Getting to Know Michigan Pollinators
Presenter: Valerie Malaney, North Oakland Wild Ones/MSU Pollinator Champion & Conservation Steward
How many pollinators can you name that are native to Michigan? This speaker series will introduce you to the numerous pollinators that you might find in your yard or local nature area. The session will take an in-depth look at pollinators and beneficial insects that rely on native plants. Learn how to identify a Bumblebee from a Honeybee, as well as the many other bees and their look-a-likes. You will also learn more about how to provide food (pollen and nectar) and habitat to support these really important Michigan pollinators!
April is Citizen Science Month and some information about using Seek & iNaturalist will also be shared
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Location: E. L. Johnson Nature Center,
3325 Franklin Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Doors open at 6:30 PM EST
Member Updates at 7:00 PM EST
Program starts at 7:30 – 8:30 PM EST
Links to Resources from Presentation
- Bee_Basics_North_American_Bee_ID.pdf (usda.gov) Comprehensive guide to bees – Good introduction
- Common Bees of Michigan Pictorial Handout(msu.edu) 2 Page pictorial of the Common Bees of Michigan
- Michigan Bumble Bees – Michigan Natural Features Inventory (msu.edu) See the historic and current ranges of Michigan Bumblebees
- XercesSoc_Wild-Pollinators.pdf Guide to Eastern NA Bees, Blooms that support them, Habitat and Pesticide considerations
- Guide to Minnesota Bumblebees Resource for Visual Identification of Bumble bees
- Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants (msu.edu) Chart of native plants, when they bloom and benefits
- Bee and Pollinator Books by Heather Holm – Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants (pollinatorsnativeplants.com)
- Brenda Dziedzic’s ‘Butterflies in the Garden’ Book
NON-MEMBERS: We hope you become a member of Wild Ones with North Oakland as your local chapter. (wildones.org) Note that our programs are open to the public free of charge, but if you are a member of Wild Ones, part of your membership fee returns to the local chapter and helps pay for our programs. Your membership affirms your own commitment to ecological landscaping practices.