1. Why do bees need flowering plants?
They need the pollen and nectar for food
They collect pollen because people train them to do so
When landing on flowers, bees are camouflaged
All of the above
2. Which of the following is important when selecting a mixture of plants for bees?
There needs to be red in the mix
The plants should not all flower at the same time
The plants should come as seeds as opposed to bare root plants, because seeds almost always establish better
The plants sound be GMO's in order to protect against pests
3. Create a pollinator garden that will feed bees from early to late in the season:
A
Prairie Moon
Nursery
Prairie Moon Nursery
North Creek
Nurseries
Prairie Moon
Nursery
B
Prairie Moon
Nursery
North Creek
Nurseries
North Creek
Nurseries
North Creek
Nurseries
C
Prairie Moon
Nursery
North Creek
Nurseries
Prairie Moon
Nursery
North Creek
Nurseries
D
Prairie Moon
Nursery
North Creek
Nurseries
Prairie Moon
Nursery
North Creek
Nurseries
4. The following are examples of early-blooming plants:
Clover, Carolina lupine, and hyssop
Linden, pussy willow, and Siberian squill
Sage, wild bergamot, and New England aster
Speckled tansy, catnip, and catmint
5. Which is the best nursery from which to purchase bee plants?
A native plant nursery has product that most closely matches your landscape's conditions
The gas station
Your local
hardware store
It is better to dig up plants from local fields than to buy them
6. This plant might be:
7. A plant species that has functional male and female flowers on separate
plants is called:
Dioecious
Heterosexual
Monoecious
Perfect or complete
8. Consider the following before selecting plants:
Hardiness zone
Soil type and light levels
Availability of plants
All of the above
9. When would you expect this plant to begin blooming?
10. You might find these plants at a native plant nursery:
Serviceberry, globethistle, and Salvia nemorosa
Catnip, African bergamot, and swamp milkweed
Asclepias syriaca , goldenrod, and purple prairie clover
Wild rose, birdsfoot trefoil, and clover
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