Fw: HVC meeting, Mon., Apr. 19 Pollinators with Mark O'Brien
ruth hart
I thought gardeners might be interested in this program on Monday with the Michigan Botanical Club. All our lectures are free and open to the public. Ruth
--- On Thu, 4/15/10, hartr...@netzero.com <hartr...@netzero.com> wrote:
> From: hartr...@netzero.com <hartr...@netzero.com>
> Subject: Fw: HVC meeting, Mon., Apr. 19 Pollinators with Mark O'Brien
> To: hartr...@yahoo.com
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 2:58 PM
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> From: "Larry D. Noodén" <ld...@umich.edu>
> To: MBC...@umich.edu
> Subject: HVC meeting, Mon., Apr. 19 Pollinators with
> Mark O'Brien
> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:27:20 -0400
>
> Monday, Apr. 19 at 7:45 P.M. in the Matthaei Botanical
> Gardens
> Auditorium, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor, MI
>
> TITLE ? IT'S NOT ONLY BEES: MANAGING YOUR GARDEN FOR
> POLLINATORS
> presented by Mr. Mark F. O?Brien, Insect Collection
> Manager, College
> of Literature, Science and Arts, University of Michigan
> Museum of
> Zoology. Many gardeners are under the impression that
> honeybees and
> butterflies are the main pollinators of their
> flowers. By focusing on
> only the blooms and not the overall habitat in their
> gardens and
> natural areas, they are missing out on other groups of
> insects that
> are valuable pollinators. Mark will showcase some of
> the many insects
> that are beneficial as well as try and convince gardeners
> to abandon
> pesticides and fertilizers and instead work on diversity
> and habitat
> improvement to favor a diverse insect fauna.
>
> Mark F. O'Brien, has been an entomologist for over 30
> years. His
> entomological interests range from the study of solitary
> bees and
> wasps to dragonflies, and he has published in a variety
> of
> entomological journals. His current projects are
> documenting the
> dragonflies of Michigan, and studying several species of
> leaf-cutter
> bees in Ann Arbor.
>
>
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