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<div>Hi Sabrina,</div><div><br></div><div>Sheeps are particular fond of flowering plants and usually there is nothing left for bees after they have been through. Sheep pastures are nearly impossible to track bees in, so maybe some other rustic animal breeds to feed on grass, or moving manually in parts (grass should be removed also, not left).</div><div><br></div><div>You can find more info here:</div><div><br></div><div><span><div>Mader, E., Shepherd, M., Vaughn, M., Black, S. H. & LeBuhn, G. (2011) Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing.</div><div><br></div></span>Including a statement that sheeps are not very good for bumblebees. If you are able to do some controlled burning that has been successful too in some places, but it would depend a lot on your site if that is an option.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, Claus</div><div><br></div>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Send Pollinator mailing list submissions to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:pollinator@lists.sonic.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:pollinator-request@lists.sonic.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pollinator-request@lists.sonic.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:pollinator-owner@lists.sonic.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pollinator-owner@lists.sonic.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir="ltr">than "Re: Contents of Pollinator digest..."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> 1. Maintaining pollinator habitat (Sabrina Malach)<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 2. Re: Maintaining pollinator habitat (Kathleen Law)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:17:33 -0500<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Sabrina Malach <<a href="mailto:sabrinamalach@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sabrinamalach@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: <a href="mailto:pollinator@nappc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pollinator@nappc.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: [Pollinator] Maintaining pollinator habitat<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <CAAw23POCbck=+<a href="mailto:xSqFrMZ6PpEhy3T5S-iV-hFeQDQmtm_bDAKwA@mail.gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">xSqFrMZ6PpEhy3T5S-iV-hFeQDQmtm_bDAKwA@mail.gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> Hello everyone!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am in the process of creating a 20-acre bee sanctuary with native plants.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Two years ago, we piloted the project and planted 4-acre. The first year we<br></div><div dir="ltr">had a drought and little showed up and last year there was tons of rain and<br></div><div dir="ltr">things were blooming.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I was advised to mow 3 times a year to keep the non-native grasses that had<br></div><div dir="ltr">been there for decades at bay.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We hired someone to mow for us but it was expensive and carbon heavy. My<br></div><div dir="ltr">friend has offered to let sheeps do the work and im wondering if anyone has<br></div><div dir="ltr">utlitzed animals for ecological restoration. If so, please share your<br></div><div dir="ltr">experience and lessons learned.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sabrina<br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20180419/cf6dfb49/attachment-0001.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20180419/cf6dfb49/attachment-0001.html</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 2<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:24:41 -0400<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Kathleen Law <<a href="mailto:kl@pollinator.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kl@pollinator.org</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: Sabrina Malach <<a href="mailto:sabrinamalach@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sabrinamalach@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cc: <a href="mailto:pollinator@nappc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pollinator@nappc.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Re: [Pollinator] Maintaining pollinator habitat<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <<a href="mailto:CAK8GJSVM-_KwEsqOZ-VLVbXuNRVtt_tvv89V_Fmz_pbJ0LWcpg@mail.gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CAK8GJSVM-_KwEsqOZ-VLVbXuNRVtt_tvv89V_Fmz_pbJ0LWcpg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hi Sabrina,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I have no direct experience but here's a list of studies on the topic to<br></div><div dir="ltr">get you started:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bai, Y. G., Z. Abouguendia, and R. E. Redmann. 2001. Relationship between<br></div><div dir="ltr">plant species diversity and grassland condition. Journal of Range<br></div><div dir="ltr">Management 54:177?183.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Black, S. H., N. Hodges, M. Vaughan, and M. Shepherd. 2007. Pollinators in<br></div><div dir="ltr">natural areas: a primer on habitat management. Lloydia (Cincinnati):8.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Carvell, C. 2002. Habitat use and conservation of bumblebees (Bombus spp.)<br></div><div dir="ltr">under different grassland management regimes. Biological Conservation<br></div><div dir="ltr">103:33?49.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dover, J. W., S. Spencer, S. Collins, I. Hadjigeorgiou, and A. Rescia.<br></div><div dir="ltr">2011. Grassland butterflies and low intensity farming in Europe. Journal of<br></div><div dir="ltr">Insect Conservation 15:129?137.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Elwell, S. L., T. Griswold, and E. Elle. 2016. Habitat type plays a greater<br></div><div dir="ltr">role than livestock grazing in structuring shrubsteppe plant?pollinator<br></div><div dir="ltr">communities. Journal of Insect Conservation.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Farruggia, A., B. Dumont, A. Scohier, T. Leroy, P. Pradel, and J. P. Garel.<br></div><div dir="ltr">2012. An alternative rotational stocking management designed to favour<br></div><div dir="ltr">butterflies in permanent grasslands. Grass and Forage Science 67:136?149.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Fischer, S. J., E. H. Williams, L. P. Brower, and P. A. Palmiotto. 2015.