What is the Community Pollinator Foundation?
The Community Pollinator Foundation is a Calgary-based not-for-profit that encourages community-based stewardship through public participation, research projects, and education. CPF programming is designed to increase the number of healthy, sustainable pollinator habitats within the city.
Currently, our main focus is to monitor and protect native bumble bees in the Calgary area.
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The BBRFPP now officially launched
The Bumblebee Rescue and Foster Parent Program is a unique community-powered research project on urban bumblebee diversity and health! This 2012 year will be launching our second season of research with Dr. Robin Owen from Mount Royal University. You can participate in this years program by registering a Rescue or register as a Foster Parent!
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this exciting project!
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Did you know?
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The service that bees and other pollinators provide allows nearly 70 percent of all flowering plants to reproduce.
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The fruits and seeds from insect pollinated plants account for over 30 percent of the foods and beverages that we consume.
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The major threats to bumble bees include: spread of pests and diseases through commercial bumble bee rearing or other methods, habitat destruction or alteration, pesticides, invasive species, and climate change
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Above information from www.xerces.org