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Tag: pollinator

How to Grow a Pollinator Garden

March 24, 2023–Noah Cole

On Wednesday, April 26 at 7 p.m., you are invited to join Dr. Victoria MacPhail at the rare ECO Centre and Slit Barn at 768 Blair Road in Cambridge for our Conversation for Conservation on How ...

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Insects: What Are They Good For?

June 10, 2022–Bipin Dhinsa

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Ecology•Pollinators•Wild Species

Io moth, Gananoque Lake Nature Reserve © Alice Dabrowski

Do you get this question a lot? I do, so let’s think about how to answer it. Insects don’t have to be of any human value in order for them ...

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Reflecting back on 2015

December 23, 2015–Ontario Nature

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Ontario Nature

Reflecting back As 2015 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on 12 key things that we have accomplished for nature this past year. Thank you to all of our friends, followers, ...

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Neonics at breakfast

May 28, 2015–Anne Bell

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Pollinators

Carpenter bee on blossom © John Vetterli

For breakfast this morning, I had the pleasure of attending a science briefing on neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics) presented by Dr. Jean-Marc Bonmatin, vice-chair of the international Task Force on Systemic ...

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Wild Bees in Trouble

November 27, 2014–Anne Bell

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Pollinators

American bumblebee © Thom Wilson

Half of the bumblebee species in eastern North America are in decline. This trend holds true in southern Ontario, where seven of the 14 bumblebee species found in surveys from ...

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