<div dir="ltr"><div>Forwarding a message from a colleague.</div><br clear="all"><div><div>Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.</div><div>Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service-International Affairs</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>This <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">article is written by two Iowa State university researchers, published in </span><i style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Iowa Farmer Today, "</i><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Bees need quality habitat to survive".  It discusses results of research to find plants that attract pollinators, but not pest insects, <b>in the midwest</b>. </span><div dir="ltr">


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<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Excerpt:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"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."<br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Full story: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/regional/bees-need-quality-habitat-to-survive/article_b5df92ee-52cf-11e3-b66f-0019bb2963f4.html" target="_blank">http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/regional/bees-need-quality-habitat-to-survive/article_b5df92ee-52cf-11e3-b66f-0019bb2963f4.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The results of the work can be found at: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">


<a href="http://nativeplants.msu.edu/" target="_blank">http://nativeplants.msu.edu/</a><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">


See, for example, plant facts at: <a href="http://nativeplants.msu.edu/plant_facts" target="_blank">http://nativeplants.msu.edu/plant_facts</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and discussion on native vs. non-native, which explains in simple terms why selecting natives is best, at: <a href="http://nativeplants.msu.edu/about/native_plants" target="_blank">http://nativeplants.msu.edu/about/native_plants</a></p>


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