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The yellow-legged hornet was found in Savannah, Georgia.

Form a local monarch butterfly group to share seeds, butterfly host plants, and information on protecting pollinators.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library is hosting a guest speaker in September to help residents with their fall gardening.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library is hosting a guest speaker in September to help residents with their fall gardening.

As spring turns into summer, you may be observing all sorts of bees, butterflies, moths and other pollinators happily visiting colourful blossoms. These beautiful and fascinating creatures provide the crucial

Ecologist Shelia R. Colla is not an unconditional fan of dandelions and other lawn weeds as sources of native pollinator food. She says the The lawn weeds, spared by #NoMowMay,

If your idea of the perfect garden includes abundant plants that do well with little human intervention, while attracting and supporting all manner of pollinators, you can make it real by planting native plants. The best way to attract them is by using plants that support them. Non-native species – exotic plants from Asia, Africa, South America and Europe and, to some degree, from distant regions of the U.S. – are simply not recognized as food sources by native pollinators.

This three-part series online on Feb. 1-3 will help inform you before starting in honey production or pollinator habitat planning.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Santa Barbara City College Foundation a sizable grant for a project that will connect students

Community Calendar: May 19-29 Wednesday 5/19 Literary Lunch: Brock Clarke discusses “I, Grape; Or the Case For Fiction” with Sarah Domet, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free, portlandlibrary.com. Wednesday 5/26 Edward Ball will speak about the book “The Life of a Klansman” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, as part of “Begin Again, reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” by Maine Historical Society in Portland. Contributed / Nina Subin “The Life of a Klansman,” Begin...