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Bee-yond Grateful for Native Bees

Did you know there are over 800 species of native bees in Canada? Native bees come in various colours, shapes, and sizes. They range from...

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The Incomplete Metamorphosis of Mantids

#funfactfriday There are so many cool species of insects in the Okanagan and Similkameen but some of the coolest have to be Mantids! Did...

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Buckwheat - Not Just for Pancakes

You might be familiar with buckwheat through breakfast foods and pancakes, but did you know that there are around 250 species of wild...

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Scorpions Lighting Up the Night

#funfactfriday It's almost Halloween and so lets 'shine some light' on another one of our local creepy-crawlies: the Northern Scorpion! ...

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A Widow's Warning

We're deep into #spookyseason so what better time to talk about one of BC's most infamous creepy-crawlies - the Western Black Widow...

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How Mosquitoes take a bite

#funfactfriday Let's talk mosquitoes!! You may have heard that everything has a role to play in our ecosystems. Unfortunately , yes, this...