Wildlife Gardening Journal

How to Help our American Bumble Bees

In my gardens, bumble bees are some of my favorite visitors. Besides being exceptional pollinators, I think they are incredibly beautiful insects. I liken them to flying school buses because they don't appear to be particularly aerodynamic, yet there they are, buzzing away in short flights between my flowers. Unfortunately, American bumble bees are becoming ...

Planting for Pollinators this Spring

My garden is teasing spring, so it’s time to start thinking about how to help our pollinators. For many plants, pollinators play a key role in reproduction, and agriculture relies on them heavily. Without pollinators, we’d lose much of our food, and entire ecosystems would collapse. Today’s blog will provide four pollinator-friendly plants that can ...