#PacificAster is one of my fave #NativePlants to use for #rewilding & for attracting more #pollinators.

It's a small, hardy, beautiful purple #NativeWildflower which is found from BC to California. It's tolerant of many different coastal habitats, from ocean sand dunes to rocky outcrops to salt marshes to grasslands to forests. Great plant to use for soil erosion & slopes stabilization work. It has a deep, clumpy, extensive fibrous root system - don't grow beside plants with weaker root systems.

Pacific aster is extremely easy to grow in it's native grow zones, across coastal PNW areas. You'll love their long bloom time, from late May into late October. It provides pollen sources for pollinators in Fall. After they stop blooming, they'll produce fluffy seed heads, full of prolific wind-born #seeds. Snip off tops of seed heads to save them. I store mine in airtight jars & share a lot of them too.

#gardening #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #Saanich #Gardeners #botanical #Flowers #PollinatorGarden #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #perennials #VictoriaBC #Wsanec #PlantLovers #FallFlowers #Autumn #Nature #SeedSavers #SeedKeepers #SeedSharing #SeedBanking #SeedCollecting #SilentSunday #biodiversity

Gardening For Bugs:
"Download our Gardening Resources"
https://www.buglife.org.uk/get-involved/gardening-for-bugs/

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #WildLife #Insects #BioDiversity #FreeDownloads #Plants #Planting #Pollinators #FreeStuff

https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/resources/november-planting-guide/

#SolarPunkSunday #Pollinators #Bees #Seeds #Plants #Gardening #Fruit #Vegetables #Planting #WildLife

Neat, one of my pictures made it into the photo gallery at Entomology 2025 this week. I wasn't really expecting to get in - with my vision problems, photography/editing is mostly just guesswork and good luck... aka a willingness to crouch under the sun amongst piles of dog poop for hours on end to get a shot.

#bee #bees #pollinators #insect

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Bumblebee v Honeybee

When searching for a specific ‘target’ #bumblebees are slower but more accurate than #honeybees which are faster/more impulsive and make more errors. Bumblebees sacrifice speed for accuracy.
#bees

#nature
#environment
#biodiversity
#science
#education
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#vegan #organic
#pollinators
#friday

ASN VP Symposium: Phenological Shifts in Plants and Pollinators over a Century Disrupt Interaction Persistence by Zoller et al.

Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738351

#PhenologicalShift #Pollinators #InteractionPersistence #EEB

These patches of wild abandon are purposefully crafted #habitats and foraging grounds for pollinating insects, part of the city’s Pollinator #Meadows program: an initiative designed to #rewild city boulevards and parks managed by the City of Vancouver’s Parks Board.

It’s a program that, since its conception in 2020, has paid dividends.

#vancouver #bc #pollinators #rewilding #urbannature #urbanrewilding #cities

https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-city-turning-lawns-into-pollinator-meadows/

Pretty soon I have to leave the state (and country) that I was born and raised in, probably forever, which is rough. I've spent the last five years creating bee habitat and familiarizing myself with the locals (and hopefully making it *really* hard for the next guys to undo all that #rewilding hard work).

Fortunately, I hear there's plenty of bees (Wildbienen!) in Germany, and I look forward to learning all about them.

Anyway, here are some #Colorado #bees for your enjoyment.

#insect #insects #pollinators