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Better Bee Habitat


A new poster highlighting the critical importance of bees and butterflies and pointing out ways in which landowners can enhance pollinator habitat is now available from the Minnesota DNR.

The poster offers tips for helping bees and butterflies by improving bee nesting habitat, nectar and pollen resources.

The poster, a cooperative project between the DNR Roadsides for Wildlife Program and the Xerces Society, is available for free by contacting the DNR Information Center at (651)296-6157, toll-free (888)646-6367 or online at www.mndnr.gov/roadsidesforwildlife. The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat



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