Increasing the quantity of forb and grass cover can enhance bee and predatory ground beetle abundance
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2017 STRIPS Landowner Report
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FAQ: How will butterflies and bees find the prairie strips?
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How will butterflies and bees find the prairie strips? Will they die when they get to the strips? Will treated seed kill the wildlife in the strips?
Butterflies and bees are attracted to the colors and scents of flowers within the strips. Flying above the crop pollinators will be able to locate the strips using these cues.
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FAQ: Will prairie strips help pollinators?
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Will prairie strips help pollinators?
Prairie strips provide both abundant and diverse flowering plants to agricultural landscapes, which are essential for supporting honey bees and conserving wild bees and butterflies. Flowers provide critical food resources for these insects: nectar for adult bees and butterflies, and pollen for the young bees. Furthermore, a growing body of scientific literature indicates that bee health is improved when they are provided a diverse diet of plants.
Randall Cass
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Honey bees, Native bees, Pollinators
Strategies to improve native bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) habitat in agroecosystems
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Prairie strips provide late-summer forage for bees
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