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'Waiting for Wings' by the award-winning Milwaukee author and illustrator Lois Ehlert was published in 2001 by Harcourt and is a celebration of butterfly pollinators & gives instructions for growing a butterfly garden! Learn more about Ehlert here: https://t.co/Cxswmdfawb

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2019-06-27

Beetles have been pollinators for millions of years and were among the first insects to visit flowers. Celebrate these abundant pollinators for by exploring the of Russia & western Europe in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/a4Qss9u77B

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2019-06-21

The theme today is birthday folklore! We love this illustration of a honeysuckle by Mary Ann Stebbing - the traditional birth flower if your birthday falls in June. Honeysuckle is an excellent source of food for & it smells glorious!

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2019-06-20

🌸Continuing w/ here are 2 examples of floral designs on Chippewa basketry. One is made w/ seed beads stitched onto the bark lid of a c1945 sewing basket (INTR 00714). The other is done in quillwork on the birch bark panel of a 1930s wastebasket (INTR 00342).🌼

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2019-06-19

It's Pollinators are responsible for 1 in 3 bites of food we eat. Bees are important pollinators. Explore the natural history and economy of bees of the British Isles in "British Bees" (1866), in via ➡️ https://t.co/HwdjbC1kwL 🐝🐝🐝

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2019-06-19

This busy little Biro drawing by Lucas age 8 is at the centre of the exhibition poster https://t.co/dZn9S4xRPk

1/3 of the world's food is pollination dependent. Many wild animals also need pollination dependent food to survive, yet pollinators are decreasing!

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2019-06-03

Illustration of Storm, a black-and-white ruffed lemur from ZSL. These lemurs considered to be the largest pollinators, as they feed, pollen sticks to the ruffs of fur around their faces and gets transported from tree to tree. Also they are sadly critically endangered!

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2019-05-24

It's World Bee Day! Help us support and preserve our tireless pollinators by donating to The HoneyBee Conservancy!
https://t.co/Dgw8wjxD9H

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2019-05-21

Celebrating World Bee Day, with a bee in a Lavender Pinocchio rose. I always love spending time with the bees in all the rose gardens I visit!
https://t.co/Dy59A9cAoC

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2019-05-20

By mowing less this spring and summer your can give clover, buttercups, dandelions and more a chance to flower for pollinators like bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths. And you can enjoy seeing which flowers emerge to add some natural joy and colour to your garden! 🐝🌻

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2019-05-04

Hawthorn in full bloom is a joy to behold! However, in May blossom is closely associated with death! To attract pollinators the flowers emit triethylamine which is one of the first chemicals produced when living tissue starts to decay.

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2019-04-25

Happy Bats play crucial roles in their ecosystems, from serving as pollinators to helping to keep insect populations (like mosquitos) in check. 🦇

Celebrate with our collection of historic Chiroptera in Flickr ➡️ https://t.co/xbV40RLL7L

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2019-04-18

Bees are pretty incredible little creatures. My new Bee’s Knees print celebrates these mighty little pollinators that do so much for our planet 🐝 https://t.co/b8uQjs0jqY

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2019-04-05

I loved creating these illustrations last year with Helen Nistala & YWAM If anyone has any pollinator-friendly projects they'd like illustrated then just shout! Always happy to help the bees.⁣

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2019-03-28

Day 3 of the International Conference: field trip to the Finsterwolde, Holland demonstrating measures - delivering benefits through "birdfields" wild cover crops for seed eating birds &

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2019-03-22