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Stop#12 – Ivor Wynne Centre Pollinator Garden

The twelfth stop on the Bee Trail was originally constructed in 2018 and was placed outside the Life Sciences Building, and in 2022 was moved to the east side of Ivor Wynne Centre’s High Performance Training Space. Students Katrina Cantera and Molly Bradford helped come up with this brilliant idea, including the addition of plants around the site. The native plants include Butterfly Weed, Milkweed, and Goldenrod. These plants attract not only bees, but also butterflies, and moths which help increase biodiversity in the area, ultimately helping the pollinators.

 

Fun Fact: Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are generalists that can pollinate a wide variety of plants, making them essential for crops like tomatoes and blueberries. (1)

 

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References:

  1. Pollinator Facts [Internet]. Pollinator Partnership Canada. Available from: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/pollinator-facts