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1. Pollinator edge effects on Manitoba's grasslands

(Web Page; Tue Jan 06 13:42:00 CST 2015)

Animal pollination is a key ecological process, ensuring the reproduction and genetic diversity of most flowering plants, and providing food for pollinators. In Manitoba, insects are the most important pollinators. Our short summers are ...

Description: Animal pollination is a key ecological process, ensuring the reproduction and genetic diversity of most flowering plants, and providing food for pollinators. In Manitoba, insects are the most important pollinators and our short summers are busy as flies, bees, butterflies and moths visit flowers of all kinds.

2. Pollinators and the future of food

(Web Page; Thu Aug 01 12:30:00 CDT 2024)

Starting my day with a variety of fresh fruits is my version of a fresh cup of coffee. One of my fondest memories is from my time in Vancouver several years ago, visiting a nearby park filled with highbush blueberries. A friend and I wou...

Description: In 2016, a global scientific report was released estimating that more than three-quarters of the world’s main food crops depend, to some extent, on pollinator species. Bees, butterflies and wasps all contribute to a stable and abundant food supply, and there are steps that can be taken to ensure the sustainability of our food systems for future generations.

3. Pollinating the prairies

(Web Page; Wed Feb 15 10:04:00 CST 2017)

It was with some sadness that I finished my last field work of the season at Yellow Quill Prairie. It will be many long, cold months before I get to go out again. However, I was eager to get back to the office to crunch some numbers and ...

Description: Dr. Diana Bizecki Robson dissects the insects and flora responsible for keeping the prairies blooming.

4. Observing the pollinators of the prairie

(Web Page; Mon Jun 12 13:07:00 CDT 2017)

Summer is in full bloom at the Yellow Quill Prairie Preserve, and once again, I’m studying pollinators at this Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) property, just south of Canadian Forces Base Shilo in Manitoba. Last year I made the ...

Description: Diane Bizecki Robson shares the results of her study of NCC's Yellow Quill Prairie Preserve in Manitoba.

5. Pollinators (and people predators) galore

(Web Page; Mon Sep 08 14:13:00 CDT 2014)

After the relative calm of my June field work on Nature Conservancy of Canada land near Riding Mountain National Park, I was kept very busy observing insects in July and August. In total I saw approximately 64 insect species making over ...

Description: After the relative calm of my June field work on Nature Conservancy land near Riding Mountain National Park, I was kept very busy observing insects in July and August. I total I saw approximately 64 insect species making over 1200 flower visits during my 24 hours of observation over an eight-day period.

6. Pollination deception: Manitoba’s lady’s slipper orchids

(Web Page; Tue Jun 23 19:44:00 CDT 2015)

In Manitoba we have several species of lady’s slipper orchids, but the two I am most interested in, and have researched, are the yellow lady’s slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) and the provincially endangered small white lady...

Description: In Manitoba we have several species of lady’s slipper orchids, but the two I am most interested in, and have researched, are the yellow lady’s slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) and the provincially endangered small white lady’s slipper (C. candidum).

7. It's the great pumpkin pollinator! Meet the squash bee

(Web Page; Thu Jul 15 14:28:00 CDT 2021)

At my house, Halloween is a frenzy of pumpkins — those lovely globes that throb with the vitality of summer. We carve them into frightening orange-skinned, ghoulish-grinned beasts set aglow by the light of beeswax candles. I fell ...

Description: I fell in love with pumpkins in 1989 as a graduate student in Dr. Peter Kevan’s lab at the University of Guelph. Picture me, trailing along behind Peter at a pumpkin farm in the early morning.

8. Why Canada should prioritize protecting wild pollinator populations: UBC study

(Web Page; Tue Apr 09 13:54:00 CDT 2024)

9. Birds and bees: how to attract birds and pollinators into your garden

(Web Page; Thu Jul 06 10:18:00 CDT 2023)

10. Wild pollinators could help feed 30 million Canadians, study finds

(Web Page; Tue Apr 09 13:54:00 CDT 2024)