Finding pollinators in the McCarthy hydro cut

Written on: July 21st, 2019

by Sandy Garland Last Sunday (14 July 2019), I discovered a beautiful meadow of wildflowers – native and non-native – in the large hydro corridor ...

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Finding pollinators on Bank Street

Written on: July 20th, 2019

by Sandy Garland, photographs by Sandy and Alysha Riquier This summer, we’re determined to learn to identify the main groups of bees and other pollinators. ...

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Pollinators at the University of Ottawa – 2019 update

Written on: July 20th, 2019

by Renate Sander-Regier The 2019 season has been slow at the University of Ottawa – for pollinator activity, pollinator habitats, and pollinator surveys. But more ...

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Wool carder bees

Written on: July 16th, 2019

by Sandy Garland On  30 June, Berit Erickson emailed to ask about a very aggressive bee that seemed to be guarding one patch of her garden. She had identified it as ...

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Leafcutters in the Corner Pollinator Garden

Written on: July 15th, 2019

by Sandy Garland While some of us are looking in vain for bees in our backyards – because of the slow start to spring – Berit Erickson writes about the ...

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Canada Day pollinators

Written on: July 12th, 2019

by Sandy Garland I read about a country-wide Canada Day bioblitz and decided to forego fireworks for a day in the country trying to photograph 152 (Canada’s ...

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