Your pollinator garden isn’t complete without planting for SPECIALIST pollinators!

E.O. Wilson on “The Little Things That Run The World”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihMipJAvLRY

Search for insect native range and check its status here:
https://explorer.natureserve.org

Check a plant's native range here:
http://bonap.org

Menus for specialist bees across North America:
Eastern:
https://jarrodfowler.com/specialist_bees.html
Central:
https://jarrodfowler.com/bees_pollen.html
Western:
https://jarrodfowler.com/pollen_specialist.html

Plant for Monarchs!
https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/18-003_02_Monarch-Nectar-Plant-Lists-FS_web%20-%20Jessa%20Kay%20Cruz.pdf

Karner Blue Butterfly identification:
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/endangeredresources/karner/identification

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee:
https://www.xerces.org/endangered-species/species-profiles/at-risk-bumble-bees/rusty-patched-bumble-bee

Blueberry Specialist Bees:
https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/vtbees/blueberries/

More resources:

https://beecityusa.org/very-specialist-bees-and-the-flowers-they-love/

https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/2/86606/files/2021/04/GuidetoSpecialistBeesofOhio_2021.pdf

https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/mighty-mutualisms-the-nature-of-plant-pollinator-13235427/

I literally just planted the wrong variety of lupine seeds last week. This video helped me realize that so now I’m going to replace it with the eastern variety.

Thank you for the incredible amount of effort you clearly put in creating the content and researching this video. Brava! Hear that? That's the sound of butterflies , moths, and bees clapping.

the editing is great and the content is valuable, what a hidden gem of a channel!!

We need laws to protect honest seed labeling!  Those of us who care work really hard in our pollinator gardens. Thank you!  🙏 Will add some Sundial Lupine for next years garden!

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This is my all-time favorite video! I never get tired of watching it 😁

(If anything is inaccurate or wrong in my post please don’t be mean about it.)

With Monarchs its best to avoid planting Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)

Even though it can meet the requirements as a host plant, it does raise the risk of spreading OE (a parasite). If you do have Tropical Milkweed, be sure to cut back your plant by Thanksgiving. This will reduce the amount of spores being spread AND help encourage monarch migration. There’s a way to “sanitize” the plant with a bleach mixture but I personally haven’t done that.

The other downside of tropical milkweed is that it tends to grow and flower year round. This can indirectly harm monarch butterflies as they may lay their eggs on the plant during the cold season instead of continuing their migration to warmer climates.

I just want to add to all of the great comments that it makes you feel so good when you get to see all kind of differents insectd enjoying whst you offer in your garden. Thanks ...

Your videos and editing are top-notch!

So creative and packed full of valuable information! Impressive 👏

Thank you for this video! Amazing information and so detailed; An absolute wealth of knowledge😃💕

The range map was helpful!

Fascinating and very well put together. Love the info in this one. And how cute are these little pollinators! :face-red-heart-shape:

Yea! I so look forward to your videos!!! I love , love , love them! I learn soo much from them and they are fun and humorous. Thank you for the wonderful videos! :)

So much critical information, thank you!❤

I just subscribed. That has to be one of the most (no...the most!) creative and engaging video I have seen on this topic. You obviously obsessed on this. I love the whole concept of Homegrown National Park. Doug Tallamy is one of my gurus. The information currently out there is hugely slanted to the eastern half of the continent, where you are located. So it makes total sense that the content leans heavily on that side of the Mississippi. There is a lot of catching up to do when it comes to comparable info for the western half of the continent. Your work is incredible!  I now have to watch all your other videos.

Love this definitely going to add some to our pollinator patch.

So happy 😊 to have found your site ❤ I understand how important it is to plant Native Perrenial Pollinator Plants, shrubs, and trees, but, PLEASE leave the Latin name of the Natives, that way, I can order the specific ones for my area, Missouri. Thank you, I loved that I found you ❤🐝 🐦 🌻 😊✌

Was that the dreaded mortality realization inducing century plant?   Where you realize you won't live to see it flower,  and then you see some other ones flower and it's so underwhelming and exaggeratingly tall at the same time.