1. Pollinator friendly gardens

2. Suggested Plants  Native perennial flowering plants  Herbs  Fruit trees or flowering trees  Annual weeds and flowers  Try to arrange for a series of blooms from early spring to late fall.

3. Types of Pollinators  Bats  Butterflies  Birds  Moths  Beetles  Ants  Wasps  Flies  Bees

4. Common Colorado Butterflies Colorado Hairstreak Swallowtail Silver Blue Giant Painted Lady

5. Common Colorado Moths Cabbage MothSphinx Moth Yucca Moth

6. Bees, Flies, Wasps Bees  Round  4 wing  Eyes on side  Collect pollen in pollen baskets or hair on legs or abdomen Flies  Flat  2 wings  Eyes in front  Not hairy, don't collect pollen Wasps  Cinched waist  4 wings  Eyes on side  Not hairy  Striped

7. Bees  Bees are a species-rich group with over 19,500 described species  In America north of Mexico, there are approximately 3,500 described bee species  There are approximately 1000 species of bees in Colorado.  The number of described species, however, is only a portion of the actual total, as many additional undescribed species are known to exist.

8. Bees Solitary Bees Carpenter Bees Mason Bees Sweat Bees Leafcutter Bees Hive Bees Honey Bees Bumblebees

9. Underground vs Cavity Nesting Bees  30% of native bees live in cavities  Mason bees, leafcutter bees, carpenter bees  70% of native bees live under the ground  Bumblebees, sweat bees, cellophane bees

10. Mason Bee Life Cycle

11. Insect Houses

12. Cavity Nesting Bee House  Protect against wet weather  The bee house must be positioned in full sun, facing south east or south  Place at least a yard off the ground  There must be no vegetation in front of it obscuring the entrances to the tunnels.  Provide a variety of diameter tubes for a variety of species, use hollow stems and bamboo reeds.

13. Recommended Books  Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlhert  The Reason for Flower by Ruth Heller  The Clover and the Bee by Anne Ophelia Dowden

14. Recommended Resources  Audubon Insect and Spider Ap  Colorado Plateau Pollinators — http://pollinator.org/PDFs/ColoradoPlateau.rx2.pdf http://pollinator.org/PDFs/ColoradoPlateau.rx2.pdf  Xerces Society for Insect Preservation — http://www.xerces.orghttp://www.xerces.org  Citizen based science project — http://beesneeds.colorado.edu/http://beesneeds.colorado.edu/  Source for mason bee tubes — http://www.compostmania.com/Orchard-Mason-Bee-Nesting- Replacement-Tubes http://www.compostmania.com/Orchard-Mason-Bee-Nesting- Replacement-Tubes  Neonic pesticide free nursery — Harlequin's Garden Nursery in Boulder www.HarlequinsGardens.comwww.HarlequinsGardens.com