Promoting nature awareness and appreciation in
Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, BC and beyond.
by Brian Wormald As BMN’s Membership Secretary, I thought I’d take some time whilst we are ‘socially distanced’ to put some interesting facts and figures together about our club’s membership so that everyone can see how we’ve grown and diversified a little. The following Membership by Categories, and Membership by Geography tables tell a story:…
by Victoria Otton Christina and John Saremba have provided many years of outstanding volunteer service to BMN. They have served on our Board, and Christina was our VP for four years. Both have led several of our committees. Most notably, they created and co-chaired a Strategic Planning Committee during which they conducted a survey of…
by Victoria Otton If you are feeling the urge to learn more about bees, but don’t know where to begin, let me help you. I’m new to this myself and am happy to share some of my bees-for-beginners tips. The best piece of advice I received is this: Start by learning how to recognize the…
by Lori Austin I had just finished watching a Zoom presentation, “Communing with Bees”, presented by the Native Bee Society of BC one July afternoon. The topic was beginner macrophotography. Coincidentally, immediately following the session, I heard a bee buzzing loudly around our open, screened kitchen window. I took a look outside – didn’t see…
by Judy Taylor-Atkinson and Jim Atkinson July 13 was an exciting day for the observers of the Port Moody Great Blue Heron colony. But not as exciting as it was for the birds. This was the day of lift-off for the majority of the 16 juveniles raised in the colony this year. After weeks of…