Yellowjackets are a fact of outdoor life during the summer and fall in Oregon. While they are beneficial to the environment, their painful sting poses a hazard to people. Here's how to avoid them.
Have you ever looked into a flower and discovered a bee just sitting there? Depending on the kind of bee, it might actually be sleeping. And that's a great time to get an up-close look at these tiny marvels.
Woods' rose is a common wild rose that grows in a variety of habitats in the Pacific Northwest and provides habitat for a variety of bees and other wildlife. Its fragrant pink flowers attract bees and other pollinators.
If you want to raise bees in your yard but aren't up to maintaining a hive, old raspberry canes might be the answer. Friendly carpenter bees like to burrow into spent berry canes to create their nests.
Many of Oregon’s 800 species of native bees live in forests. Scientists, however, are just beginning to learn about their populations, their roles in forest ecosystems and how forests support them.
Amy Grotta |
Feb 2019 |
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Plant flowers of all different colors, shapes and sizes to create your own pollinator paradise at home. What else attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds? Start with native shrubs and trees.