Bee-yond Grateful for Native Bees
Did you know there are over 800 species of native bees in Canada? Native bees come in various colours, shapes, and sizes. They range from...
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osstewardship
Nov 17, 2023
The Incomplete Metamorphosis of Mantids
#funfactfriday There are so many cool species of insects in the Okanagan and Similkameen but some of the coolest have to be Mantids! Did...
osstewardship
Nov 3, 2023
Buckwheat - Not Just for Pancakes
You might be familiar with buckwheat through breakfast foods and pancakes, but did you know that there are around 250 species of wild...
osstewardship
Oct 27, 2023
Scorpions Lighting Up the Night
#funfactfriday It's almost Halloween and so lets 'shine some light' on another one of our local creepy-crawlies: the Northern Scorpion! ...
osstewardship
Oct 20, 2023
A Widow's Warning
We're deep into #spookyseason so what better time to talk about one of BC's most infamous creepy-crawlies - the Western Black Widow...
osstewardship
Sep 15, 2023
How Mosquitoes take a bite
#funfactfriday Let's talk mosquitoes!! You may have heard that everything has a role to play in our ecosystems. Unfortunately , yes, this...
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