{"id":213,"date":"2013-08-26T13:33:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/?p=213"},"modified":"2013-08-26T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:33:45","slug":"needed-bee-pollinators-both-honey-bees-and-bumble-bees-are-disappearing-what-can-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/needed-bee-pollinators-both-honey-bees-and-bumble-bees-are-disappearing-what-can-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Needed Bee Pollinators both Honey Bees and Bumble Bees are disappearing-What can we do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"What's the Buzz\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/1eQfppcRQQ0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-214\" title=\"Bees our Native Pollinators\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BeePoster1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BeePoster1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BeePoster1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Elaine Evans a researcher at the University of Minnesota gave a talk in Ely August 21, 2013 sponsored by the Ely Field Naturalists. \u00a0She also conducted a short field trip in the afternoon to help us identify local native Bumble Bees. \u00a0The facts are Bumble Bees are disappearing, along with Honey Bees, and there are things we can all do to help prevent further declines in our bee populations. \u00a0 As native plants are replaced by non-native invasive species native pollinator populations, like our native Bumble Bees, also decline. \u00a0One thing we can do is bring back native species to our gardens and local areas. \u00a0Another important point made by Elaine was to check with your local nursery when purchasing native plants and make sure they do not contain long lasting persistent pesticides. \u00a0Scientists now know that pesticides have played a significant role in the decline of bee populations around the world. \u00a0Many species now extinct. \u00a0<a title=\"Native Bumble Bees in Minnesota\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/1eQfppcRQQ0\"><strong>You can see Elaine&#8217;s full talk here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elaine Evans a researcher at the University of Minnesota gave a talk in Ely August 21, 2013 sponsored by the Ely Field Naturalists. She also conducted a short field trip in the afternoon to help us identify local native Bumble Bees. The facts are Bumble Bees are disappearing, along with Honey Bees, and there are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,122,84,115],"tags":[123,156,124],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elyminnesota.com\/elybuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}