Plant native for native bees
Yes, plant it and they will come! Find your native plant society here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/wildflowers/links
Join us at the Bee Bash
If you are in the Bay Area this Saturday, April 1st, you have a great opportunity to hear bee expert speakers, including the Xerxes...
The right way to leave stems for your bees
Very helpful information from the Tufts Pollinator Initiative: https://sites.tufts.edu/pollinators/2021/04/the-right-way-to-leave-stems-f...
Bumblebees play!
Fascinating! This study suggests that bumblebees have feelings. https://www.npr.org/2022/11/05/1134355887/bumblebees-can-play-does-it-mea...
Leave the Stems for the Stem-Nesting Bees
Image: Living Prairie Museum Remember that bees hibernate in stems during the winter! More information here https://sites.tufts.edu/polli...
Watching the dragonflies circle the garden
We have been observing daily dragonflies flying through the garden throughout most of the daylight hours. When we first moved to this...
Butterflies still visiting
The butterflies are still active in our garden, although many plants are going dormant. Every day I see all day skippers, Gulf...
Plant native!
More here https://marinarichie.com/2022/10/17/the-elegance-of-disarray/?fbclid=IwAR3j4twE9GGx8JuBo0xihfj-Hy2JYhSpcbCSBeG_mKa3gi5KtiR0EpCsSqo
Common checkered skipper in the field
The only vegetation flourishing in the dry field are fennel plants, dandelions and a dandelion-like aster relative. The butterflies are...
Big Pollinator Habitat Project
I haven't posted much within the past month because we moved to another house. After the grueling move to another house (same street, but...
