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At a Glance
Ann Harman,
international consultant in
agriculture and a resident
of Rappahannock
County, will talk about the
critical role of pollinators
at the Rappahannock
County Public Library on
Tuesday, July 28 at 7
p.m. Bring your
questions and find out
what you can do to help
our pollinators maintain
their important role in our
ecosystems and our daily
lives. The program is
free.
birds, we also need to thank them for their role in pollination. They are joined by other birds, butterflies, ' beetles, mosquitoes, and bats in this task.
What do you need to be a good pollinator? Fuzz, fur, hair and the ability to move around. Flying about is especially helpful. It does not matter what time of day—or night—a pollinator chooses to move around. Something will be blooming that benefits from pollination.
In the list of pollinators, human beings are not mentioned, but we do pollination — in a deliberate sense. Just look in your mailbox during January when the seed and nursery catalogs are arriving. There are always new varieties and cultivars offered. The developers and growers of these new offerings have been busy either pollinating or controlling the pollination of the plants that you will be choosing for your garden.
We should not also ignore the plants’ role in the pollination process. They have evolved ways to lure specific pollinators to specific plant species over the millions of
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