Cucumbers, Tomatoes Sunflowers still blooming. Plenty of wildflowers like boneset and evening primrose in addition to the many asters, goldenrods, and sunflowers. It’s a great time to learn all bee groups and how to classify complex flowers. Meet a bee that flies at dusk and at night!
There is a lot of bee diversity out there right now which means it a really good time to get out, get familiar with bees, and take a few WiBee surveys before fall arrives. Read about some of the active representatives of the 5 bee groups used for WiBee and see a very convincing bumble bee mimic. Plus a cheat sheet to define complex “flower” units.
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 fancy footwear Full newsletter
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?
Tomato Blitz, Cranberry results, Wildflower ID
Have pumpkins, squash, or melons? Meet their pollinators and send us surveys.
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.
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
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 newsletter
Happy Pollinator Week! Celebrate today by doing three 5-minute surveys and see what bees you have pollinating flowers near you. Cranberry surveyors we need you! Flowers are at around 50% and we only have 10 surveys so far! Long way to go to get to our 78 from last year. Garden and vegetable crops are …
It only takes 15 minutes to do 3 surveys and make a difference. Ever wonder why we ask for repeat surveys? See a real life example here. Full newsletter