Thank you for attending my presentation, “Planting for Honey Bees and Pollinators,” at the Wilson County Beekeepers Association meeting on March 7, 2022. Below are the additional resources that I thought you might find useful. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I’m happy to help if I can.
~ Shannon Trimboli
My Contact Information
- My email address: info@shannontrimboli.com
- My Websites:
- Backyard Ecology
- My blog and podcast
- Lots of free educational information and resources for learning about the nature in your yard or community and how to create space for pollinators and wildlife.
- Busy Bee Nursery and Consulting
- Specializing in plants and habitat consulting services for honey bees, native pollinators and wildlife conservation.
- Our goal is to help you create the pollinator and wildlife habitat of your dreams.
- Plan to have 2022 plants added by mid-April
- My speaker and author website
- Learn more about my books, upcoming events and presentations, and much more.
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Backyard Ecology Resources
- All podcast episodes
- All blog articles
- Curated lists about
- Bees (all content types)
- Butterflies (all content types)
- Caterpillars (all content types)
- Hummingbirds (all content types)
- Moths (all content types)
- Native plants (all content types)
- Pollinator gardens (all content types)
- Tips for attracting pollinators and wildlife (blog articles)
My Books
- Plants Honey Bees Use in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys
- Let me know if you want me to sign it. I’m always happy to do that.
- Attract Pollinators and Wildlife to Your Yard: 15 Free and Easy Ways
- Let me know if you want me to sign it. I’m always happy to do that.
Free Downloadable Books and Magazine Articles
- Bumble Bees of the Eastern US – US Forest Service
- DIY Bumble Bee Conservation – Bumble Bee Conservation Trust
- Flora of the Southeastern United States
- Kentucky Pollinator Handbook – NRCS
- Native Plants for the Small Yard: Easy, Beautiful Home Gardens that Support Local Ecology
- 2 Million Blossoms sample with article about goldenrods that are good for garden settings
Other Books *
- Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide
- The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America’s Bees
* Amazon links are affiliate links.
Ecoregion resources
- EPA Ecoregions
- Interactive map with links to detailed information about Level III and Level IV ecoregions by state
- Ecoregional Planting Guides – Pollinator Partnership
- Enter zip code and will be taken to the free guide for your location
Other Online Resources
- NASA Honey Bee Forage Map
- The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative’s Seed Lists for the Nashville Basin
- Tennessee Invasive Plant Council
Plants I Mentioned as Possibilities to Consider
- Asters
- There are a bunch of native species. These are a few common ones.
- Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
- Calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
- Short’s aster (Symphyotrichum shortii)
- Smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laevis)
- Wavy-leaf aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum)
- Devil’s Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa)
- Beebalm or Wild bergamont (Monarda fistulosa)
- Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
- Milkweeds
- Butterfly (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Common (Asclepias syriaca)
- Rose or Swamp (Asclepias incarnata)
- Mountain mints
- There are a bunch of native species. These are a few common ones.
- Hairy mountain mint (Pycnanthemum pilosum)
- Hoary mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)
- Slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)