Down to the nitty gritty: creating the Churchill Alternative School butterfly garden

Written on: February 22nd, 2020

by Berit Erickson Once I had created a successful pollinator garden of my own [see Berit’s Corner Pollinator Garden], I began to see prime locations for ...

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The real dirt on bees, honey, and hype

Written on: February 17th, 2020

by Sandy Garland; photos from Bee-washing.com, used with permission Not a week goes by without another bee hive installed by an organization or person who thinks ...

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Flower flies: insects with a “PR problem”

Written on: February 15th, 2020

The following is a very short summary of an excellent blog post on flower flies by Berit Erickson. Please be sure to read the full post here – Flower flies: ...

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What we are doing is important

Written on: February 15th, 2020

by Renate Sander-Regier For years, researchers and journalists have been pointing to the dramatic loss of insects around the world (see links below). But insect ...

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