Let your garden be messy
A great article from the Xerxes Society here: https://xerces.org/blog/5-ways-to-increase-nesting-habitat-for-bees?fbclid=IwAR0zC5jMxSmI-Y...
Living Roofs for Native Pollinators
A wild, non-native bee forages for pollen on the green roof of the University of Toronto’s GRIT Lab.GRIT Lab In dense urban environments,...
Plant native plants!
Check your native plant societies here: http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/native-plant-societies-in-north-america.html?fbclid=IwAR32DeHKu...
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee on Ray Hartman Ceanothus
The temperatures for the past few weeks have been cooler, usually 50 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and in the 40's at night. When we...
Native bees need native plants, native plants need native bees
A free online book to share with kids and teach others about our 4,000 species of North American Bees! Click here:...
Plant Native!
Join your native plant society today! https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/new-smithsonian-study-links-declines-suburban-backyard-birds-presen...
Learn about the fascinating mason bees!
My photo of a green mason bee in a California Alba poppy Watch this great video about mason bees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IZdjii...
More reasons to create a "wild area" in your yard
Be a hero and leave the leaves, gently putting your unraked leaves in a pile, creating a "wild space" for pollinators and other insects...
Leaving the Leaves video
Here is a great video about leaving the leaves https://youtu.be/foC3fsmzY3o
Don't forget!
Put your leaves in an area of your yard set aside as a "wild space". You'll see many birds foraging through the leaves for food, and...
