Les abeilles sauvages sortent de l’ombre
Written on: December 16th, 2017par Renate Sander-Regier La première étude sur les abeilles sauvages en milieu urbain au Québec présente des résultats fascinants, ainsi qu’une belle surprise ! ...
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Where Monarchs prefer to lay their eggs
Written on: December 12th, 2017by Renate Sander-Regier Many of us have been diligently planting milkweeds for Monarchs, seeking to provide critical egg-laying sites for the female butterflies and ...
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Bumblebees and agricultural chemicals – recent research and surprises
Written on: December 12th, 2017by Renate Sander-Regier For years, we have been told that wild pollinators (and other insects) suffer from chemicals used in agriculture. Neonicotinoid ...
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Putting the garden to bed – while helping pollinators
Written on: December 12th, 2017by Renate Sander-Regier During the fall season, many of us are busy putting our gardens to bed for the winter. We often follow the gardening traditions we grew up ...
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Bee boxes: practical tips and local experience
Written on: December 8th, 2017by Sandy Garland Providing nesting sites for bees involves more than just drilling holes in a piece of wood, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Here is some ...
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A silent work force
Written on: November 9th, 2017by Sandy Garland Notes on a talk by Dr. Jeff Skevington, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, 14 September 2017 Jeff started by showing us a number of newspaper and ...
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