Pollinators

Maine promotes native pollinators

Tuesday night the Somerset Beekeepers met for their monthly meeting, and were joined by a number of the county's master…

12 years ago

Home gardeners beware of pesticides in potting soils & nursery plants

This past Tuesday at the monthly meeting of the Somerset Beekeepers, we hosted Gary Fish from the Maine Board of…

13 years ago

Saving the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee

Bumblebees are the gentle giants of the pollinator world, so big and fuzzy and mellow that you just want to…

13 years ago

3 trees that offer early season food sources for Maine bees

The early spring season is a very difficult time for bees and beekeepers.  When the temperatures start warming the bees…

13 years ago

“Wings of Life” mesmerizes and inspires

We received the "Wings of Life" documentary on Saturday, I ordered it from Amazon and had it shipped here by…

13 years ago

Help Runamuk do more for pollinator conservation!

I've been presented with an exciting new opportunity--stumbled into it, really. Our core group of Somerset Beekeepers is made up…

13 years ago

Wings of Life

I've been waiting for two years for Louie Schwartzberg's moving-art documentary featuring winged pollinators at their best and most beautiful.…

13 years ago

Pollinator decline threatens agriculture

As president of the Somerset Beekeepers, people often ask me if it is only the honeybees who are in trouble,…

13 years ago

Studying native bees on the Maine coast

I'm excited to announce that this August I will be participating in a five day seminar called "Native Bees as…

13 years ago

Talking pollinators with the Somerset master gardeners

Last night I had the privilege of speaking to a group of my peers, the master gardeners of Somerset County. …

13 years ago