist sharing it. It's from Deep Look - PBS. Enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/DeepLookPBS/videos/862013050649942/ It's hoarding protein! Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly … [Read more...]