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Most people know that Bees are our primary pollinators. Some people understand that Bee keeping is expensive. Farmer that use Bees to...
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Scott Cole
- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
Monarch Extinction Straight Talk
This article from today spells out the problem and how they are approaching it. We applaud these efforts. On the other hand, we are...
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Ruth Zimmer
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
If we don't save them, who will?
Thank you to the LA Times for this timely and important article. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-10/monarch-butterfly-prot...
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Scott Cole
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
Dinner with a Side of Education
"Carlsbad’s Seasons Restaurant, a butterfly garden has been planted at the center of its dining patio in the hope of attracting migrating...
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Scott Cole
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
Extinction Happens
Scott Dutfield recently wrote, "The death of the dinosaurs was just one of five global events that saw millions of species wiped out." If...
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Scott Cole
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
Butterfly Attraction
Elizabeth Waddington states in a recent article, "Butterflies are a flagship species for conservation. " This is very true; more than she...
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Scott Cole
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
Researchers suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses
For the Monarch Butterfly, the data doesn't lie. The population decline is shocking and shows a 90%+ loss. Honey bees also have alarming...
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Scott Cole
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
What Invokes Inspiration?
For most, this is probably a hard question; along the lines of "what's for dinner?" or "How can I stop an extinction?". My point being...
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Scott Cole
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Before you plant milkweed
Jill Staake reported recently about the pros and cons of planting milkweed. She is all for butterfly gardens, but she also expresses...
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Scott Cole
- Apr 17, 2021
- 1 min
Annual cost of Pollination is staggering!
"The most important ecosystem service for sustainable crop production is pollination, the mutualistic interaction between plants and...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
Lawns are Insect Food Deserts
A recent article by Brian Lovett, The Conversation Published Mar 27, 2021, delineated the "bold" steps that you can take that will...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
Roadside Pollinators Continue to Decline
In a recent article published in Sierra - The national magazine of the Sierra Club - the value of roadside and median land use for the...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 17, 2021
- 1 min
Sad efforts by the Government
In a recent news release the FSW posted old information and broken links claiming that "we all need to help". While they are right in...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Cool Monarch Butterfly Videos
This site is very slow but the videos are pretty cool when they load. The migration video is informative. https://www.britannica.com/anim...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 14, 2021
- 3 min
Monarch Butterfly Basics
Monarch Butterfly Fact Sheet May 29, 2020 Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Arthropoda Class: | Insecta Order: | Lepidoptera Genus: | Danaus...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min
Authorities and Experts agree - We can not wait
Editorial: California’s monarch butterflies could disappear, unless we act now By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD MARCH 10, 2021 3 AM PT It...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min
Monarch Butterfly population plummets to fewer than 2,000 in 2020
By JEANETTE MARANTOS LOS ANGELES TIMES MARCH 6, 2021 6 AM PT This is not a drill. California is poised to lose the Western monarch...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min
Monarch Butterflies are suffering from global warming
Number of monarch butterflies hibernating in Mexico plunged 26% last year — and climate change and forest degradation are to blame BY LI...
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Scott Cole
- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min
Grassroots efforts call for your help
Monarch Butterflies Need Your Green Thumb Growing and planting milkweed can help BY SARAH MOWRY As spring draws nearer by the day, many...
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Ruth Zimmer
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Our Crowdfunding Video is in Production!
Today we film the last piece of our CF video! We are so excited to launch this soon and get started building The California Milkweed...
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