Goldenrods, cup plant, asters, and other late season flowers are blooming in abundance, along with a few veggie crops Pie charts show wide variation in what types of bees are visiting different flowers Bumblebee with …
Month: July 2021
7/22/21: Boom time for bees and flowers
This time of year is busy for bees and flowers. This is a great time to get in your 9 surveys because there is so much going on out there. Look for Green Bees and Bumble Bees in abundance. Tomato Blitz goes until the end of the week, contribute now! Can you spot a squash bee sleeping in you squash flowers?
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 7: Meet the Squash Bee, 🍅 Blitz, Wildflower ID
Tomato Blitz, Cranberry results, Wildflower ID
Have pumpkins, squash, or melons? Meet their pollinators and send us surveys.
7/12/21: Survey tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins and wildflowers
Tomato Blitz continues, keep those great tomato surveys coming! What would summer be without cucumbers and zucchini? Fall without pumpkins and squash? Thank those bees and do some surveys. Wildflowers and ornamentals: BIG NEWS is that WiBee update 1.12 has streamlined the plant search.
7/5/21: Melons need pollinators, Tomato Blast begins!
WiBee Tomato Blast starts today! We encourage everyone to send in 3 surveys in 1 day. Mellons, cucumber, pumpkins, squash, zucchini are all blooming and are highly pollinator dependent. See our latest newsletter on the Project Updates page and our new Frequently Asked Questions page
WiBee 2021 Newsletter 6: Cranberries, cucumbers, melons 🍉 oh My!
Get in last Cranberry surveys, and get ready for Cucumbers, Mellons and Tomato Blitz See what crops in Wisconsin are pollinator dependent Display of Master Gardener Volunteer survey counts and some volunteer bee pictures. Full …