Heather Holm, Creating and Managing Habitat for Native Bees

[@debgrupe7099]

Glad to see the recording is up already! I had planned to watch live and ended up with an appointment. So glad I can watch Heather Holm from the beginning of the webinar!

[@nonononono8194]

Thanks for not keeping this behind a pay wall, I appreciate it.

[@barbbolan2920]

Heather is so knowledgeable! Love her presentations. I unfortunately missed this live one so am very thankful it was available as a recording. Probably have to watch it a couple of times as there is a ton of great information packet into it.

[@jdy1054]

Had to work this morning, so missed this live. Thanks so much for posting!

[@patriciawilliams2404]

I am alarmed about just how many plant breeders are going towards "pollenless" plant varieties, at least in sunflowers. I think almost half of the sunflower vareties in one seed catalog boasted that their variety was pollenless. So, perhaps an added cautionary note about plant sources may be important! Thanks for this session, which I have gotten halfway thru so far. I am adding some local keystone plants to my garden this spring.

[@BonnieRocks]

Love these webinars.. thank-you Denise and Heather 🐝🐝

[@dougforsyth7457]

Very useful information. I just started changing my garden perennials over to prairie natives this summer. Learning about bees is fascinating. Thanks very much Heather and Denise, from a gardener in Saskatchewan.

[@l.anng.4054]

Thank you for posting this.

[@Rudebeckia80]

Thank you so much for posting!

[@NateReagle]

Great practical information

[@yolandagibson4427]

Thank you for the information, it was very helpful!

[@annapaster5475]

Thank you for wonderful information.

[@swayback7375]

21:48 WOW! New knowledge unlocked! I’ve attracted leaf cutter bees to my yard and I can now ID their cuts, I’ve been blaming it on a caterpillar but that never made sense… wish I took pics… next year…

[@patsycuthrell5693]

Thanks so much . Wonderful informatio.

[@swayback7375]

14:32 I wonder what the impact of the ash borer beetle has really been… too broad for us to understand but worth study

[@markhastings8121]

Some of the soft landing plants were poison ivy. Which is native and good for birds, I hate it tho. Do you recommend leaving it. Keeps people from trampling on the soft landing area (lol)

[@buzzsounds123]

Wonderful webinar. Does anyone know why the graphic around leaving stems says not to cut flowers off the stalks until spring? Why not cut the dried flowers off in the fall so the stalks are all ready to go in the spring? In other words is there a reason to leave the flowers on over the winter? Just curious.

[@leesepsi22]

The dried flowers can hold seeds, which can be a source of food for pollinators.

[@swayback7375]

And in many cases it allows moisture into the dried stem, it makes the stems break down quicker but also it may kill bees that choose to use it anyway. Especially with increased warm spells thru the winter which is certainly happening more in my area