The days are getting longer!
It's time to prepare your bulbs! Plus, get ready for a noisy summer!
Mid-American Gardener Podcast: Episode 21
Avoid some of the more common landscaping mistakes this fall and winter with the help of Rusty Maulding.
Mid-American Gardener: Precious heirlooms
This week the panel is talking about heirloom tomatoes as well as zucchinis, flies, and bees.
Mid-American Gardener: Hostas la vista
The panel is talking about hostas, bees, and worms.
Crop-Protecting Fungicides May Be Hurting The Honey Bees
"The long-standing assumption is that fungicides won't be toxic to insects," says May Berenbaum, an entomologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. But Berenbaum and her colleagues found, in a study published Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that fungicides can harm bees by making it harder for them to metabolize their food.
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‘Murder Hornets’ Unlikely To Spread To Illinois, Pose Little Threat To Humans
URBANA – Giant hornets, which are native to Asia, arrived in Washington state for the first time at the end of last year. They’ve been dubbed “murder hornets” and garnered public attention in recent weeks. But it’s unlikely the insects will spread outside of Washington to pose any real threat, says Adam Dolezal, assistant professor…
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Dept. of Natural Resources Encourages More Plants At Solar Farms
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is encouraging owners of solar energy fields to be more pollinator-friendly. Across the planet, bees and other pollinating insect species are disappearing at an alarming rate. That’s due in part to a loss of natural habitat space to humans. Now, as part of the 2018 Pollinator-Friendly Solar Site Act,…