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This is what the loma linda, redlands, colton areas used to be like when it was a major migration pathway for monarch butterflies. we can bring it back!
Let's start by following the four guidelines below.
Four easy steps to create butterfly friendly communties
Protecting, enhancing, or providing habitat is the best way to conserve pollinators. Whether you tend a small ower box in the city or maintain a large rural garden, there are practical steps you can take to improve the health, abundance, and diversity of your local pollinators.
Four Principles To Help Pollinators
1. Create a Diversity of Bloom
Bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects need abundant nectar and pollen sources throughout the growing season. Select native plants wherever possible. Cultivate a landscape with a diversity of flowering plants that are known to provide abundant pollen and nectar for pollinators.
Try to provide blooming plants from early spring to fall, with at least three species of ower in bloom each season. Note that some ornamental plants have been selected for traits that are attractive to people, rather than pollinators. Avoid pollenless cultivars and double-petaled varieties of ornamental owers.
Try to provide blooming plants from early spring to fall, with at least three species of ower in bloom each season. Note that some ornamental plants have been selected for traits that are attractive to people, rather than pollinators. Avoid pollenless cultivars and double-petaled varieties of ornamental owers.
2. Protect Nests and Egg-Laying Sites for butterflies and bees
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Native bees use untidy areas of the garden to nest such as open sandy ground, brush piles, and old tree stumps and snags. Consider leaving some of these for wildlife habitat. Supplement nesting opportunities with mason bee houses or bundles of hollow plant stems.
Butterflies often need specific host plants to feed on during their caterpillar stage. For example the caterpillars of monarch butterflies feed exclusively on the leaves of various milkweeds. Protect or plant the host plants of butterflies native to your area. |
3. Don’t Use Pesticides
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Pesticides can be important tools for protecting crops and controlling invasive species, however most lawn and garden pest problems can be solved without such chemicals. Keep in mind that even “organic-approved” insecticides can harm pollinators and other wildlife.
Herbicides, while usually not directly lethal to insects, can reduce plant diversity, including the diversity of weedy, noninvasive wild owers that provide essential pollen and nectar for bees, butter ies, and hummingbirds. |
4. Spread the Word
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Let your friends and neighbors know you’re providing habitat with a pollinator habitat sign. Talking to your community will encourage more people to join this important effort, helping even more pollinators!
If you would like to volunteer for our planning committee, Citizen Science group, media spokesperson, or educator, sign up on our |
Some are not aware that bees also nest in the ground. Please protect these areas!
PLEASE NEVER NEVER NEVER CALL AN EXTERMINATOR TO KILL BEES IN YOUR YARD OR AROUND A BUSINESS. FOR THE SAME COST YOU CAN CALL A SERVICE THAT WILL REMOVE THE HIVE WITHOUT KILLING THE BEES AND GIVE THEM A NEW HOME. WE NEED TO PROTECT ALL OUR BEES. MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS TELL ME THEY ARE GETTING NO VEGETABLES IN THEIR GARDEN OR FRUIT ON THEIR TREES AND DON'T SEE ANY BEES, BUTTERFLIES, LADY BUGS, OR OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS.
Here is an example of a BEE RESCUE. These are bumble bees that did not even sting the unsuspecting man that was mowing the overgrown lot. He was kind enough to call the bee rescue and they were saved and moved to a new area. Isn't that great!
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LOCAL BEE RESCUE BUSINESS WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND
The people at Bee Rooted are fantastic. They will work with you to remove a rouge beehive that has taken up residence in your yard and you don't want it there. Was horrified when that happened to my neighbor across the street and they call Terminex. The day the bee hive died. Was so sad. Did try and call a local beekeeper that also runs sever eco friendly dry cleaners, but was inexperienced for removing from that kind of location. WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOW ABOUT BEE ROOTED!
Think it was because of that experience I became motivated to look for a way to not kill the bees, but save them instead. That is when I discovered Bee Rooted! Amanda has went out of her way to help me and will do a fantastic job for you. Have total admiration for all she does for her community and is always giving back. She is sympathetic after having to overcome some personal challenges herself where she struggled to stay alive. Besides being a mother of several children she has battled universal chemical sensitivity and could not leave her house for over 2 years. Her health has now greatly improved. Amanda is also an expert in plants, plant oils, and how to use them. Please share this option with others. |
BEE RESCUE INSTEAD OF BEE EXTERMINATION AT THE SAME COST
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PLANT MONARCH BUTTERFLY HOST PLANTS
MONARCHS NEED MILKWEED TO LIVE
It is important to plant milkweed that is native to your area
We have plants and seeds so please contact us!
