National
Pollinator Week (the 3rd week in June each year) celebrates the
importance of pollinators for all
life on earth. Eighty percent of food crops, as well as many ornamental plants,
require insect pollinators. Life without living pollinators would be very
different, indeed.
Here
are some things you can do to celebrate National Pollinator Week:
Learn more about the
key role of pollinators:
http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2013/06/life-friendly-gardening-planning-for.html.
Learn more about
specific S. California pollinators:
·
Metallic
Green Bees: http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2012/09/metallic-green-bees-genus-agapostemon.html
·
Yellow-faced
Bumble Bee: http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2014/06/yellow-faced-bumble-bee-bombus.html
·
Western
Tiger Swallowtail: http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2014/07/western-tiger-swallowtail-papilio.html
·
Duskywing
Butterflies: http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2015/05/duskywing-butterflies-genus-erynnis.html
Create pollinator habitat in your
garden: http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/planning-for-pollinators-brochure-2013
Register your garden as part of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge (MPGC): http://pollinator.org/MPGC.htm
Participate in National Pollinator
Week activities: http://www.pollinator.org/pollinator_week_2015.htm
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