June Featured Pollinator: Hummingbirds
Ever wonder what made that trilling noise as it zipped over your head? While you suspected it was a hummingbird, […]
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Bee City Los Alamos Blog
Join in the Pollinator Conservation Movement by meeting the monthly Featured Pollinator, learning about pollinator-friendly gardening, and keeping up with Bee City Los Alamos news.
May Featured Pollinator: New Mexico’s Own Hairstreak Butterfly
The Juniper hairstreak, otherwise known as the Olive hairstreak, (Callophrys gryneus) is a native North American butterfly. This tiny butterfly
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Community Letter from the National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habit
To The Los Alamos Community: On behalf of the National Wildlife Federation®, we are pleased to congratulate Los Alamos onparticipating
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April Featured Pollinator: Morrison Bumble Bee
The Morrison bumble bee (Bombus morrisoni) is native to western North America, occurring from California to southern British Columbia and
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With the Return of Pollinators, Bee City Returns to iNaturalist
Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and bats are well-documented pollinators of native plants on the Pajarito Plateau. But smaller insects, particularly bees
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Bee City Los Alamos Welcomes New Coordinator
Bee City Los Alamos is excited to announce we have a new Coordinator! Britton Donharl comes to us with a
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How to Build and Maintain a Bee House to Support Native Pollinators
Native bees are some of our most important pollinators, but habitat loss has made it harder for them to find
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March Featured Pollinator: The Miner Bee
Mining bees, from the genus Andrena, are a huge group of bees that nest in the ground. There are over
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