by Taylor Kerekes | Oct 6, 2021 | Bumble Bees, Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators
When the topic of bees comes up most people will turn their thoughts to the well-known honey bee. However, there are many native species of wild bees to keep in mind. Wild bees, including bumble bees, are very critical pollinators within many plant networks. They are...
by Pollinator Team | May 20, 2021 | Bumble Bees, Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators
Some insects you would not think are bees at first glance, actually are bees! Here are some helpful tips for telling some of our native bees apart and some fun facts about each group of bees. Bumble bee: social bees that create colonies and make nest with structures...
by Pollinator Team | May 19, 2021 | Bumble Bees, Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators
It is springtime, May 1st to be exact, and the Bumble Bee Recovery Team is out surveying for the second time of the 2021 bumble bee season. We are keen and excited to spot, capture, photograph, and release one of our first bumble bee queens! Carlin’s Mining Bee...
by Pollinator Team | Mar 17, 2021 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators
As spring arrives in Canada, we celebrate the warm weather and our opportunity to shed our layers and feel the sun’s warmth on our skin. Animals and insects emerge and begin their busy spring activities as well and as the flowers begin to bloom, we notice the...
by Pollinator Team | Oct 28, 2020 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators, Species at Risk
Colette Kenny recently joined WPC’s Bumble Bee Watch Community Science Program as a volunteer. She is writing today as a guest blogger about her efforts to support native pollinators on her half-acre homestead, located northeast of Kingston, Ontario. She writes...
