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Monarchs generally lay only one egg per milkweed plant, and they generally lay the egg on the underside of the leaf. Photo: Phyllis Stiles Just as I drove in my […]

Lesser long-nosed bat covered in pollen! Bats are important pollinators in the western US and throughout the tropics. Photo: USGS The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is celebrating Pollinator Awareness

Monarch butterfly and bumble bee enjoy a drink of swamp milkweed nectar. Photo: Candy Sarikonda High-quality habitat is not partial to the species that it welcomes; birds, bees, butterflies and

Darby Communications, a boutique public relations agency specializing in the outdoor, fitness and wellness industries, has announced the selections for the 2017 Stand Up Initiative. Launched in February, the program supports select

A favorite in the Blue Ridge Mountains, towering Turk’s Cap Lilies are pollinated primarily by spicebush swallowtail butterflies, pipevine swallowtail butterflies, eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies and great spangled fritillaries! Photo:

The Farmers’ Market will be abuzz on April 29 as Gillette celebrates Pollinator Day! Among the sixteen seminars, you can choose Bee Hotels, Cooking With Honey, Flowers for Pollinators in

Environmental Educator Kim Bailey explains variations in flower types. Photo: Nancy Adamson Register Now–Organic Growers School March 11-12! Back by popular demand, Organic Growers School Spring Conference is back on the UNC Asheville

Bee City USA Director Phyllis Stiles and Bee City USA Science Advisory Board member Dr. Doug Tallamy, founder of the Bringing Nature Home movement, will be just two of the

​By Kim Bailey The 2016-2017 population estimate for monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico was announced on February 9. Because the butterflies are clustered so closely at their overwintering sites, individual

The Pollinator Partnership (P2) invites applications for its Executive Director position. P2’s founder and long-time Executive Director Laurie Davies Adams announced her pending retirement at the North American Pollinator Protection