Activity Kit Materials
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Information Resources
Pollinator Resources:
Bees of Toronto: https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8eb7-Biodiversity-BeesBook-Division-Planning-And-Development.pdf
Pollinator Partnership Canada: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca/
Insight Pollinator Citizen Science app: https://insightcitizenscience.com/
University of Guelph: Meet Ontario’s Pollinators: https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/news/meet-ontarios-pollinators
David Suzuki Foundation: https://davidsuzuki.org/project/pollinators/
Places to Purchase Native Wildflower Seeds and Plants:
Urban Harvest: http://uharvest.ca/shop/
Ontario Native Plants: https://onplants.ca/
Pollinators Pals Activity Cards: Photo Credits
Pollinator Pals Activity Cards
Eastern Carpenter Bee: https://bugguide.net/node/view/130690
Monarch Butterfly: https://grist.org/food/of-monarchs-and-milkweeds-how-one-species-pest-is-anothers-repast/
Green Sweat Bee: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/live-green-toronto/torontos-official-bee/
Ruby Throated Hummingbird: https://www.woodstreampartnerportal.com/articles/ruby-throated-hummingbird-migration
We Love our Pollinator Pals!
Monarch Butterfly: https://www.gardenia.net/guide/save-monarch-butterflies-with-these-ornamental-milweeds
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee: https://vtecostudies.org/blog/once-common-in-vermont-rusty-patched-bumble-bee-now-federally-endangered/
Who are pollinators?
Black Swallowtail Butterfly: https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/106/black-swallowtail
Green Sweat Bee
Green Sweat Bee 1 (male): https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/live-green-toronto/torontos-official-bee/
Green Sweat Bee 2 (female): https://www.wildlifenorthamerica.com/Insect/Sweat-bee/Agapostemon/virescens.html
Seed Balls
Seed Balls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF33FxDNJsU
Black Swallowtail Butterfly
Black Swallowtail Butterfly: https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/106/black-swallowtail
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar: https://uwm.edu/field-station/black-tiger-swallowtails-family-papilionidae/
Butterfly Stretches
Stages of Black Swallowtail Butterfly metamorphosis: https://www.butterfliesathome.com/black-swallowtail-butterfly.htm
Squash Bees
Squash Bee 1: https://www.sharpeatmanguides.com/squash-bees
Squash Bee 2: https://theconversation.com/a-common-soil-pesticide-cut-wild-bee-reproduction-by-89-heres-why-scientists-are-worried-155985
Bee Fountains
Squash Bee: https://www.sharpeatmanguides.com/squash-bees
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee 1: https://vtecostudies.org/blog/once-common-in-vermont-rusty-patched-bumble-bee-now-federally-endangered/
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee 2: https://bugguide.net/node/view/240914
Citizen Science: Pollinator Monitoring
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee: https://www.honeybeesuite.com/officially-endangered-the-rusty-patched-bumble-bee/
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Ruby Thoated Hummingbird: https://www.woodstreampartnerportal.com/articles/ruby-throated-hummingbird-migration
Nest: https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/262053272038243189/
Critter Hunt
Magnifying glass: https://www.freepik.com/premium-photo/look-magnifying-glass-butterfly-sits-flowers-selective-focus_3805331.htm
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Eastern Carpenter Bee 1: https://bugguide.net/node/view/130690
Eastern Carpenter Bee 2: https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_SOP2591&res=640
Carpenter Bee Hotels
Carpenter Bee Hotels: http://www.tcbeekeepers.org/bee-condos.html
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth: https://donnallong.com/clearwing-hummingbird-moth-and-its-life-cycle/
Hummingbird Clearwing Caterpillar: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hemaris-thysbe
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly: https://www.gardenia.net/guide/save-monarch-butterflies-with-these-ornamental-milweeds
Monarch Caterpillar: https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/337418197065640212/
Milkweed Planting
Monarch Butterfly: https://grist.org/food/of-monarchs-and-milkweeds-how-one-species-pest-is-anothers-repast/
Beautiful Creatures Blessing
Eastern Carpenter Bee: https://bugguide.net/node/view/130690
Strange Creatures Blessing
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth: https://donnallong.com/clearwing-hummingbird-moth-and-its-life-cycle/
Planting for Pollinators
Smooth Blue Aster: https://onplants.ca/product/symphyotrichum-laeve/
Scarlet Bee Balm: https://onplants.ca/product/scarlet-beebalm/
Black Eyed Susan: https://onplants.ca/product/rudbeckia-hirta/
Butterfly Milkweed: https://onplants.ca/product/asclepias-tuberosa/
Lanceleaf Coreopsis: https://onplants.ca/product/lanceleaf-coreopsis/
Common Milkweed: https://onplants.ca/product/asclepias-syriaca/
Wild Columbine: https://onplants.ca/product/aquilegia-canadensis/
Purple Coneflower: https://onplants.ca/product/echinacea-purpurea/