Simple Steps to Help Pollinators

Plant

Natives

Give Water

& Shelter

Minimize

Pesticides

Monitor &

Report

Jay Watson, WDNR

Simple Steps to Help Pollinators

Plant Natives

Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya Liatris aspera

Coneflower

Echinacea pallida Echinacea purpurea

Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve Symphyotrichum

oolentangiense

Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum Eutrochium purpeum

Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca Asclepias incarnata Asclepias verticillata

Give Water

& Shelter Pollinators need water to drink and safe plac-es to rest, avoid bad weather, and spend the winter. You can provide:

Brush and leaf

piles

Bee nest boxes

Bare earth

Water such as a

bird bath

Minimize

Pesticides Insecticides can harm or kill pollinators, and herbicides can kill the plants they need to survive. Avoid pesti-cide use in your polli-nator garden.

Monitor &

Report Report your observa-tions of bees, butter-flies, and other polli-nators. Visit wiatri.net/cbm to learn more.

Visit dnr.wi.gov and search for “Pollinators” to learn more