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Pollination powerhouse not pest

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee

September 24, 2025
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Celebrity sighting

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee

August 28, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AwilcoxFernaldsBlog_Thumbnail.png 400 400 Annika Wilcox https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Annika Wilcox2025-08-28 08:07:122025-08-28 09:06:29Celebrity sighting

The unsung pollinators of Ontario

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
August 22, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/UnsungPollinators_Blog_AWilcox_Thumbnail.png 400 400 Annika Wilcox https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Annika Wilcox2025-08-22 12:53:562025-08-22 13:19:45The unsung pollinators of Ontario

Wings in the wild

Mottled Duskywing Butterfly, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative Mottled Duskywing Butterfly
July 23, 2025
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Bee-yond the microscope

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
July 15, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MinnesotaBeeBlog_Thumbnail.png 400 400 Parker Smale https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Parker Smale2025-07-15 14:58:502025-07-22 13:43:47Bee-yond the microscope

Surveying bumbles in transient landscapes

Bumble Bee Recovery, Events, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee

June 16, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SurveyingTransient_Thumbnail.jpg 1415 1415 Anja Groeneweg https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Anja Groeneweg2025-06-16 13:45:512025-06-18 10:05:19Surveying bumbles in transient landscapes

Recent research confirms: pollinators need our help

Bumble Bee Recovery, Events, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
April 7, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/RecentResearchBlogThumbnail.png 400 400 Cole Blair https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Cole Blair2025-04-07 14:53:322025-04-07 15:16:27Recent research confirms: pollinators need our help

Everything you didn’t know about pollination and why bumble bees are the real MVPS

Bumble Bee Recovery, Events, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
March 17, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PollinationBlog_Thumbnail.jpg 400 400 Cole Blair https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Cole Blair2025-03-17 14:31:162025-03-18 09:03:34Everything you didn’t know about pollination and why bumble bees are the real MVPS

FREED: empowering BIPOC students for a future in ecology Part 2

Bumble Bee Recovery, Events, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
March 16, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FREEDBlogPart2_thumbnail.jpg 400 400 Hazel Wheeler, Cole Blair, Prakrithi Monteiro & Camilo Ospina Pardo https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Hazel Wheeler, Cole Blair, Prakrithi Monteiro & Camilo Ospina Pardo2025-03-16 15:17:252025-03-18 08:47:14FREED: empowering BIPOC students for a future in ecology Part 2

How to feed a bumble bee colony

Bumble Bee Recovery, Events, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
February 18, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/FeedColoniesThumbnail.jpg 400 400 Cole Blair https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Cole Blair2025-02-18 10:46:392025-03-05 13:10:05How to feed a bumble bee colony

FREED: empowering BIPOC students for a future in ecology Part 1

Bumble Bee Recovery, Events, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Bumble Bees, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
February 7, 2025
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/FREEDBlogThumbnail.jpg 400 400 Hazel Wheeler and Cole Blair https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Hazel Wheeler and Cole Blair2025-02-07 14:00:062025-02-21 15:44:34FREED: empowering BIPOC students for a future in ecology Part 1

Catching queens: a new kind of fieldwork

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative
October 24, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/w-feature-bee.jpg 300 300 Dana Stubbs https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Dana Stubbs2024-10-24 08:16:392024-10-28 07:38:01Catching queens: a new kind of fieldwork

A day in the life of endangered bumble conservation: Carpenter bees are not bumble bees!

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative
August 15, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/w-featurejpg.jpg 400 400 Braelyn Smallwood https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Braelyn Smallwood2024-08-15 08:17:542024-08-19 12:08:12A day in the life of endangered bumble conservation: Carpenter bees are not bumble bees!

