The plight of bees and other pollinators has been a hot topic over the last several years. Horticulturalist Ken Johnson will discuss some of their challenges, and how those challenges ultimately impact our own future! Learn about the inner lives of bees, as well as how to make your landscape both attractive and friendly to them.
Ken Johnson is the Horticulture Educator at the University of Illinois, serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott Counties. His educational efforts focus on fruit and vegetable production, pest management, and beneficial insects. Through his programming efforts, he aims to increase backyard food production and foster a greater appreciation of insects. He is one of the authors of the Illinois Extension Good Growing Blog, and one of the Good Growing Podcast hosts.

Read more about Ken Johnson here:
https://extension.illinois.edu/ccgms/...

Read more about bees:
https://go.illinois.edu/illinoisbees

Dr. John Hilty information on Illinois Wildflowers:
https://illinoiswildflowers.info/

Pollinator Partnership Planting Guides by Ecoregion:
https://www.pollinator.org/guides

Xerces Society - Pollinator plants for the Midwest Region:
https://xerces.org/sites/default/file...

Illinois Extension Plant Selector:
https://illinoispollinators.org/polli...

Native Plant Selector:
https://sagmoraine.org/plant-selector/

Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides:
https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/pub...

Habitat Installation Guide: Xerces:
https://xerces.org/sites/default/file...

NRCS Pollinator Biology and Habitat:
https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/refere...

Good Growing Blog:
https://go.Illinois.edu/GoodGrowing

Good Growing Podcast:
https://go.Illinois.edu/GoodGrowingPo...

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