New Additions to the Waters Garden
Have you noticed the new bee houses in the garden? Our large gardens need pollinators to make vegetables and fruit. The bee houses and bees were paid for out of the ecology budget, using funds from the Seed Money grant awarded this winter. These solitary bees are even better pollinators than honeybees, and they don't sting! Mason bees are out in the spring, and we will be getting some leaf cutter bees that pollinate in the late summer. One tube is filled with mud, which means they have moved in and laid some eggs. Any extra cocoons will be harvested and sent back to the company to share with farms to help pollinate their crops. Also this year, the Waters Garden will be a included as a study site for a research fellow from the Society of Conservation Biology who studies bees and pollinator conservation in urban gardens and farms.
Have you noticed the new bee houses in the garden? Our large gardens need pollinators to make vegetables and fruit. The bee houses and bees were paid for out of the ecology budget, using funds from the Seed Money grant awarded this winter. These solitary bees are even better pollinators than honeybees, and they don't sting! Mason bees are out in the spring, and we will be getting some leaf cutter bees that pollinate in the late summer. One tube is filled with mud, which means they have moved in and laid some eggs. Any extra cocoons will be harvested and sent back to the company to share with farms to help pollinate their crops. Also this year, the Waters Garden will be a included as a study site for a research fellow from the Society of Conservation Biology who studies bees and pollinator conservation in urban gardens and farms.
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