{"id":4337,"date":"2024-04-30T14:53:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=4337"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:54:58","slug":"know-your-five-pollinator-fact-sheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/know-your-five-pollinator-fact-sheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollinator Fact Sheets Spotlight Bees Important for Fruit &amp; Vegetable Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2024\/02\/bumblebee-clover.jpg?resize=525%2C295\" alt=\"A bumble bee flies next to a red cover flower.\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2024\/02\/bumblebee-clover.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2024\/02\/bumblebee-clover.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2024\/02\/bumblebee-clover.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the warming temps and growing season kicking off, UVM Extension&#8217;s Pollinator Program has new resources for use about crop pollinators and how to support them in select Vermont grown crops.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;Do You Know Your 5?&#8221; factsheet series spotlights the five bees which are most important to pollination of the following fruits and vegetables:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 20px\">\n<li>Apple<\/li>\n<li>Blueberry<\/li>\n<li>Bramble<\/li>\n<li>Ground cherry and tomatillo<\/li>\n<li>Squash<\/li>\n<li>Stone fruit<\/li>\n<li>Strawberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the \u201cKnow Your 5\u201d crop pollinator guides on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/extension\/pollinator-support-resources\">pollinator support webpage<\/a> under the \u201cKnow your 5\u201d pollinator support factsheet series drop down menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the warming temps and growing season kicking off, UVM Extension&#8217;s Pollinator Program has new resources for use about crop pollinators and how to support them in select Vermont grown crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,53,14],"tags":[121,117,116,93,115],"class_list":["post-4337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-ext","category-programs","category-research","tag-bees","tag-berry","tag-fruit","tag-pollinators","tag-vegetable"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4090,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/grant-pollinators-and-cover-cropping\/","url_meta":{"origin":4337,"position":0},"title":"Grant to Study Pollinators and Cover Cropping Awarded","author":"CALS Communications","date":"February 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"UVM Extension Pollinator Support Specialist Laura Johnson and Extension Vegetable and Berry Specialist Vern Grubinger have been awarded a $97,863 grant from the Northeast Risk Management Education Program for the project, Cover Crop Sequences to Support Pollinators and Soil Health on Diversified Vegetable Farms. 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