Bridge-to-Bridge community reforestation project
Written on: July 1st, 2018by Sandy Garland, with much help from Declan Hill, chair of the project According to Declan, this project started because the community was “tired of cars ...
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Neglect your lawn for pollinators
Written on: July 1st, 2018by Renate Sander-Regier Pollinators like imperfect lawns. They prefer them on the derelict side. Pollinators are, in fact, drawn to lawns that stray from the closely ...
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Campus walks for pollinators
Written on: June 21st, 2018By Megan McAulay What types of bees live in urban environments? What can we do to better support them? These were the questions that motivated our campus pollinator ...
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Solitary bee hotels in Ottawa
Written on: June 13th, 2018by 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, 2018by 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, 2018by 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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