Last year in 2016 we had milkweed plants. Butterflies came in February and laid eggs. We had about 16 caterpillars. Then the state ordered all our home citrus trees be sprayed with a toxic pesticide in loma linda and surrounding areas. the caterpillars disappeared right after and virtually no butterflies after that.
The only proof we have that the State of California Asian Citrus Psyllid pesticide spraying is related to the disappearance of the caterpillars, butterflies and bees from my yard and that of my neighbors is observational, but when you read the pesticide label warnings you can't help but realize this is poison that kills.
When I attended a meeting that the State sponsored for us to ask questions, I went and the toxcologist went on and on how safe it, and that it will disappear into nothingness hours after use. The truth is that it has to be touched by sunlight to breakdown, and in shady areas can persist for days and give enough time for children, pets, and people to come in contact with it.
It is actually ILLEGAL for the government to come onto our property to apply a toxic poison without our permission. The state is spraying for both the Asian Citrus Psyllid (which was that spraying) and for mosquitoes. We all have to work together for PREVENTION! It is easy and if we work together can eliminate the treat all together. Check back for an entire section on our webpage dedicated to just that. To start PLEASE REMOVE ALL STANDING WATER FROM YOUR YARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT RAINS OR YOU WATER. That is where mosquitoes breed and all they need is a small capful of water to lay eggs!
When I attended a meeting that the State sponsored for us to ask questions, I went and the toxcologist went on and on how safe it, and that it will disappear into nothingness hours after use. The truth is that it has to be touched by sunlight to breakdown, and in shady areas can persist for days and give enough time for children, pets, and people to come in contact with it.
It is actually ILLEGAL for the government to come onto our property to apply a toxic poison without our permission. The state is spraying for both the Asian Citrus Psyllid (which was that spraying) and for mosquitoes. We all have to work together for PREVENTION! It is easy and if we work together can eliminate the treat all together. Check back for an entire section on our webpage dedicated to just that. To start PLEASE REMOVE ALL STANDING WATER FROM YOUR YARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT RAINS OR YOU WATER. That is where mosquitoes breed and all they need is a small capful of water to lay eggs!
DON'T USE PESTICIDES
Studies have shown that even at ONE BILLION PARTS PER BILLION is enough to kill butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects that do great things like keep mosquitoes, and other insects that attack plants and trees from multiplying. So helping butterflies is a win-win in many other ways! Birds have a diet that is 85% insects. If they are eating insects that have pesticides on them they can die as well.
There are certain types of pesticides that are extremely toxic to our Monarchs, all butterflies and bees, birds, people and pets.
There are certain types of pesticides that are extremely toxic to our Monarchs, all butterflies and bees, birds, people and pets.
Neonicotinoids are a group of insecticides that are used widely on farms, as well as around our homes, schools, and city landscapes. Used to protect against sap-sucking and leaf-chewing insects, neonicotinoids are systemic, which means they are absorbed by the plant tissues and expressed in all parts, including nectar and pollen. Unfortunately, bees, butterflies, and other flower-visiting insects are harmed by the residues. Extremely concerning is the prolific inclusion of these insecticides in home garden products. Home garden products containing neonicotinoids can legally be applied in far greater concentrations in gardens than they can be on farms – sometimes at concentrations as much as 120 times as great which increases the risk to pollinators. As a gardener, you have an unique opportunity to help protect pollinators by avoiding the use of these insecticides, asking your local nursery or garden center if plants have been treated with neonicotinoids, and encouraging your city or park district to use alternatives to neonicotinoids on plants that are visited by bees or are bee-pollinated.
Protecting Bees from Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Your Garden This brochure explains why they are a risk to bees and gives some simple tips for protecting bees from these insecticides. Download PDF.
Neonicotinoids in Your Garden By Jennifer Hopwood and Matthew Shepherd This article from Xerces’ magazine, Wings, explores the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides in gardens. Download PDF.
Protecting Bees from Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Your Garden This brochure explains why they are a risk to bees and gives some simple tips for protecting bees from these insecticides. Download PDF.
Neonicotinoids in Your Garden By Jennifer Hopwood and Matthew Shepherd This article from Xerces’ magazine, Wings, explores the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides in gardens. Download PDF.
