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Re: pollinators

Last summer, while watching butterflies in the garden with my sons, one of
them commented on a small irridescent green bee on one of the flowers. We
then spent the next 1 hour+ looking closely at the different flowers and
noticing what types of insects came to which blooms (and then periodically
through the rest of the summer). We watched one 3/8" bee guard one set of
blooms from all other pollinators for 20+ minutes before he tired and left.
Some flowers that I was considering removing (didn't attract butterflies)
had swarms of very small sweat bees crawling all over them (they're now
safe). 

This led me to re-read (and my sons to read) the Xerces Society newsletter
"Wings" which had several articles on pollinator relationships and then
purchasing and reading the book "The Forgotten Pollinators". 

This winter we'll be building several 'habitats' for native bee nests to
see if we can increase the population and make it a little easier for them
to share our space.

Discovering the different bees with my sons (especially at a time when they
tend to be moving away... 16 and 13 years old) and watching their
legitimate interest really hit me. I hope you enjoy your experiences -
expect the unexpected and have fun.

Ron


At 07:48 PM 1/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
>In 1998 a friend and I would like to begin to pay more attention to the
>pollinators of different prairie species. Does anyone know of a list, a
>book, a thesis that lists known pollintors for different species?
>Thank you.
>MJ Hatfield
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Ron Lane
RL7329@sprynet.com
Central NJ, USA
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