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Reproduction by Mowing Fields of Common<br></div><div dir="ltr">Milkweed. The American Midland Naturalist 173:229?240.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hoffman, S., M. Shepherd, and M. Vaughan. 2011. Range Management for<br></div><div dir="ltr">Pollinators. Society for Range Management 33:9?13.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hudewenz, A., A. M. Klein, C. Scherber, L. Stanke, T. Tscharntke, A. Vogel,<br></div><div dir="ltr">A. Weigelt, W. W. Weisser, and A. Ebeling. 2012. Herbivore and pollinator<br></div><div dir="ltr">responses to grassland management intensity along experimental changes in<br></div><div dir="ltr">plant species richness. Biological Conservation 150:42?52.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kruess, A., and T. Tscharntke. 2002. Contrasting responses of plant and<br></div><div dir="ltr">insect diversity to variation in grazing intensity. Biological Conservation<br></div><div dir="ltr">106:293?302.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kruess, A., and T. Tscharntke. 2014. Grazing intensity and the diversity of<br></div><div dir="ltr">grasshoppers, butterflies and trap-nest bees and wasps. Conservation<br></div><div dir="ltr">Biology 16:1570?1580.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Machmuller, M. B., M. G. Kramer, T. K. Cyle, N. Hill, D. Hancock, and A.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Thompson. 2015. Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic<br></div><div dir="ltr">matter. Nature Communications 6:6995.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">MacPhail, V., and J. Kyle. 2012. Rotational Grazing in Extensive Pastures.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Guelph.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">McGraw, R. L., F. W. Shockley, J. F. Thompson, and C. A. Roberts. (n.d.).<br></div><div dir="ltr">Evaluation of native legume species for forage yield, quality and seed<br></div><div dir="ltr">production. Native Plants:152?160.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Morandin, L. A., M. L. Winston, V. A. Abbott, and M. T. Franklin. 2007. Can<br></div><div dir="ltr">pastureland increase wild bee abundance in agriculturally intense areas?<br></div><div dir="ltr">Basic and Applied Ecology 8:117?124.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sj?din, N. E., J. Bengtsson, B. Ekbom, N. E. Sj, J. Bengtsson, and B.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Ekbom. 2015. The influence of grazing intensity and landscape on the<br></div><div dir="ltr">diversity and abundance of composition insects 45:763?772.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sj?din, N. E., J. Bengtsson, and B. Ekbom. 2008. The influence of grazing<br></div><div dir="ltr">intensity and landscape composition on the diversity and abundance of<br></div><div dir="ltr">flower-visiting insects. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:763?772.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Technical, B., N. No, and D. May. 2011. Attachment to Biology Technical<br></div><div dir="ltr">Note No. KS-37 Dated May 31, 2011:1?23.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Vulliamy, B., S. G. Potts, and P. G. Willmer. 2006. The effects of cattle<br></div><div dir="ltr">grazing on plant-pollinator communities in a fragmented Mediterranean<br></div><div dir="ltr">landscape. Oikos 114:529?543.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Enjoy!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kathleen Law<br></div><div dir="ltr">Outreach Program Manager<br></div><div dir="ltr">Pollinator Partnership<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">1139 College St.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Toronto, ON M6H 1B5<br></div><div dir="ltr">c: 416-838-6373<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Head Office<br></div><div dir="ltr">423 Washington Street, 5th Floor<br></div><div dir="ltr">San Francisco CA 94111<br></div><div dir="ltr">t: 415-362-1137<br></div><div dir="ltr">w: pollinator.org<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a href="https://twitter.com/Pollinators" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Pollinators</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a href="http://pollinator.org/canada.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://pollinator.org/canada.htm</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><<a href="http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://pollinator.org/million-pollinator-garden-challenge.htm</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Sabrina Malach <<a href="mailto:sabrinamalach@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sabrinamalach@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Hello everyone!<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> I am in the process of creating a 20-acre bee sanctuary with native<br></div><div dir="ltr">> plants. Two years ago, we piloted the project and planted 4-acre. The first<br></div><div dir="ltr">> year we had a drought and little showed up and last year there was tons of<br></div><div dir="ltr">> rain and things were blooming.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> I was advised to mow 3 times a year to keep the non-native grasses that<br></div><div dir="ltr">> had been there for decades at bay.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> We hired someone to mow for us but it was expensive and carbon heavy. My<br></div><div dir="ltr">> friend has offered to let sheeps do the work and im wondering if anyone has<br></div><div dir="ltr">> utlitzed animals for ecological restoration. If so, please share your<br></div><div dir="ltr">> experience and lessons learned.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Thank you,<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Sabrina<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> _______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">> Pollinator mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="mailto:Pollinator@lists.sonic.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20180419/5e0899a9/attachment-0001.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20180419/5e0899a9/attachment-0001.html</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Digest Footer<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Pollinator mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Pollinator@lists.sonic.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">End of Pollinator Digest, Vol 1999, Issue 1<br></div><div dir="ltr">*******************************************<br></div></div>
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