PPT-Attracting Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators

Improving Your Garden and Outdoor Environment Plant flowers rich in pollen amp nectar Pollinators love plants like lavender aster goldenrod and sage Avoid using harmful chemicals Aggressive fertilizers and insecticides can kill or deter . For example w hen a bee lands on a flower pollen ends up sticking to the pollinator bees are fuzzy So as they zoom from flower to flower to gather food pollen and nectar bees are also delivering the pollen that allows flowers and many crops to becom A presentation for the . Private Applicator Recertification Program. , 2015-2017.. By Bill Skelton, Haywood County Cooperative Extension and Wayne Buhler, NC State Univ.. Photo Source: CrystalGraphics.com. J. Patrick Jones. North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division. Honey Bee . Apis. . Mellifera. THE NEW EPA BEE ADVISORY BOX. On EPA’s new and strengthened pesticide label to protect pollinators. important in more ways than you might think. Pollination. Pollination. - When . pollen is moved within flowers or carried from flower to flower by . pollinating animals, the wind, or water.. About 80% of all plants are pollinated by . Understanding . challenges . facing pollinators . It a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a pollen basket of a worker honey bee. Worker bees go from flower to flower collecting nectar and pollen to feed the colony. Parts of a Flower. What is Pollination. Pollen Transfer. Pollen Germination. Self pollination. Wind. Grasses, Willows, Birch . Water. Animal. Modes of Pollination. Coevolution. Pollination Syndromes. Improving Your Garden and Outdoor Environment. Plant flowers rich in pollen & nectar. Pollinators love plants . like lavender. , . aster, goldenrod. , and . sage. Avoid using harmful chemicals. Aggressive fertilizers and insecticides can kill or deter . important in more ways than you might think. Pollination. Pollination. - When . pollen is moved within flowers or carried from flower to flower by . pollinating animals, the wind, or water.. About 80% of all plants are pollinated by . Speaker’s Name here. Bees | Common Assumptions. All bees are aggressive. All bees give honey!. All bees cause anaphylactic shock!. Honey Bees are great pollinators!. Assumption | All Bees Sting. 20,000 bee species in the world. Sunny Plants for Pollinators Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ) Bee Balm ( Monarda fistulosa ) 30-36 inches, sun or part shade Lavender -pink flowers Favorite of butterflies, nectar for bees, food for birds Decades of stressors have severely and adversely altered the health and numbers of pollinator populations Pollinators have beenimpacted by the loss degradation and fragmentation of habitat reduction i Liz Whiteford . Why do we need. Pollinators?. What do pollinators do?. The goal of all plants is to reproduce and, in order to do that, almost all need the help of pollinators. Pollinators help by moving pollen from the anthers of the flower to the stigma of the same flower or another flower of the same type. KEY STAGE 1. WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?. BIO. means . LIFE. DIVERSITY. means . RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. Biodiversity is all of the plants and animals species that are living.. High biodiversity. High biodiversity means many species of animal and plants.. What is a pollinator garden?. A pollinator garden is designed to provide nectar and pollen sources to pollinators (butterflies, bees and others) throughout the growing season.. Plants are planted in clumps rather than single plants to better attract pollinators..