gumweed's bees and pollination needs

[James Cane]

Greetings Beepeople

A corrected version of our ms is finally available: " Pollination needs and diverse bees of a prospective fuelbreak wildflower, curlycup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)(Asteraceae)". I have come to admire Grindelia for its reliable bloom, even in a severe drought like we have had this summer when most everything else is brown and crisp. It can be a life saver for bees on the wing in late summer where it blooms. Our's is only a perspective from the eastern Great Basin and Snake River Plains, but the species extends west to California and east into the Plains, and the genus is in South America too. Anyway, if that interests you, the pdf is here:

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James H. Cane

Native bee and pollination ecologist

Emeritus USDA-ARS Bee Lab, Logan, Utah

owner -  WildBeecology

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[Russel Barsh]

Thank you, Jim!

Where we work, in the rainshadow islands of the Salish Sea, with desert-like conditions (as low as 14 inches of rain, very young sandy porous soils) we have come to the same conclusion about our Grindelia integrifolia, and we recommend it to land managers to support mid- to late-summer pollinators.

Russel.

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Russel Barsh

Director, KWIAHT

PO Box 415, Lopez Island WA 98261

http://www.kwiaht.org

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