pollinator conservation

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…

13 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

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

The next hurdle…finding funding

Well we've got the land, we've got our ideas and plans and goals, now all we need is the money…

13 years ago

Bees have been good to me

So what if I'm quickly becoming known as the local "Bee-lady"--that's not so bad (better than being the crazy cat-lady,…

14 years ago

Pollinator Conservation at MOFGA

Keith said I had a glazed look in my eyes as we sat in the conference room at the MOFGA…

14 years ago