Comments on: Happy pollinator week 2009! http://www.renewablesathome.com/ecology/happy-pollinator-week-2009 How you can help the environment - and your wallet! Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:09:04 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: thomas http://www.renewablesathome.com/ecology/happy-pollinator-week-2009/comment-page-1#comment-65 thomas Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:18:44 +0000 http://www.renewablesathome.com/?p=1852#comment-65 @Yanic: Thanks :-) That's a good point you bring up. The more flowers and other plants we manage to inject in between our houses and paved surfaces, the better the conditions will be for pollinators and other insects. @Yanic: Thanks :-) That’s a good point you bring up. The more flowers and other plants we manage to inject in between our houses and paved surfaces, the better the conditions will be for pollinators and other insects.

]]> By: Yanic A. http://www.renewablesathome.com/ecology/happy-pollinator-week-2009/comment-page-1#comment-66 Yanic A. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:51:30 +0000 http://www.renewablesathome.com/?p=1852#comment-66 What a wonderful post! I didn't know about this celebrated week, thank you for bringing it to our attention! Another problem that comes with the shrinking of their area is the man-made seperation in their pollinating routes as well. With new developments, open fields are now little meadows that are seperated by miles of urban sprawl. They have to go further and risk more dangers that way. The article I wrote on <a href="http://greentobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-garden-year-2-attracting-beneficial.html" rel="nofollow">attracting beneficial insects</a> could also be applied to pollinators. A great variety of flowers and plants in your garden or yard could offer a safe haven for these hard working little creatures! What a wonderful post! I didn’t know about this celebrated week, thank you for bringing it to our attention!

Another problem that comes with the shrinking of their area is the man-made seperation in their pollinating routes as well. With new developments, open fields are now little meadows that are seperated by miles of urban sprawl. They have to go further and risk more dangers that way.

The article I wrote on attracting beneficial insects could also be applied to pollinators. A great variety of flowers and plants in your garden or yard could offer a safe haven for these hard working little creatures!

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