Specialist bees

Written on: March 28th, 2022

by Sandy Garland with thanks to Lydia Wong, Colleen Smith, Jessica Forrest, and members of the Insects and Arachnids of Ontario Facebook group for providing local ...

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Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp in Ottawa bee boxes

Written on: March 21st, 2022

By Lydia Wong This post is an excerpt from updates sent to those following Lydia’s research project on the effects of urban warming on cavity-nesting insects. If ...

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Cavity nesters: leafcutter bees

Written on: January 8th, 2022

By Lydia Wong This post is an excerpt from updates sent to those following Lydia’s research project on the effects of urban warming on cavity-nesting insects. If ...

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Our second colloquium – 2020

Written on: January 7th, 2022

by Sandy Garland WPP held its second annual colloquium on 8 March 2020. As I write this, read the notes, and look at the photos, it seems like a different world. ...

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Cavity nesters: who are they and what are they doing now

Written on: November 7th, 2021

by Lydia Wong This post is an excerpt from updates sent to those following Lydia’s research project on the effects of urban warming on cavity-nesting insects. If ...

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Pollinator garden at Dalhousie Park – it takes a village

Written on: July 24th, 2021

by Sue Stefko After years of planning, which included submissions to the city, a grant through the city’s Community Environmental Projects Grant Program, and quite a ...

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