Saving an Ontario butterfly

Mottled Duskywing Butterfly, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative Mottled Duskywing Butterfly
August 8, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/w-modu-featurejpg.jpg 400 400 Griffyn Leyshon https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Griffyn Leyshon2024-08-08 06:00:162024-08-08 11:31:02Saving an Ontario butterfly

Adventures in Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Surveys

Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators Taylor's Checkerspot
 
June 19, 2024
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Scat Scrutiny: Analyzing bumble bee poop

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative
June 19, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/w-yellow-bumble-bee.jpg 1107 1320 Taylor Kerekes https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Taylor Kerekes2024-06-19 12:05:022024-06-28 09:43:29Scat Scrutiny: Analyzing bumble bee poop

Ontario’s first butterfly reintroduction: a conservation success story

Mottled Duskywing Butterfly, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative Mottled Duskywing Butterfly
June 6, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/w-modu-feature.jpg 400 400 Shannon Underwood https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Shannon Underwood2024-06-06 09:46:312024-08-07 07:57:14Ontario’s first butterfly reintroduction: a conservation success story

Waking the bumbles

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative
May 23, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/w-lab1.jpg 400 400 Taylor Kerekes https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Taylor Kerekes2024-05-23 13:25:112024-06-03 08:20:08Waking the bumbles

Eight years of community science at the Pinery

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative Bumble Bees
March 27, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/w-b-affinis.jpg 400 400 Cole Blair https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Cole Blair2024-03-27 11:05:572024-04-02 07:59:41Eight years of community science at the Pinery

Understanding cuckoo bumble bees: terrors or treasures?

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative
 
February 29, 2024
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023_LemonCuckooFemale_NPI_ParkerSmale.jpg 349 232 Parker Smale https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Parker Smale2024-02-29 12:55:122024-04-08 12:50:39Understanding cuckoo bumble bees: terrors or treasures?

The challenges of breeding at-risk bumble bees and butterflies

Mottled Duskywing Butterfly, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative Mottled Duskywing Butterfly
December 12, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/w-mate-butterfly.jpg 400 400 Ameera Saleh https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Ameera Saleh2023-12-12 10:43:482024-01-03 13:23:22The challenges of breeding at-risk bumble bees and butterflies

Breeding native bumble bees in the lab

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Pollinators Bumble Bees
 
October 25, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/terricola_colony_ParkerSmale.jpg 533 963 Cole Blair https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Cole Blair2023-10-25 12:13:042024-03-27 11:28:24Breeding native bumble bees in the lab

Buzzworthy pursuits: Finding rare and at-risk bumble bee species in Ontario.

Bumble Bee Recovery, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Pollinators Bumble Bees

September 19, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/f-auricomus-queens.jpg 400 400 Cole Blair https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Cole Blair2023-09-19 10:46:072023-10-25 08:14:18Buzzworthy pursuits: Finding rare and at-risk bumble bee species in Ontario.

A break from the butterflies

Mottled Duskywing Butterfly, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative Mottled Duskywing Butterfly
August 15, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KlaraJones.jpg 647 481 Klara Jones https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Klara Jones2023-08-15 14:05:272023-08-29 09:54:24A break from the butterflies

Saving endangered butterflies – on beyond monarchs

Mottled Duskywing Butterfly, Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative Mottled Duskywing Butterfly
July 25, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/w-featured-2jpg.jpg 600 600 Dolan Bohnert https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Dolan Bohnert2023-07-25 09:40:072023-08-24 09:15:56Saving endangered butterflies – on beyond monarchs

Big bumble breeding breakthroughs

Native Pollinator Initiative, News and Events Native Pollinator Initiative
June 29, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52454062948_3e385295f1_o-scaled.jpg 2560 1920 Sarah MacKell https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Sarah MacKell2023-06-29 09:19:572023-07-05 07:55:24Big bumble breeding breakthroughs

What is the difference between butterflies and moths?

Native Pollinator Initiative Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators
June 14, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Monarch.jpeg 2048 1536 Mitchell Gardiner https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Mitchell Gardiner2023-06-14 11:17:232023-06-20 13:24:11What is the difference between butterflies and moths?

What is the difference between bees, flies and wasps?

Citizen Science, Native Pollinator Initiative Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators
May 31, 2023
https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/W-0281.jpg 600 600 Sarah MacKell https://wildlifepreservation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WPC-Logo-2020-300x266.png Sarah MacKell2023-05-31 11:21:042023-09-13 13:36:46What is the difference between bees, flies and wasps?

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