June 22, 2018
Pollinator week was created to raise awareness of what pollinators are , why we need them, what challenges they face, and what we can do to help. To that aim, we have run a series of posts that introduces pollinators and their importance, describes why pollinators pollinate, explores how both plants and pollinators cooperate or […]
June 21, 2018
Throughout our Pollinator Week blog series, we’ve covered what pollinators are, why they pollinate, and how both plants and pollinators work the system. Now, let’s highlight some of the major pollinators in our area – what makes them unique, and what can we do conserve them? Honey bees (Apis mellifera) Honey bees have been the […]
June 21, 2018
As I mentioned in our last post highlighting pollinators, both the plant and the pollinator do what they do because it benefits them, not out of altruism for the other. Sometimes the arrangement works out to be mutually beneficial, but sometimes the arrangement is more nefarious. There are also some really cool examples of checks […]
June 21, 2018
Pollination represents a unique partnership between plants and pollinators. These are wild creatures working toward their own self-interest, so both the plants and the pollinators will do everything in their power to get the most bang for their buck out of the arrangement. In our previous post giving a rough overview of pollinators, we described […]
June 21, 2018
This week is National Pollinator Week; a week to draw attention to America’s diverse pollinator fauna. Pollinators are incredibly important, yet many species are imperiled by habitat loss, land use change, competition, disease, climate change, invasive species, and improperly applied insecticides. A pollinator is any animal that transfers pollen from one flower to another. Pollen […]
May 4, 2018
May the Fourth be with you! Just a few short days after celebrating Alien Day, Star Wars fans are likely celebrating this pun-tacular day with wookiee calls and reveling in the number of movies they can enjoy. The most famous characters in the movies, the Jedi, are able to control the energy of the universe […]
