Tag: native bees

Support Florida’s Pollinators All Year Long

by Anne Yasalonis
June 21, 2024

Landscapes that support our native pollinators are places filled with wonder! They help our environment by providing safe havens for our smallest of wildlife – bees, butterflies and more! Homeowners, institutions, developers – even apartment ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Wildlife
Tags: Anne Yasalonis, Ayasalonis, Bees, Central Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Florida-Friendly Plants, Flowers, Gardening, Master Gardener Volunteer, Native Bees, Polk County, Polkgardening, Polkmg, Pollinators, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County, Wildlife

Celebrate Pollinators with No Mow March

by Beth Bolles
February 21, 2023

JOIN YOUR LOCAL PARTICIPATING UF IFAS EXTENSION OFFICE IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA TO CELEBRATE POLLINATORS WITH NO MOW MARCH. https://go.ufl.edu/nomowmarch Landscapes and lawns have potential to support many of our native pollinators ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Bees, Butterflies, Extension, Flowering Plants, Native Bees, Pollinators, Shrubs, Solitary Bees, Trees, UF IFAS Extension, Weeds, Wildflowers

Minimizing Pesticide Exposure to Bees and Other Pollinators

by Luis Rodriguez Rosado
January 20, 2023

Pesticides are an important part of any farmer’s Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to maintain low pests population and avoid economical losses. It is important that all pesticide applications are executed following label instructions to minimize ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beekeeping, Bees, Honeybees, Native Bees, Pesticide_protection, Polksmallfarms, Pollinators, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County

Minimizando la exposición a plaguicidas a las abejas y otros polinizadores

by Luis Rodriguez Rosado
January 20, 2023

Los plaguicidas son una parte importante del Manejo Integrado de Plagas (MIP) de cualquier agricultor para mantener una baja población de plagas y evitar pérdidas económicas. Es importante que todas las aplicaciones de pesticidas se realicen ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beekeeping, Bees, En Espanol, Español, Honeybees, Native Bees, Pesticide_protection, Polksmallfarms, Pollinators, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County

Zumbido Con Abejas 4-H (Buzzing with Bees 4-H )

by Shreemoyee Ghosh
March 9, 2022

La apicultura, es la práctica de mantener colonias de abejas para lograr objetivos deseados. Las abejas de miel son las especies domesticadas más comunes. Estos insectos tienen un comportamiento social creando grandes colonias las cuales contienen ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Luis R. Rodriguez, Native Bees, Polk Small Farms, Pollinators, Small Farms Agent Polk

Buzzing with Bees 4-H Day Camp

by Shreemoyee Ghosh
March 7, 2022

Beekeeping, also known as apiculture, is the practice of maintaining bee colonies to achieve desired objectives. Honeybees are the most common domesticated bee species. They are social insects that live in large colonies which include a single ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Day Camp, Luis R. Rodriguez, Native Bees, Polksmallfarms, Pollinators

Topic Tuesday: Types of Bees

by Sylvia Willis
February 2, 2021

Last blog, I talked about pollination and pollinator impact on crops grown throughout Florida. This blog, I am highlighting types of bees seen throughout Florida, both native and non-native. There are approximately 20,000 species of bees. There ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture
Tags: Africanized Honey Bee, Bees, Honey Bees, Native Bees, Pollinators, Suwannee County, Topic Tuesday, Types Of Bees, UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee County

Questions From The Plant Clinic: Native Bees

by Kaydie McCormick
November 29, 2017

This week at the Plant Clinic we had a question about identification of a native bee. Rosalie, a Master Gardener, wrote up an article about some of the native bees found in Florida as a response. Pollinators are essential to our world. Bees, ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Bee, Bees, Insects, Master Gardener, Native Bee, Native Bees, Questions From The Plant Clinic

Got Pollinators?

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 4, 2015

Tallahassee Democrat September 4, 2015 By Will Sheftall and Arlo Kane Maybe you’ve done a great job creating a butterfly or hummingbird garden, but did you know that these animals don’t do the bulk of nature’s pollination work? Hmm. We’ve ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Brown-eyed Susan, Honey Bees, Native Bees, October-December 2015

Native Buzz

by Lara Milligan
May 29, 2015

Have you ever wondered if we have native bees in Florida? We do, and a lot of them! We actually have hundreds of native bee species buzzing around and they are quite different from the non-native European honey bees we hear so much about. Nation-wide ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Bee House, Bees, European Honey Bees, Honey, Honey Bees, Native Bees, Native Plants, Pollinators

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