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Project 7 x 52: Pollinators. I found dozens of varieties on a just a few plants in the Peace Garden in Bear River.
Been sidelined with a pulled back muscle for a week. Finally better so Lori and I went out to the Rock Garden and Rose Garden between rain showers. The rock Garden is much more colourful this year than last!
The future pollinator meadow site at Distant Hill Gardens is shown here after mowing a second time in May of 2016 but before putting down black plastic to kill the roots of the grasses and other vegetation.
Milkweed provides food for the Monarch butterfly, it also supports other pollinators such as honey bees that are vital to agriculture. Milkweed also provides homes for beneficial insects that control the spread of destructive insects. Dianne Johnson photographer, USDA photo
Pollinator Planets. Two hanging baskets tied together. Filled with Bits of Ben's fur, twigs, hose pipe, ivy, old bark, fluff from the tumble drier, small branches and moss. I am really pleased with it.
A worker Eastern Bumble Bee braces herself on the petals of a hosta flower while reaching the nectar reservoir with her long tongue. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, September 12, 2022.
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A healthy pollinator population is important for food and seed production. The Vancouver Park Board worked with UBC students through CityStudio Vancouver to create three prototypes for housing some of these tiny yet critical Vancouver residents. UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture students produced these designs and are testing them here. The Fifth and Pine Pop-up Park provides a unique testing ground that benefits pollinators and people. Have a look around you. What kind of pollinator creatures do you see?
Everything has had such a thick layer of pollen on it lately~~including the cats. It shows up really well on Little One.
- Identification of species: White Sage
- Probable Pollination System: BI (Birds, specifically hummingbirds)
*ANSWERED QUESTIONS*
1. How many types of pollinators visited this plant?
There was just one pollinator: hummingbird.
2. Did the visitors match your predictions for this species?
No, it did not match my predictions because I thought only butterflies would be present there.
3. What was the total pollinator per hour on a per flower basis for this plant at your site (multiply the number of visitors by 4 and divide by the number of flowers.)?
1 (hummingbird) x4 = 4 / 1 (number of flowers a pollinator landed on) = 4 total pollinator per hour
4. If this is the plant with the highest visitation rate, also include a line with an estimate the highest pollinator per hour for the most pollinator across all species.
The average pollinator per hour was 4 less than the national average for this type of flower species.
5. The national average for pollinator per hour is around 10, was your site higher or lower?
Lower
6. Do you think pollinator service can serve a proxy for other types of ecosystem services (water filtration, soil production, air quality....)? Which ones do you expect to be most closely allied and why?
Yes, I do think pollinator service can serve a proxy for other types of ecosystem services. Good soil production and good air quality will definitely attract the pollinators! Good air quality = expands oxygen/CO2 = photosynthesis = pretty sunlight to enable their growth. Good soil = more nutrients, fertilization, decomposing = grows healthy = happy plants/flowers! :)
Bees & butterflies rejoice! Our crews & volunteers plant water-wise pollinator plants on Dolores median @ Market.
Natural Resources Conservation Services has planted several pollinator plots across the state. The idea is to have flowering plants as early in the spring and late in the fall as possible. There are two plots near Elkhart Iowa. Looking at the image for ISU's Pollinator plot you can see some difference in the plant mix but the same end result. Taken 9/19/18
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Milkweed provides food for the Monarch butterfly, it also supports other pollinators such as honey bees that are vital to agriculture. Milkweed also provides homes for beneficial insects that control the spread of destructive insects. Dianne Johnson photographer, USDA photo
We have numerous zigzag spiderworts (Trandescantia subaspera) that grow on our property in Mars Hill, NC. Honeybees and bumblebees visit the flowers during the early morning hours, but by late afternoon the flowers have closed and withered. Spiderworts do not produce nectar and the flowers are only visited by insects that harvest the pollen. Note the staminal hairs that are characteristic of spiderworts. These may function in part to provide a dark background that makes the pollen more conspicuous to foragers.