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Enhance your Pollinator Garden with a Seed Library Event
Join the Los Alamos Seed Library and members of Bee City Los Alamos to learn about saving seeds in the gardens at the Los Alamos Nature Center. During this program, we will discover the important…

October Featured Pollinator: The Genus Megachile, Leafcutter Bees
Text by Craig Martin Many of the bees reported in the Bee City iNaturalist Project for Los Alamos County are in the genus Megachile. The name means “large lipped” and comes from the oversized mandibles that…

October Featured Garden: Lee McAtee’s Pollinator Paradise
Text and Photos by KokHeong McNaughton During the Cerro Grande fire, many homes in our community were lost, particularly in the Western Area and North Community. Some home owners stayed and rebuilt. Others sold their…

Lovely Lazuli Bunting
by Selvi Viswanathan I am fascinated this year by watching Lazuli Buntings visit for the past few days. The first sighting of a stunning male was by Hari in our yard. (Feature photo is his!)…