Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Seed for scarlet rose mallow (Hibiscus coccineus) was available at last year's plant propagation workshop for volunteers from the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory - Pelican Island Audubon Society class. Thank you to everyone who propagated this plant and brought seedlings…
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations declined by 44% during 2015 - 2016, according to the Bee Informed program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which surveys commercial and small-scale beekeepers to track the health of their bee colonies. Non-native…
Fossil records show that beetles were very abundant more than 300 million years ago. About 40% of the known insects are beetles. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, beetles are "responsible for pollinating 88% of the 240,000 flowering plants globally". Beetles…
Butterflies likely are the best-loved bugs, but bees, beetles, mosquitoes, flies, and other insects pollinate our plants, as do bats, hummingbirds, and tropical birds. June 20 to June 26, 2016 is pollinator week. Butterflies tend to prefer to nectar on…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 