Florida native bees

Our Ecology Producer photographs his backyard ecosystem, witnessing seasons change through his plants and the insects that eat them.

A year of life and death struggles, mating, caterpillars, and several new pollinator visitors to the yard of WFSU’s Ecology producer.

A bee garden is more than wildflowers – though they are important. To attract wild, native bees, trees and shrubs are also key.

We don’t see many bees during the winter months, but this is when we can help them by making sure our yards provide nesting habitat.

During the Great Georgia Pollinator Census, citizen scientists learned about insect diversity in gardens, and about the plants that best create habitat.

Beekeepers adopt an American bumblebee nest, raising the rare bees alongside honeybees in a Florida friendly habitat designed to benefit all pollinators.