Ag & Natural Resources Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Whitley County
COLUMBIA CITY – Small wings, big impact. Pollinators are nature’s workforce, and it’s important we keep that workforce “employed,” because it’s estimated that one in every three bites of food we eat is due to cross-pollination by pollinators. The Pollinator Partnership promotes an annual Pollinator Week, slated for June 22-28 this year.
In recent years, researchers have documented reduced populations of honey bees, bumble bees and several butterfly and moth species. However, this knowledge has also prompted increased attention and efforts to conserve pollinators and build pollinator habitat…