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The Importance of Pollinators

It's a brief appearance but the message is important. Pollination ecologist Neal Williams,...

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 8:19 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: America''s Heartland (0), Native Pollinators in Agriculture Project (0), Neal Williams (0), Xerces Society (0)

A Salute to California Agriculture

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California Agriculture

A CARPENTER BEE graces the cover of the current edition of California Agriculture. This spectacular photo is the work of Rollin Coville. See the California Agriculture journal online at http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/.

Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 6:17 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: California Agriculture journal (2), Janet Byron (1), Janet White (1), native pollinators (4)

Wild Bees: Alternative Pollinators

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Sweat bee

THIS NATIVE POLLINATOR is a female sweat bee (Halictus tripartitus), so nicknamed because it is attracted to sweat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee condo

BEE CONDO--A grower created this "bee condo"--a slab of wood drilled with different-sized holes--to attract native pollinators. Here leafcutter bees head for their nest cavities. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 6:11 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee condos (3), Halictus tripartitus (7), native pollinators (4), sweat bees (8), wild bees (12)

Build It And They Will Come

Build it and they will come. Baseball's “Field of Dreams?” No, a bee nesting...

This is a bee nesting block built to attract native pollinators. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female leafcutting bee heads for the bee nesting block. The holes are of different diameters and depths to attract a greater diversity of native bees.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Leafcutter bees are just a few of the native bees that use a bee nesting block. The block faces the morning sun so that bees can warm themselves up to flight temperature. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 2:45 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee condo (4), bee nesting block (1), Mace Vaughan (4), native pollinators (4), Robbin Thorp (287)

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Posts Tagged: native pollinators

The Importance of Pollinators

A Salute to California Agriculture

Wild Bees: Alternative Pollinators

Build It And They Will Come

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