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New Milford Bee City Committee

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Our mission is to bring our community together in supporting native bees and other pollinators.

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10/28/2026

Save the Native Bees!🐝
Nearly 400 species of native bees in Connecticut!

“Save the Bees!” has everyone abuzz about honey bees these days, bu...

10/20/2026

Identify and remove the invasives...
Plant beneficial natives instead!✨️

Don't deck the halls with invasive species! Some invasive plants can spread quickly and completely crowd out native plants.

10/20/2026

Know your invasives...remove and
Plant natives instead!✨️

INVASIVE SPECIES
Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is, as its name suggests, not from North America. It was brought here in the 1800s as an ornamental woody plant that grows in dense stands 3-6 feet high. The invasive shrub competes with native trees and herbaceous plants in open and forested areas. The seeds are dispersed by birds, spreading, or "escaping," beyond landscaped plantings.

This aggressive invasive plant is also a tick magnet. White-footed mice, common carriers of the Lyme disease bacteria, often hide and nest in barberry's thorny branches. Juvenile black-legged ticks found in the dense foliage feed on the mice.

Concerned about Lyme disease? Get rid of your Japanese barberry. Dig out larger plants and pull out small seedlings. Dispose of cut branches and fallen fruit in the garbage, not compost. Alternative native shrubs to plant: bayberry, inkberry, silky dogwood, summer sweet, winterberry, ninebark.

10/20/2026

Know your invasives...remove them &
Plant native instead!✨️

Invasive Alert: Burning Bush (Euonymus

Once a popular ornamental for its fiery fall color, burning bush is now a problematic invasive species in Connecticut. It forms dense thickets that crowd out native plants and wildlife habitat.

What You Can Do:
Don’t plant it!
Remove existing shrubs from your landscape.
Replace with native alternatives like fragrant sumac, highbush blueberry, or winterberry.

Learn more & get control tips: ipm.cahnr.uconn.edu/invasive_plants_burning_bush-winged_euonymus

10/13/2026

✨️Please attend our monthly meetings:
The second Wednesday of the month.
In the E. Paul Martin Room
in the New Milford Town Hall.
At 7pm

Our next meeting: 10/14/2026

10/09/2026

Know your invasives...

Wanted: for invading native forests, our October is winged euonymus (aka burning bush). Brought to the United States for its beautiful fall foliage, this large, invasive shrub out-shades native plants with its dense leaves, harming the intricate ecosystems of the habitats it takes over. It can be easily identified by the distinctive corky wings on its branches. To manage winged euonymus: pull or dig small plants (make sure to get the entire root system), repeatedly cut larger plants, or use chemical methods such as foliar spray or cut/paint. If you enjoy its striking red color in the fall, plant native alternatives such as chokeberry, gray dogwood, bayberry, and many others.

For more information, check out the resources on the Native & Invasive Plants page on our website. Link in bio!

📸: Dow Gardens, Bugwood.org
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org
Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org

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New Milford, CT
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