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The Vital Role of Milkweed for Butterflies and Pollinators

As the warm summer days gradually give way to crisp autumn mornings, a remarkable transformation takes place in our natural world. It is during this time that milkweed emerges as an unsung hero, providing sustenance and shelter for butterflies and other pollinators...
No Mow May: A Bee City Canada Perspective

No Mow May: A Bee City Canada Perspective

No Mow May is an initiative that was first popularized by Plantlife, a UK-based conservation charity, and it is now widely known about and participated in throughout North America. The goal of No Mow May is simple: to discourage people from mowing lawns in May, when...

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It’s Time to #LeaveTheLeaves

It’s Time to #LeaveTheLeaves

One of the most valuable things you can do to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the winter cover they need. It may be habitual, a matter of social conditioning, or a holdover of outdated gardening practices from yesteryear—but for...

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2020 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Canada Award

2020 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Canada Award

Shelly Candel is proud to accept the 2020 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate Canada award from Pollinator Partnership.Thank you so much, Vicki, for your very kind introduction. Good day everyone!! I wish to congratulate all the other recipients on receiving this bee-utiful...

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Pollinator Champion Feature: Susan Blayney

Pollinator Champion Feature: Susan Blayney

Susan Blayney is the former chair of the Pollinator Action Committee for Bee City Kawartha Lakes. Susan has always had a love for the natural environment, joining a field naturalist club in her 50’s and taking an interest in things such as bird and butterfly...

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