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PRESENTATION BY POLLINATE BARRIE
Pollinate Barrie provided a presentation and discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• Background of Pollinate Barrie
• Growing native plants, education and plants
• Projects of Pollinate Barrie
• Why is the work important
o Pollinators in crisis
o Habitat loss
o Climate change
o Non native and invasive species
o Leaves are not litter
• How native plants, trees and habitats help
• Insects as a food supply for mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles
• Decline of insect species
• Food chain
• Insects are essential to bird survival
• Native bees
• Bee’s eye view of a neighbourhood
• Honeybees
• People need native pollinators
• Native insects are picky eaters
• Base of food chain is plants
• Creating a pollinator protection strategy
• Guiding principles, priorities and actions; and
• Bee City, Bird City.
The Members of Committee asked questions of the presenters and received answers.