Abuzz with Activity in the Bumblebee Learning Garden

2021城市自然挑战结果

The last time I posted, it was the City Nature Challenge (CNC), an international bioblitz! In 2021 the Hampton Roads area did pretty well considering we are still coming out of a pandemic. There is also always room for improvement– stay tuned for our exciting CNC efforts for 2022!

以下是2021个结果：汉普顿道路有1,229种观察，540种，154个标识符和157名观察员。谢谢所有参加的人！

谁出现在上面？再一次，开普敦是＃1，观察57,286个观察，3,642种，585个标识符和1,248名观察员。让我们试着接近明年的那些令人敬畏的数字！

您可以访问Hampton Roads CNC网站这里to stay informed of any new developments.

Celebrating Pollinators

如果您在城市自然挑战期间访问了我们的550英亩公园，您也可能注意到在商务入口附近的蓬勃发展的大黄蜂学习园。如果您想了解更多有关它的信息，请单击此处！

If you are planning to visit the Museum and Park and want to explore a fun place, please consider passing by our lovely Learning Garden. We chose plants that bloom at various times of the year (namely spring, summer, and fall), and many plants are in full bloom right now. One of the most impressive and wonderful bee attractors is the purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).

Curiosity Fuels the Cat!

多年前我开始调查粉丝器更多，我想知道为什么我们在一些植物中找到一些粉刷者而不是其他人。此外，鲜花具有完全不同的形状和颜色，但在类似的气候和条件下仍然存活 - 有没有原因？

The answer is yes. The simplest reason is our good ol’ friend evolution! We could go down many rabbit holes today, but one I want to focus on is a special co-evolution between plants and their pollinators calledpollinator syndromes. (Click这里to read more about this incredible co-evolution.)

Plants, just like all living things, want to reproduce. For plants, we call this process pollination.授粉can occur by animals, the wind, or water by transporting pollen grains from the male flower parts (on most plants called花儿) to the female flower parts (on most plants calledstigmas).

Over time, plants in a certain region have evolved ways to entice specific local pollinators to visit their flowers ensuring their traits will be passed on. Sweet nectar, protein-rich pollen, flower shape, color, and scents are used for attracting animal pollinators.

一些像腐败的动物闻起来，而其他动物喜欢甜味的气味。一些粉丝器（例如，蜂鸟，飞蛾和蝴蝶）有用于管状花的舌头。其他人更喜欢较小的鲜花，取决于它们的尺寸。有特定植物的粉丝器（例如，蓝莓蜜蜂，Habropoda laboriosa), while others are what we call “generalists” who like many flowers, like the common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens）和其他土蜂种类。所有这些授粉者都很重要，无法在季节继续季节持续季节。

无论将动物吸引到花朵上，花都是用目的这样做的。由于粉碎机试图达到美味的花粉或花蜜，它们通常覆盖着粘性花粉。花粉是将从男性传递给花的女性部位所需的重要遗传物质，以成功授粉。下次看到蜜蜂潜入一朵花时，得到一些花粉和花粉，然后飞到另一个花，他们正在做重要的授粉行为！

Please visit the Garden and share your pictures with us on social media! #iamamariner