This week, Kristin and I (Sheila) drove southwest to survey the LaSalle & Windsor area prairies for the Rusty-patched bumblebee.  We’ve gotten so used to sunny dry days that we have forgotten about the possibility of getting rained on while we’re out and about!  After waiting out some morning drizzle by the Detroit River, we decided [...]

Our search for the Rusty-patched Bumblebee recently brought us to a prairie restoration site near Niagara Falls.  Although we didn’t see very many bees due to the hot dry weather, we did come across another much more common arthropod, the blacklegged (or deer) tick. Deer ticks are arachnids (not bugs or insects) which perch on [...]

Last week Team Bumblebee spent a day at beautiful Presqu’ile Provincial Park looking for the elusive rusty-patched bumblebee.  This park has historical records of the species and lots of blueweed in bloom right now, which is one of the rusty-patched bumblebee’s favourite food plants.  While we didn’t find the species we were looking for, we [...]

Now you all know that WPC has launched an at-risk pollinator project, but what you don’t know is that we’ve teamed up with Pollinator Partnership and Burt’s Bees to help spread the word and get support.  Beginning the month of July, Burt’s Bees will be selling a beautiful gold-dipped bee bracelet designed by Toronto designer [...]