National Pollinator Week
From the Desk of Avery Bohman, 577 Program Coordinator Imagine a honeybee buzzing on a striking yellow sunflower, a butterfly joyfully fluttering around in a field of asters, coneflowers, and goldenrods, or a hummingbird drinking nectar from a bright red flowering...
Pollinator Gardens: Beyond Blooms
Around the Grounds with Bennett O Dowling, 577 Landscape Garden Horticulturist When thinking of pollinator plants, one’s mind flutters toward the colorful blooms of coneflowers and goldenrod, liatris and bee balm. It is easy to see the butterflies and bees foraging...
Nurturing Our Beeyard: Behind the Buzz of 577’s Hives
Did you know that worldwide, there are over 350,000 species of pollinators crucial for the pollination of flowering plants, trees, and agricultural crops? Among these, bees stand out as one of the most recognized. Surprisingly, out of nearly 20,000 bee species, only...