Posts Tagged: Dormant

Considerations for Pollinators in Your Winter Garden

Author: Lisa Trapp

It’s easy to take our pollinator friends into consideration when the bright blooms of spring and fall are literally buzzing with activity, and when the lazy days of summer encourage nearby bees and butterflies to look for salt on sweaty arms. But we need to think of these helpful heroes in the winter too, creating a pollinator-friendly green space is a year-round endeavor.

 

Most bees and butterflies will be in a dormant period or state of “diapause” over the winter.

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