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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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The following link is to an article that should help us when thinking out a garden plan. It seems bees are affected by higher temperatures and urban gardens could have a less diverse number of bees as a result.
Cooling the garden by planting much of the ground with taller thicker plantings can help. Grasses and sedges can help. Edges of shrubbery and small trees can help. The more you are surrounded by concrete and asphalt the more this must be addressed. Open sunny areas where flowers bloom heavily need edges and spaces cooled by shade and taller greenery. The north side of a building might seem problematic but could grow sedges , and ferns and be of benefit to the cooling effect. Many bees and wasps are ground nesting. Soils cooled with ample decomposing organic matter might be better for some species. The more we know as the scientific community continues to study the world around us the better we may get at recreating a place in the garden where wildlife may thrive. Your thoughts? http://ecoipm.org/2018/02/16/it-take...d-bee-habitat/ Quote:
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Hamblin, A.L.†, Youngsteadt, E., Frank, S.D. (2018) Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density. Urban Ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-018-0731-4. pdf file of full article shared by author. https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.10...rSCV7Qmg%3D%3D |
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Salamander
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Central Ohio
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I've had one underground bumblebee nest in my current yard. OTOH, I seem to get at least one underground paper wasp or yellow jacket nest every year. I much prefer the bumblebees since they are less aggressive.
The bees were under my concrete porch. The wasps/jackets are either in my lawn or ground cover. I believe they use tunnels/nests left behind by chipmunks. I've never had them in mulch areas or my compost piles.
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Very cool bee house! Someone put it up by the pollinator garden on the Hillsborough River Walk, maybe ten miles from me. I want one!
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