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Pollinator Guide 2022.pdfInvertebrate pollinators guide
Invertebrate pollinators guide
This website is also available in a shorter and printable version! Click the image to the left to learn more and take this guide on the go.
Try some pollinator bingo
Try some pollinator bingo
Take a walk outside or at your local park so see if you can spot these pollinators and different types of flowers!
Bee Bingo.pdfBeetle Bingo.pdfButterfly Bingo.pdfPollinator Word Search.pdfTry a pollinator wordsearch
Try a pollinator wordsearch
Can you find all the key words in this word search?
how can you help pollinators?
how can you help pollinators?
build your own garden
build your own garden
You can plant many different types of flowers to attract the pollinators you'd like to your yard!
Things you can do to encourage pollinators in your yard:
Plant a pollinator garden (ideally, using locally native plants)
Use native plant species whenever possible
Grow flowers throughout the season
Provide a water source
Provide shelter and overwintering habitat
Stop and/or reduce using insecticides
Provide sunny areas out of the wind
Plant in clumps and layers
Use compost instead of commercial fertilizers
Look but don't touch
support local businesses in your area!
support local businesses in your area!
Buying local honey can help support the beekeepers in your area. Buying organic products and food, especially locally, helps in supporting sustainable, pollinator-friendly farms!
If you're interested in learning more about Beekeepers in Texas, follow the link here!
Spread the love!
Spread the love!
Share with your friends and family how important insect pollinators are to all of us and the global ecosystems. You can help encourage others to make an effort to help save pollinators too!
what else can you do to help and be involved?
what else can you do to help and be involved?
Become your own entomologist and make your own observations of insects around your home and in your community by joining iNaturalist! You can visit their website or download their app from the Google Play and Apple App stores.
You can take photos of insects you find throughout the globe and share them through iNaturalist. Other members or even researchers will be able to help identify the species of the insects you find. Findings are then shared with scientific data repositories, to help scientists and find use your data.
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