Simple Steps to Help Pollinators Plant Natives Give Water & Shelter Minimize Pesticides Monitor & Report Jay Watson, WDNR
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Simple Steps to Help Pollinators
Plant
Natives
Give Water
& Shelter
Minimize
Pesticides
Monitor &
Report
Jay Watson, WDNR
Simple Steps to Help Pollinators
Plant Natives
Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya Liatris aspera
Coneflower
Echinacea pallida Echinacea purpurea
Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve Symphyotrichum
oolentangiense
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum Eutrochium purpeum
Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Asclepias incarnata Asclepias verticillata
Give Water
& Shelter Pollinators need water to drink and safe plac-es to rest, avoid bad weather, and spend the winter. You can provide:
Brush and leaf
piles
Bee nest boxes
Bare earth
Water such as a
bird bath
Minimize
Pesticides Insecticides can harm or kill pollinators, and herbicides can kill the plants they need to survive. Avoid pesti-cide use in your polli-nator garden.
Monitor &
Report Report your observa-tions of bees, butter-flies, and other polli-nators. Visit wiatri.net/cbm to learn more.
Visit dnr.wi.gov and search for “Pollinators” to learn more
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