by Pollinator Team | Jun 5, 2019 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators, Uncategorized
As Jessica, our Conservation Programs Director, so eloquently outlined in her piece titled, The Science of the Seasons, spring has been slowly creeping across Ontario this year, but thanks to some of our heartier more reliable plant species, our bumble bee queens have...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | May 24, 2019 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Taylor's Checkerspot
Our field staff on Vancouver Island just sent word that we have the first Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly eggs of the season! The cluster of small yellow eggs were laid by a wild-caught female on plantain plants in our temporary field enclosures....
by Pollinator Team | Apr 14, 2019 | Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
To sting, or not to sting? Well, that depends on a few different things… At the Native Pollinator Initiative, we are often asked if bumble bees can sting, and if they really do die after stinging you. We’d like to take this opportunity to answer some of...
by Maja Hampson | Apr 6, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle
When I first started working for Wildlife Preservation Canada it was as an assistant to the Lead Biologist for the Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife program, Andrea Gielens. Andrea has been working with reptiles and amphibians for fourteen years and I knew she would be...
by Pollinator Team | Feb 15, 2019 | Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot
One of the things that sets Wildlife Preservation Canada apart from other conservation organizations is that we focus heavily on hands-on initiatives for critically endangered species. This means that our recovery strategies build upon a framework that is anchored by...
by Pollinator Team | Feb 1, 2019 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators, Species at Risk, Yellow Banded Bumblebee
Hayley, Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Ontario Program Biologist for our Native Pollinator Initiative, recently visited a friend in London, England, this past summer, and was inspired by a book she purchased called “Nature’s Wonder Workers”....
