Buzz

A mural in the pollinator garden at the environmental connections magnet school.

And yes, there were a lot of buzzing bees.

 

Butterfly highway

Do butterflies need a highway?  Can they read the sign?

 

Pollinator garden

The pollinator garden at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation has a small pond with water flowers,

Purple cone flowers

and Black-eyed Susans.

All ready for the butterflies.  There were a few bees, but no butterflies.

 

Butterfly Highway

When the neighbors have an overgrown yard, maybe it's something more.

Pollinators

Where else would you find busy pollinators, but in a pollinator garden?

Pollinator garden

It doesn't take a lot of room to create a space for pollinators, just creativity.  This park used the turn-around in their parking lot to make a place for bees and butterflies.

Pollinator garden

The Pollinator garden at the JC Raulston Arboretum was a busy place.  The bees and butterflies were everywhere. As they should be when they have their own homes right there.

A home for cavity dwelling bees

And busy hives for the honey bees.

Pollinator Garden

This little garden at the NC Museum of Life and Science is for pollinators.  It has the little bee house, and flowers for the butterflies.  You can see a tiger swallowtail if you look closely.