Blogs about: Beneficial Insects

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Building a Retreat Web

At just a few millimeters wide, this little striped jumping spider (Salticidae) would have been missed except he was busy scurrying back and forth constructing his retreat web on the very top of the s… more →

A Round Rock Garden

Glorious Gardens From Low cost Hotels

bettyhole24 wrote 2 days ago: Now fill the other cardboard tubes and Top-class amenities served to you plastic pipes with a variet … more →

Tags: beijing bamboo garden hotel, bamboo garden hotel beijing, hotels of beijing, bamboo gardens, Bamboo Garden, Insect Hotel

My very hungry caterpillar(s)

missinghenrymitchell wrote 5 days ago: (an homage to Eric Carle) At some point last summer, a butterfly lay an egg on a leaf. One morning, … more →

Tags: 2013, butterfly gardening, Butterfly Gardening, caterpillars, Fennel, osmanthus, pollinators, ruta, Senna marilandica

BUGS! — 3 comments

Emilie wrote 1 week ago: Every spring, I get a little excited when I see this: Yes! Aphids! Aphids.  And not just one or two … more →

Tags: spring, The garden, aphid, insecticide, Organic Gardening, organic horticulture, Pyrethrin, pyrethrum

Library Lunch and Learn: 4 Great Reasons to Love Bugs in Your Garden

Deb wrote 1 week ago: Rapid City, SD – May 8, 2013 – Have you ever wanted to learn why insects play an important role in y … more →

Tags: Press Releases, Black Hills and Badlands, rapid city public library, Rapid city Library News, Black Hills Knowledge Network, lunch & learn, RCPL, 2013, Cathie Draine

Weather, gardens and stuff — 2 comments

Julie's garden blog wrote 1 week ago: Native to South America .. nasturtium. Pic taken in the sun yesterday. The good thing about gardenin … more →

Tags: Organic gardening in New Zealand, bed preparation, Garden Update, Brassicas, seaweed fertiliser, cloche, kumara, nasturtium, Praying Mantis

More than just bees — 2 comments

manuelinor wrote 2 weeks ago: Nature never did betray the heart that loved her William Wordsworth While I was researching my last … more →

Tags: ecology, Food & Agriculture, human society, Politics, wildlife, Agroecology, Bees, colony collapse, insecticide

These are the Good Guys

Lori Jones wrote 2 weeks ago: Oh my goodness, what are those bugs all over the side of the building! They are everywhere! Lady bee … more →

Tags: spring in the garden, pest control, Insect Pests in the Garden, lady beetle, natural predators in the garden, Ladybugs, aphid control

Ladies with the Hippo Butts - May 2013

divinefruits wrote 2 weeks ago: May Day brought us Hippodamia convergens, or one of the most universally known beneficial insects, t … more →

Tags: Salida, Colorado, IPM, Ladybugs, Hippodamia convergens, aphids

The Green Lacewing: Delicate & Fierce!

uconnladybug wrote 2 weeks ago: The green lacewing (Chrysoperla spp.) is a beautiful and delicately-built insect in the adult stage. … more →

Tags: gardening, Insects and Pests, biocontrol, green lacewing

Is it a Good Bug or a Bad Bug?

Deb wrote 2 weeks ago: By Susan Braunstein Programming Library Associate Do you sit in your garden and watch all the activi … more →

Tags: library articles, Black Hills Knowledge Network, Cathie Draine, Communities, Community, Databases, gardening, Insects, lunch & learn

Down With Cover Crop! — 1 comment

islandmeadow wrote 3 weeks ago: Rye and vetch cover crop that survived this winter in our filed on the westide of Vashon. Sometimes … more →

Tags: On the Farm, building soil, Cover Crop, fixing nitrogen, nash's organics, organic farming, organic soil buildling, Rhizobium, rye and vetch

Organic Garden "NO Spray" Pest Control

modernhomesteaders wrote 3 weeks ago: This is a guest post by Joe Alton, M.D., and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P., aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy of www … more →

Tags: farming, Healthy Living, Homesteading, organic, preparedness, Recipes, Self-Reliance, Self Sufficiency, Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables

Bee Friendly Gardens no more

Rose Bud wrote 3 weeks ago: English: The European honey bee or western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The … more →

Tags: Gardens, bees, Flowers 2, pollination, garden education, Growing plants, Herbs, Vegetables

Bee Friendly Gardens no more

Rose Bud wrote 3 weeks ago: We hear about the decline of honey bee’s from the media. The mysterious colony collapse disord … more →

Tags: Gardens, bees, Flowers 2, pollination, garden education, Growing plants, Herbs, Vegetables, organic gardens

Magic Circles: Fruit Tree Companions & Cover Crops — 4 comments

Rick Visser wrote 3 weeks ago: A dwarf apple tree before developing a community beneath it, here mainly grass and weeds. What to pl … more →

Tags: gardening, Flowers, contemplative garden, Garden Design, Bees, apple trees, gardening, Organic Gardening, Leeks

Ecological connectivity: What You Do in Your Garden Affects Your Neighborhood — 2 comments

Rick Visser wrote 1 month ago: No matter how small your garden, it will always affect your neighborhood, in ways you may never know … more →

Tags: gardening, Nature, Birds, contemplative garden, gardening, Organic Gardening, nature, National Wildlife Federation, Environment

Insecticides, also known as pesticides, kill bees. Do we get it yet? by Laura Ferguson

graceandmystery wrote 1 month ago: Insecticides, also known as pesticides, kill bees.  Do we get it yet? by Laura Ferguson – Dire … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, pollinators, beekeeping, GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms), beneficial insects, GMO, Bees, native bees, Pesticides

Bee Kind Gardening

Eve Worrall wrote 1 month ago: Our poor bee’s are having a hard time at the moment. In the last 20 years there has been a dramatic … more →

Tags: Wildlife Gardening, organic, BEE, Bees, Pollen, Nectar, bee-friendly plants, Companion planting, wildlife gardening

Insect Warfare; Sustainable Gardening Tip #12 — 3 comments

afarmingartist wrote 1 month ago: If you want to grow food that you know is safe to eat for your family,  you probably want to adopt o … more →

Tags: gardening, Organic Gardening, Backyard gardening, Ground Beetle, aphid, Pests


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