THE BUZZ ABOUT WASPS BY HEATHER HOLM AN INFORMATION-PACKED GUIDE TO FLOWER-VISITING WASPS THAT OCCUR IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA To order WASPS is the first full-color, illustrated guide featuring approximately 150 species of flower-visiting wasps, and the specific native plants and habitat each … [Read more...]
It’s Cinco de Mayo May 5th
Today is May 5th, and it is Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo is a day many schools and communities celebrate here in the USA as well as in Mexico. Often mistaken as Mexico’s celebration of independence, it actually is intended to celebrate the Battle of Puebla. It has, however, become more of a fun … [Read more...]
Violets
With the overwhelming abundance of ephemerals, the spring violets are going "gangbusters!" The E-Mail The other day I got an e-mail from someone who wanted to know how to get rid of the wild violets in her lawn. How she “hated” them and tried to eradicate them from her lawn. How the violets just … [Read more...]
Bee Basics
Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees By Beatriz Moisset, Ph.D. and Stephen Buchmann, Ph.D and llustrations by Steve Buchanan. A USDA Forest Service and Pollinator Partnership Publication. Download for free. Introduction Native bees are a hidden treasure. From alpine meadows in the … [Read more...]
$1.7 Million for Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
This is part of the article from NWWF New Releases: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $1.7 million in grants to conserve monarch butterflies and other insect pollinators in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, … [Read more...]
Spring Is Here!
Spring is here! The birds have returned. The ephemerals are out. The Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) is overwhelming the land. The pollinators hope to see flowers. Here in Northeast Wisconsin I have seen: (Click a single photo – then click the photo again for a larger view.) … [Read more...]
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