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Passionflower bee collecting pollen on yellow passionflower. 

Critter Spotlight: Passionflower Bee

For 15 years I have enjoyed observing the many pollinators that forage on the native passionflowers in my Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden. North Carolina is home to two native passionflower…

Bee clinging to a small pale green flower, orange pollen visible on its hind leg

Pollinator Plant Spotlight: Late Figwort

Even though I have been managing my Pollinator Paradise Garden for 15 years, it continues to teach me every year. The garden features over 225 unique species of plants (85% of them native to North…

Camouflaged looper on lemon bee balm.

Critter Spotlight: Camouflaged Looper

Recently while working in my Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden I was observing all the bee activity on the lemon beebalm (Monarda citriodora) when I noticed a slight movement out of the corner…

participants practice netting bumble bees

Community Scientists Trained to Participate in Bumble Bee Atlas Project

In mid-June about 16 pollinator enthusiasts gathered at N.C. Cooperative Extension's Pollinator Paradise Garden in Pittsboro to receive training as community scientists for the Southeast Bumble Bee…

Dried wildflower seed heads with white fluff against a blurred pink background

Fall Chores in the Pollinator Garden: Leave the Leaves and Save the Stems!

After planting, weeding, and watering through the spring and summer, some gardeners look forward to fall as a period of rest as plants senesce at the end of the season. Other gardeners are eager to…

Giant swallowtail butterfly on lantana.

Have You Seen the Largest Butterfly in the U.S.?

Every week (sometimes every day!) Extension Agents get asked to identify all sorts of interesting things. We get stopped on the street or queried through emails, social media, texts, calls, and/or…

Bumblebee perched on orange coneflower head collecting pollen

Recording of Bumble Bee Webinar Now Available for Viewing

In honor of Citizen Science Month, the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension conducted a webinar on April 30 on Using Community Science to Conserve Bumble Bees. Presenters…

Brown assassin bug with long antennae perched on the edge of a fuzzy green leaf

Incredible Diversity of Critters on Eggplant Crop

One of my duties as an Agriculture Agent for North Carolina Cooperative Extension is to help farmers when they are having crop problems. I was contacted by Screech Owl Greenhouses in mid-August…

Cooperative Extension's Pollinator Paradise Garden

Amazing Diversity of Critters at Cooperative Extension's Pollinator Garden!

Photos by Debbie Roos, Chatham County Cooperative Extension In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Mills to provide forage habitat for pollinators such as honey bees,…