{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"UK research reveals list of bee-friendly plants &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cmEOM3LVKc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/uk-research-reveals-list-bee-friendly-plants\/\">UK research reveals list of bee-friendly plants<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/uk-research-reveals-list-bee-friendly-plants\/embed\/#?secret=cmEOM3LVKc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;UK research reveals list of bee-friendly plants&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"cmEOM3LVKc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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The list can help homeowners, who have a desire to participate in bee conservation efforts, find the right plants for their yards. \u201cThis list allows the average homeowner to participate in meaningful bee conservation efforts using science-based plant recommendations,\u201d said Bernadette Mach, a doctoral student in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment who is working with Professor Daniel Potter\u2019s program. In the past five to 10 years, researchers estimate that pollinator populations have declined between 30 and 60 percent, depending on the pollinator. While much of the attention has focused on dwindling honeybee populations due to colony collapse disorder, native bee populations including bumblebees, mason bees and many other solitary bee species, are also on the decline. Habitat loss due to urban and suburban sprawl is one of the main reasons. Mach, originally from Hartselle, Alabama, started her research project in the summer of 2014. It is the first comprehensive study of its kind.\u00a0 The project has been supported by grants from the Bayer North American Bee Care Center, the Horticultural Research Institute, U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and UK\u2019s Office of the Vice President for Research. \u201cThis research provides a way to help restore the habitat and resources of bees and other pollinators while diversifying urban landscapes with horticulturally desirable plants,\u201d Potter said. Mach took visual counts of bees visiting various trees and shrubs in locations around Lexington and Cincinnati, two urban centers relatively close in distance with comparable landscape plantings. She also identified 50 bees visiting the plant or planting at each site.\u00a0 She would repeat this for a particular plant species at five different sites, characterizing both the relative attractiveness of about 75 different species of woody landscape plants, as well as the types of bees that visit each plant across a total of about 375 different landscape sites. \u201cWe wanted to document which species of bees visit which species of woody ornamentals,\u201d Mach said. \u201cThis information is useful for distinguishing which plants a honeybee keeper might want to plant versus someone who is interested in conserving bumblebees.\u201d The list includes bee-friendly ratings of plants along with the bloom times of each. Mach identified a number of horticulturally desirable but underutilized plants as \u201cbee magnets,\u201d information that could help to spur sales of those plants by Kentucky nursery producers, landscapers, and garden centers. The full list of bee-friendly trees and shrubs titled, \u201cPlants Bees Like Best,\u201d is available at http:\/\/growwise.org\/ChallengeToolkit\/. It is also available on the Potter lab website https:\/\/entomology.ca.uky.edu\/files\/bee_friendly_shrubs_and_trees_handout.pdf. If you have any questions, contact the Whitley County Cooperative Extension Service at 549-1430; e-mail DL_CES_WHITLEY@EMAIL.UKY.EDU; or visit the office located at 4275 N. Highway 25W in Goldbug."}