[Pollinator] Bee-friendly gardeners call to action

[Celeste Ets-Hokin]

Calling all bee-friendly gardeners:

 

Spring has sprung,

Flowers have risen,

Beckoning native bees

By the dozen!

 

The many species of native bees that are already finding their way to the
bevy of spring blooms in our gardens can be nearly as colorful as the blooms
themselves.  And here's a great way to help identify these distinguished
visitors, as well as keep track of their annual appearance and preferred
forage plants:  

 

The "Garden Variety Native Bees of North America" perpetual calendar is both
a guide to some of our more common native bees and a gardening calendar that
never goes out of date. Also included is a two-page introduction to native
bees, which contains tips on how to create habitat for them in your own
backyard. 

 

With plenty of room for memorandums for each numbered day of the month, the
journal portion of this calendar is perfect for keeping month-to-month and
even year-to-year comparative garden notes.  And you can purchase this
calendar at any time of the year to begin recording the characteristics of
the bee plants you include in your garden and the numbers and types of bee
visitors they attract.  

 

So, don't fall bee-hind - start your bee garden journal and help support the
Xerces Society and the Great Sunflower Project by ordering your "Garden
Variety Native Bees of North America" perpetual calendar while spring is
still in full swing!  Here's a little more information on the calendars and
how to preview and order them online:

 

 

 

 
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This 9 "X 12" calendar, which includes stunning photographs by Rollin
Coville and accompanying descriptions and recommended plant lists by Celeste
Ets-Hokin, is sure to inspire gardeners and growers everywhere to make our
landscape BEE-UTIFUL!

 

A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this calendar will support the
work of two leading pollinator conservation organizations:

.         The Great Sunflower Project, a pollinator monitoring and
conservation program led by Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn of San Francisco State
University; for more information visit  <http://www.greatsunflower.org/>
www.greatsunflower.org. 

.        The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a nonprofit at
the forefront of protecting native bees and their habitat across the
country; to learn more about their work, visit  <http://www.xerces.org>
www.xerces.org.

   

To preview a sample of the calendar, and to place your orders, visit:
<http://www.nativebeedazzled.com> www.nativebeedazzled.com. 

 

For wholesale discounts on orders of 20 or more calendars, email:
celeste at nativebeedazzled.com.   

 

 

 

 

 

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