The Monarch Butterfly is a pollinator Herald
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