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Conserving Bumble Bees, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

 
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Some light lunch reading.  I've noticed that Bumble Bees do a lot of the heavy lifting in my food forest.   This sparked an interest in native pollinators so I started doing research on habitat and food sources.   This great article was written by the Xerces Society.


Xerces Society on Bumble Bees
 
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I recently joined the Xerces Society and purchased one of their nifty Pollinator Habitat signs for a bed of native flowers I plan to plant out by the county road.

 
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That is cool!  I haven't really checked out their retail site.  I will have to see what they offer.
 
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That is a neat sign, I will have to check them out.

I have Blue Sage that the Bubble Bees love so you might want to consider planting some.
 
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