June 30, 2020
Monthly Archives: June 2020
June 25, 2020
Plant It And They Will Come
It's National Pollinator Week! Today, we want to catch you up on how the bees are doing since the 2006 recognition of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the challenges pollinators are facing, and what you can do to help. We are also featuring some of our pollinator-friendly plants that are available for purchase at the Farm [...]
June 17, 2020
Legs, tails, and wings…Oh my!
What’s new with the critters of Bees N Blooms What’s not to love about animals? Here at Bees N Blooms, we not only provide a healthy ecosystem for the wild and native species, we also integrate some domesticated animals into our farm family. Chickens, ducks, and Cotton-Patch Geese live here, assisting with our Integrated Pest [...]
June 10, 2020
Feed Your Monarch Butterflies This Year
This week, we are highlighting our milkweeds, which provide food for Monarch butterfly caterpillars. The population of Monarchs has dropped precipitously to less than 1% of the population size in the 1980s and is now under consideration for listing as a federally endangered species. A recent study found pesticide residues at concentrations lethal to Monarchs [...]
June 3, 2020