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Sunflower
Bee balm
Blue sage
Maintain diverse
native flower meadows
blooming from April to Augustto provide bees with
nectar & pollen
How to Improve Bee Habitat Nesting Feeding
Native Bee & Butterfly Pollinators
Leave stems and leafy growth
for cavity-‐nesting bees
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Leave bare ground for ground-‐nesters’ young to
survive until spring
Leave woody areas for wood-‐nesting bees
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Specialist larvae feed on few species in 1 plant family
Generalist larvae feed on several species in > 2 plant families
Dr. Shalene Jha, Kim Ballare, Laurel Treviño, 2016
Winkler Family Foundation
Ground nesters
Cavity or wood nesters
KEY
R & C Ranch
BEES
Sweat BeesGreen: Agapostemon angelicus
Agapostemon texanusStriped: Halictus ligatus
Halictus tripartitusDark: Lasioglossum (15 species)
Mining BeesAndrena crawfordiAndrena sitiliaePerdita ignota isopappi
Chimney BeesDiadasia (3 species)Ptilothirx bombiformis
Bumblebees Bombus griseocollisBombus pensylvanicus
Sunflower BeesSvastra (3 species)
Longhorned BeesEucera hamataEucera rosaeMelissodes (4 species)
Small Carpenter Bees Ceratina shinnersiCeratina strenua
Leafcutter BeesHoplitis productaMegachile (3 species)
BUTTERFLIES SkippersAtalopedes campestris(Grass/Sachem)Hylephila phyleus (Grass/Fiery)Lerema accius (Dark/Clouded)Lerodea eufala (Eufala)
Gossamer-‐wing/BlueEchinargus isola(Southern/Reakirt’s blue)
Whites & SulphursColias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur)Nathalis iole (Dainty Sulphur)Pontia protodice (White)
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1 Rob Cruickshank, 2 Chris Worden, 3 Gilles San Martin, 4 Steve Nanz, 5 & 6 Sandy Shanks, 7 Lynette Elliott, 8 Sean McCann, 9 Bob Peterson, 10 Mike Boone, 11 mlhradio, flickr, 12 Mary Keim
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