by Pollinator Team | Oct 18, 2018 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Yellow Banded Bumblebee |
Hello bee enthusiasts! We hope you’re enjoying hearing about all of the exciting adventures and projects we’ve been working on this year. In case you’ve forgotten, or are just joining us, the Bumble Bee Recovery Program has three major areas of...
by Pollinator Team | Oct 2, 2018 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Yellow Banded Bumblebee |
Bumble bee season, which runs from April through October in Ontario, is a very busy time for our pollinator team. Most of our days (weather-dependent) are spent on the road; travelling from site to site to conduct bumble bee surveys. We try to survey at sites...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | May 7, 2018 | Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Yellow Banded Bumblebee |
There is a growing awareness of the importance of pollinators and the immediate crisis they are facing. Pollinator-friendly organisations and gardening groups are mobilising across Canada to spread the word about the needs of pollinators. Together with our...
by Pollinator Team | Jul 31, 2016 | Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Yellow Banded Bumblebee |
Above photo by citizen scientist Trish Miller, during her surveys at Pinery Provincial Park (2016). Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Native Pollinator Initiative and Ontario Parks are running two citizen science programs at Pinery Provincial...
by Pollinator Team | Jan 28, 2016 | Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee |
“Have you ever seen a Rusty-patched bumble bee?” This is one of the most common questions we get asked as bumble bee researchers. Unfortunately, although it was the fourth-most common bee in Ontario a couple of decades ago, the Rusty-patched...
by Pollinator Team | Oct 19, 2015 | Pollinators, Rusty Patched Bumblebee |
In March of this year Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Pollinators at Risk program and Ontario Parks announced a new citizen science project taking place at the Pinery Provincial Park. The project is based on BumbleBeeWatch.org and is aimed at finding the...
