One way to be pollinator-friendly in our neighborhood is to select plants for our own yard that supply pollinators with nectar and pollen. So many native pollinators are at work on a sunny early summer day in the Northern Plains. Bees of all sizes are busy yet stay mostly in the background. This is true … Continue reading
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Celebrate Summer with Pollinators
Long days of summer are here! We also celebrate National Pollinator Week. We care about a pollinator-friendly environment. Here are three concrete ways we can make choices to benefit pollinators: Provide food for pollinators. Include a variety of tree or shrub, perennial and annual flowers you have seen attracting butterflies and bees in your yard … Continue reading
How do Native Insects and Native Plants Go Together?
Welcome to Plant Exchange Blog. Join us to find out about plants of the Northern Plains and people who grow them. We don’t know much about native insects. Until they are gone, we don’t realize that they are part of the fabric of our region that helps hold plant and animal life in balance. Heather … Continue reading
Gardens Are Noisy Places
Mary Ann King of Yankton wrote about the joy of pollinators that visit our gardens like this bumble bee. Beneficial garden bugs are featured in her article. Hope you read it and comment! http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_5ea69688-e508-11e2-b32b-001a4bcf887a.html
Monarch Butterfly photos from National Geographic
This Monarch gathers nectar and pollinates blue asters in fall. If you’d like to see National Geographic photos that show the emergence of a Monarch butterfly from a chrysalis to adult, the link is below. Monarchs and other butterflies are pollinators of our favorite summer flowers. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/great-migrations-educator-resources/gallery/monarchs/#/monarch-butterfly-emerges_24313_600x450.jpg
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