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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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Co-Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Midwest
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Congratulations on the publication of your book MrILoveTheAnts! Best wishes for success with your new venture.
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"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." Aldo Leopold |
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Heron
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Michigan/detroit
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What a great idea that is; Plants for people with hives and honey from native plants.
I'm reading it right now so I can plant a nice bed this spring that will supply nectar from spring till fall. Very good descriptions of plants and what they need to grow.
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WG Operations, Facilitator
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Northern Wisconsin
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Congratulations MrILoveTheAnts!!! Now I can say that I know a famous author.
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WG Facilitator
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA
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Congratulations on getting published! That's incredible.
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1st Place Winner Winner Butterfly/Moth Contest & Official Ant Man
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New Jersey
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Here's another study I wish I'd known about before publishing. To summaries, conservationists hate honeybees because they move in and take all the resources from native bees (pollen, nectar, and cavity nesting space). But it seems after they initially move in they still pollinate the plants adequately enough to produce more nectar plants. I had noted that honeybees don't bother with young trees unless they're all grown together as in an orchard. |
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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I gave a copy of your book to the NCBG gift shop, to consider for sale and to then add to the library at the garden. I would think it is a book that any botanical garden would be happy to stock for sale!
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Heron
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Michigan/detroit
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I hope I have enough nectar and pollen for both the natives and honeybees.
I can't believe how fast my milkweed has gone to flower. This thread is a great way to navigate to Amazon and purchase goods for "Credits" that go to the forum
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1st Place Winner Winner Butterfly/Moth Contest & Official Ant Man
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New Jersey
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I should probably add, to everyone I promised a free book to in exchange for using their photos, I will be sending those out along with the jar of honey I promised. What's holding this all up now is that I just need a week of clear weather so I can harvest honey. It's been nothing but rolling thunder storms here for almost two weeks. I am sorry for the wait.
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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I just caught the video you had posted in March. Must have missed it.
What happens when a native bee meets a killer bee collecting nectar? Anything? or do they just move on to another flower? I don't mind the wait for such a special treat! You can't change the weather..... Would that be the jar of honey we had spoke about.... To be used as a prize for one of the P.O.M. contests? If so.... I'll discuss it with Sage and have her add it into one of her future contest lead in lines.
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