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Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) with Pollinators
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Have you seen any of these pollinators in your garden? Enjoy this great video from Mary Free featuring a variety of pollinators visiting Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot), at the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden on … Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Pollinators, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Apis melifera, Augochlorini sp., black and gold bumble bee, Bombus auricomus, Bombus bimaculatus, Bombus griseocollis, brown-belted bumble bee, European honey bee, green sweat bee, Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot), syrphid fly, Toxomerus geminatus, two-spotted bumble bee
Can You Identify These Pollinators? Part 1: Bees, Wasps, Flies
During National Pollinator Week we challenged you to test your pollinator identification skills. Each day we featured a pollinator or two on our Facebook page with clues to the identity. This week we provide answers in three parts. Part 1 focuses on bees, wasps and flies. Continue reading
Posted in Pollinators
Tagged Apis mellifera, bees, Boltonia asteroides, Bombus auricomus, bumble bee, buzz pollination, digger wasp, Eastern bumble bee, entomology, Eupatroium hyssopifolium, European honey bee, flies, Flowers, fruit pollinators, gardening, Green Spring Gardens, ground-nesters, honeybee, hover flies, ladybugs, leafcutter bee, Ma, Master Gardener, MGNV, Monarda, nectar, pollen, pollinator, Scolia dubia, scolid wasps, Solidago canadensis, sonication, Sphex, sweat bee, syrphid fly, wasp
