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pollinators

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A City-slicker Taking on the Grassland Insect Project

  • August 9, 2023
  • by CWF
To your average city-slicker, native grasslands may not be the first thought when it comes to a unique and diverse ecosystem. Hey — no judging — I am a city-slicker.…
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Build a Rock Garden for Pollinators

  • July 12, 2023
  • by April Overall
Help the butterflies and bees in your backyard One in three bites of food we eat are thanks to pollinators. You can thank them for the bounty in your own…
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Dandelions: The Good and the Bad

  • June 16, 2023
  • by Tracey Etwell
It’s spring in Central Ontario, which means the dandelions have finished blooming with a flurry. Seed heads are now blowing those fluffy seeds around. I’ve seen a lot of social…
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Five Ways to Attract Dragonflies to Your Backyard

  • June 7, 2023
  • by April Overall
They’ll Keep Your Garden Mosquito Free (or close to!) All Summer Long! Did you know that dragonflies are natural mosquito predators? These amazing creatures can eat hundreds of mosquitos in…
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Bee and Bergamot
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Using Neonic-free Plants in Your Garden This Year

  • May 29, 2023
  • by Sarah Coulber
It’s almost June and across the country our trees and shrubs have the fresh green of new leaves. Some have blossoms coming and going, from serviceberries to crab apples as…
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Things are Stacking Up Against the Monarch

  • May 8, 2023
  • by April Overall
The Canadian Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups have been pushing for the Monarch Butterfly to be listed as Endangered, a decision which is expected to come from the Government…
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Grow These 13 Plants to Give Spring Bees Something to Forage

  • April 13, 2023
  • by April Overall
Bumblebees are some of our first pollinators to emerge from hibernation in the spring. Researchers from the University of Ottawa have found that, with climate change, spring is arriving earlier…
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A Deadly Virus Attacking Bees

  • April 13, 2023
  • by CWF
A new threat has taken hold of Canada’s bee population that is showing no signs of slowing down. Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) works by deforming the bees’ wings and restricting…
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saskatchewan grasslands
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Conserving Our Pollen Nation

  • April 3, 2023
  • by John Wilmshurst
If prairie flowers were countries, and bees their only residents, then not only would this world rival ours for diversity and population size, but their economies would be, well, humming.…
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Solitary Wasps

  • March 15, 2023
  • by Sarah Coulber
Most people have an aversion to wasps, and understandably so, given their painful sting. But did you know that most of our wasp species do not sting humans and that…
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