Daily Archives: December 28, 2022

Wreath of the Day – Pairs

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Matched pairs – we’ve said it before, not our favorite task. So many things can go wrong. Bows could be slightly uneven, sufficient materials might be in short supply, instructions can be missing (bows on top? mirror image?), the underlying wreaths themselves not the same thickness. Two members, Stephanie Fletcher and her mother Gudi Seward, have been our “go to” pair themselves for this thankless job. I can’t be sure if the pair of wreaths below was done by them this season, but I know, even without having been there, that they took on their fair share of the work. Stephanie, in addition, took many of the beautiful photos pictured in the Wreath of the Day posts, and runs our Instagram page. What a good eye!

Thursday, January 26, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Pollinators in the Woods? The Place of Wild Bees in a Changing Forested Landscape, Online

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Come join Kass Urban-Mead, Xerces Pollinator Conservation Specialist, NRCS Partner Biologist, on January 26 online for an adventure exploring how wild bees use the woods–from the leafy forest floor to the tippy top of the canopy. Although we usually think of bees busy in our gardens, flower patches, and meadows (which is true!), that is not the only place they are found. In fact, in the northeastern US up to 1/3 of our wild bee species may rely on forest habitats for at least a part of their life cycle. Some are specialized to only collect pollen from spring ephemerals on the forest floor, while others nest in stumps, logs, and leaf litter deep in the woods, and orchard pollinators use forest canopy pollen before the orchards bloom. We will discuss the changing nature of forests on our landscape and how this is likely to affect different groups of bees. Finally, we will highlight ways in which forest management for healthy, diverse, climate-resilient woods is crucial not just for birds and other wildlife, but also for the bees.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Click here for more information and to register.