Building A Home, Squash Bee Style

BY SUSAN CHAN

Bet you couldn’t move 200 times your own weight in soil! That’s exactly what female hoary squash bees, the most important pollinators of pumpkins and squash in Ontario, do to build their nests in the ground. Read more!

Youth take the lead in Victoria's Pollinator Leadership Team

BY THOMPSON HYGGEN, POLLINATOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP CANADA SUMMER INTERN

Youth often have unique perspectives on current issues but sometimes don’t have an opportunity to act on these. Myself, along with 16 other young people from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, were given a chance to learn about pollinators, and then organize and carry out a pollinator monitoring and outreach project. Read more!

Supporting Pollinators in Your Yard

MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HONIBE®

The best way to help all pollinators is by providing habitat: from pots of flowers, to a garden in your yard, to meadows and hedgerows. We can all make a difference. Read more!

Welcoming Mason Bees to Your Yard

MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HONIBE®

Mason bee homes are simple and can be bought or home made. Unfortunately, many of them are not built properly to help support healthy and thriving mason bees. But, if you keep just a few things in mind, you’ll have a buzzing and beautiful bee house. Read more!

Where Do Pollinators Go in the Winter?

BY ANTHONY COLANGELO

As the summer season ends and the cooler weather approaches, once magnificent and colourful flowers begin to wither and wilt, while previously buzzing gardens become stems of silence. But where do the pollinators go?

Monarchs: Where Are They Now?

BY KATHLEEN LAW

Here in downtown Toronto, Monarchs were a common and plentiful sight from July well into October, and I even spotted a few stragglers in early November. Does that mean their population, which has declined by about 90% in the last 25 years, has rebounded?