PLEASE NEVER BUY OR USE THESE PESTICIDES
Examples of Neonicotinoid Garden Products Used in the United States
Garden & ornamental uses Garden product trademark names
- Imidacloprid Foliar spray for turf and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; soil drench for garden fruits and vegetables, and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; trunk injection for trees; granules for turf and ornamental flowers, shrubs, or trees. Bayer Advanced 3-in-1 Insect, Disease, & Mite Control
- Bayer Advanced 12 Month Tree & Shrub Insect Control
- Bayer Advanced 12 Month Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed
- Bayer Advanced Fruit, Citrus & Vegetable Insect Control
- Bayer Advanced All-in-One Rose & Flower Care concentrate
- DIY Tree Care Products Multi-Insect Killer
- Ferti-lome 2-N-1 Systemic
- Hi-Yield Systemic Insect Spray
- Knockout Ready-To-Use Grub Killer
- Monterey Once a Year Insect Control II
- Ortho Bug B Gon Year-Long Tree & Shrub Insect Control
- Ortho MAX Tree & Shrub Insect Control
- Surrender Brand GrubZ Out
- Clothianidin Granules for turf, and ornamental flowers, shrubs, or trees. Bayer Advanced All-in-One Rose & Flower Care granules
- Green Light Grub Control with Arena
- Thiamethoxam Foliar spray for turf and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; granules for turf and ornmanetal flowers, trees, and shrubs. Amdro Quick Kill Lawn & Landscape Insect Killer
- Amdro Rose & Flower Care
- Maxide Dual Action Insect Killer
- Acetamiprid Foliar spray for garden fruits and vegetables, and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs. Ortho Bug B Gon Garden Insect Killer
- Ortho Bug B Gon for Lawns
- Ortho Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Insect Killer
- Ortho Rose and Flower Insect Killer
- Ortho Rose Pride Insect Killer
- Dinotefuran Granules for turf and ornamental flowers, shrubs or trees; soil drench for ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs. Green Light Tree & Shrub Insect Control with Safari 2 G
- Safari
- Ortho Tree & Shrub Insect Control Plus Miracle Gro Plant Food
PESTICIDES USED AROUND SCHOOLS AND PARKS NOT ONLY
HARM BUTTERFLIES BUT OUR CHILDREN ALSO
PARENTS MUST ASSUME PESTICIDES ARE BEING USED AROUND YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL AND PARKS AND TAKE ACTION TO INVESTIGATE!
Call your school district and ask to talk to the person in charge of groundskeeping and find out what pesticides are being sprayed where. Call the Parks and Recreation Department or the city and find out about the parks. You are not alone. Blue Monarch Project has already gathered together.
WE WILL BE CONDUCTING TRAININGS AND HAVE A GROUP OF EXPERTS TO HELP US
BLUE MONARCH PROJECT HAS EXPERTS READY TO HELP US SOLVE PROBLEMS WITHOUT PESTICIDE USE. NOT ONLY DO THEY KNOW HOW TO HELP ENTIRE CITIES BE PESTICIDE FREE, BUT WORK WITH SCHOOL AND PARK DISTRICTS AND SOLVE HOME AND GARDEN PROBLEMS AS WELL.
FARMERS WHO WANT TO TRANSITION TO ORGANIC/START USING LESS PESTICIDES ALSO HAVE HELP AND WE EVEN HAVE A CITRUS TREE EXPERT THAT CAN TAKE A DYING TREE INFECTED WITH THE GREENING DISEASE AND BRING IT BACK TO LIFE AGAIN.
FARMERS ALONG WITH CITY & COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ARE A BIG PART OF THE SOLUTION AS CURRENTLY SPRAYING FARM GRADE PESTICIDES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THIS IS EXPOSING BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND IMMUNE COMPROMISED SUCH AS THOSE FIGHTING CANCER.
WE ARE WORKING WITH BENEFICIAL INSECT SCIENTISTS THAT CAN ADVISE US ON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND PREDATOR INSECTS.
AS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS WE CAN START TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR OUR AREA TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS AND DOCUMENT WHAT WE ARE DOING SO CAN BE A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER AREAS AND MAKE THIS PROJECT COUNT FOR SOMETHING, BUT NEED YOUR HELP AS BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN. IT WILL BE A COMMUNITY EFFORT!
FARMERS WHO WANT TO TRANSITION TO ORGANIC/START USING LESS PESTICIDES ALSO HAVE HELP AND WE EVEN HAVE A CITRUS TREE EXPERT THAT CAN TAKE A DYING TREE INFECTED WITH THE GREENING DISEASE AND BRING IT BACK TO LIFE AGAIN.
FARMERS ALONG WITH CITY & COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ARE A BIG PART OF THE SOLUTION AS CURRENTLY SPRAYING FARM GRADE PESTICIDES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THIS IS EXPOSING BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND IMMUNE COMPROMISED SUCH AS THOSE FIGHTING CANCER.
WE ARE WORKING WITH BENEFICIAL INSECT SCIENTISTS THAT CAN ADVISE US ON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND PREDATOR INSECTS.
AS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS WE CAN START TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR OUR AREA TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS AND DOCUMENT WHAT WE ARE DOING SO CAN BE A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER AREAS AND MAKE THIS PROJECT COUNT FOR SOMETHING, BUT NEED YOUR HELP AS BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN. IT WILL BE A COMMUNITY EFFORT!
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