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Tag: Bees
Pollination Station: Midsummer Update 2023
Third year’s the charm as the Mountain Lake PBS Pollination Station bursts with life on the lawn of 1 Sesame Street—our home base in Plattsburgh, NY. Our garden is jam-packed with pollinator-friendly plants, providing food in the summer and shelter during winter for butterflies, birds, and bees. As this hot, wet season marches on, not…
Summer is in Full Bloom at the Mountain Lake PBS Pollination Station!
Third year’s the charm as the Mountain Lake PBS Pollination Station bursts with life on the lawn of 1 Sesame Street—our home base in Plattsburgh, NY. Pollinator-friendly plants in three honeycomb shaped garden beds provide food in summer and shelter during winter for butterflies, birds, and bees. After two years of tender love and care,…
Pollination Station: End of Summer Update 2022
Last year, Mountain Lake PBS planted our very own Pollination Station on the lawn of 1 Sesame Street—our home base in Plattsburgh, NY. This summer, we eagerly got our hands dirty tending to our pollinator-friendly garden by weeding, watering, and adding new native plant species for butterflies, birds, and bees to enjoy – as well…
Pollination Station: Midsummer Update 2022
Last year, Mountain Lake PBS planted our very own Pollination Station on the lawn of 1 Sesame Street—our home base in Plattsburgh, NY. Our garden is jam-packed with pollinator-friendly plants, providing food in the summer and shelter during winter for butterflies, birds, and bees. This summer, as we continue to tend and expand our plots,…
Pollination Station: Early Summer Update 2022
Last year, Mountain Lake PBS planted our very own Pollination Station on the lawn of 1 Sesame Street—our home base in Plattsburgh, NY. Pollinator-friendly plants in three honeycomb shaped garden beds provide food in the summer and shelter during winter for butterflies, birds, and bees. After our first year of watering, weeding, and fending off…
The MLPBS Pollination Station Is Back and Buzzing!
Last year, Mountain Lake PBS planted our very own Pollination Station on the lawn of 1 Sesame Street—our home base in Plattsburgh, NY. In partnership with AdkAction, families and friends from across the North Country came together to help us plant a variety of pollinator-friendly plants in three honeycomb shaped garden beds. From Blue Lobelia…
Calling Gardeners of All Ages: Help Plant the MLPBS Pollinator-Power Garden!
Do you like getting your hands dirty and helping out? Bee a friend to local pollinators with Mountain Lake PBS and AdkAction! This summer, AdkAction’s Mobile Pollinator Garden Trailer, or “Pollinator-Mobile,” will travel around the Adirondacks, helping plant eleven community pollinator gardens as part of their hands-on pollinator conservation efforts – and Mountain Lake PBS…
What’s the Buzz on World Bee Day?
May 20th is World Bee Day! On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. World Bee Day is an opportunity to celebrate the important role bees and other pollinators play in our ecosystem and to raise awareness of the threats they face. Did you know that bees help pollinate more than 75% of the world’s food crops,…
The Buzz on Beekeeping
In “The Buzz on Beekeeping,” we talk to beekeeper Tanner Whalen from Moriah, New York about what it’s like to be a beekeeper. Tanner has been beekeeping for about two years now and talks to us about the differences between stinging insects, what bioindicators are, and how honey is made! And check out this extra…
Sen. Schumer Concerned Over USDA Cuts To Research on Bee Decline
New York Senator Chuck Schumer says proposed budget cuts by the USDA will eliminate the collection of data on Honey Bees, and that he warns, could have a negative impact on beekeepers and agriculture in the North Country.
