Category: Pollination

A wagon with pumpkins and squash

by Andrew C Wylie May 28, 2020 1

Cucurbits Insects Pollination Pumpkins Squash Vegetables

Maintaining Pumpkin and Squash Pollinators through 2020

If you wish to maintain strong populations of hoary squash bees on your farm next year and the following years, please plant at least an acre of pumpkin or squash on your farm. Continue Reading Maintaining Pumpkin and Squash Pollinators through 2020

by Elaine Roddy March 23, 2016 0

Pollination Vegetables

Are you a vegetable or fruit grower that depends upon pollinators to produce a crop?

With funding under the Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Initiative (GLASI), the University of Guelph, in partnership with Farms at Work,… Continue Reading Are you a vegetable or fruit grower that depends upon pollinators to produce a crop?

by Elaine Roddy August 14, 2015 0

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The Squash Bee; Essential Native Pollinator

By Ian Seifried, Summer Research Technician, OMAFRA. Squash bees are native pollinators. They are directly associated with the cucurbita family… Continue Reading The Squash Bee; Essential Native Pollinator