The Common Eastern Bumblebee is a Powerful Pollinator discusses the life cycle and the life style of the most common bumblebee in eastern North America. It also explains why these bees are such great pollinators that they are sometimes raised for use in agriculture.
The Beautiful Five Banded Thynnid Wasp is Great for Gardens! gives readers some basic information about these interesting insects and explains why they are so helpful in gardens. It also discusses the author’s first encounter with them on a nature walk.
A Beautiful Two Spotted Bumble Bee Searches for a Meal is a short video of a bumble bee probing several small flowers on a button bush ball while looking for nectar.
The Organ Pipe Mud Dauber is Really Great for Gardens explains how this unusual, black wasp helps gardens by pollinating flowers and helps gardeners by killing spiders.
National Pollinator Week Makes for Happy Bees and Others! reminds everyone of the incredible importance of pollinators in both agriculture and ecosystem maintenance. It gives a bit of history on this international event.
The beautiful paper wasp may be able to sting, but it also has many benefits that help our environment.
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