Solitary bee hotels in Ottawa

 Written on: June 13th, 2018

by Gabriel Gauthier During the week of May 7 to 11, 22 high school students took part in a uOttawa mini-course entitled “Biodiversity: Yours to Discover!” offered by ...

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The private lives of our native bees: talk and walk

 Written on: May 21st, 2018

by Lynn Ovenden, photos by Renate Sander-Regier Bees are big this year. On May 12, the Wild Pollinator Partners network, led by Sandy Garland and Renate ...

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Bombus – the Bumble Bee

 Written on: May 18th, 2018

by David Van Olst We’ve all heard of this infamous bee species. In fact, if you ask a group of children to draw a picture of a bee, most of them will instinctively ...

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How solitary wild bees interact with pesticides – starting to fill the research gaps

 Written on: April 29th, 2018

by Renate Sander-Regier In almost the same breath one day in April, two important and loosely related announcements were issued regarding wild bees and agricultural ...

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Bee box workshops

 Written on: April 27th, 2018

by Sandy Garland Our first events of 2018 were two workshops to build Mason Bee boxes, held on Sunday afternoons, April 8 and 15, and we couldn’t be more ...

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Milkweed muddle: why NOT to plant tropical milkweed

 Written on: April 24th, 2018

by Renate Sander-Regier As though they are not already struggling enough (see Threats), Monarch butterflies now face an additional challenge. This new one, ...

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