[PCA] Fwd: Bees need quality habitat to survive - making the case for native plants

[De Angelis, Patricia]

Forwarding a message from a colleague.

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
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This article is written by two Iowa State university researchers, published
in *Iowa Farmer Today, "*Bees need quality habitat to survive".  It
discusses results of research to find plants that attract pollinators, but
not pest insects, *in the midwest*.



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Excerpt:

"Midwest researchers have focused on native plants as a food source for
bees and other beneficial insects. These plants include flowering
perennials commonly found in prairies."


Full story:

http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/regional/bees-need-quality-habitat-to-survive/article_b5df92ee-52cf-11e3-b66f-0019bb2963f4.html


The results of the work can be found at:

http://nativeplants.msu.edu/


See, for example, plant facts at: http://nativeplants.msu.edu/plant_facts

which from what I can tell focuses on attractiveness to bees (as opposed to
all pollinators). Of course, the results could be different for different
parts of the country with different native faunas.


and discussion on native vs. non-native, which explains in simple terms why
selecting natives is best, at:
http://nativeplants.msu.edu/about/native_plants
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