Pollinators On The Prairie
Honeybee on Snow on the Mountain.
Inspired by visits to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, we’ve been adding prairie plants to attract pollinators and sustain our dwindling Monarch populations. We’ve been especially impressed with a bonus plant that must have been included in a package of milkweed seed.
Snow on the Mountain, also known as Bishop’s Weed is a statuesque plant that, at least at first, I hadn’t seen any of our honeybees working on the blossoms.
But a visit outside in the heat of the morning revealed a healthy number of bees lumbering over the white petals.
A Monarch caterpillar on milkweed.
Nearby, the milkweed had been looking impressive and a Monarch caterpillar was discovered munching his way up the plant.
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