that they are vital, varied & beautiful & we should nurture them. The 1st is for the upcoming Manufactured Ecosystems show. ‘Redbud and the bees’ I made for a show about urban ecology, climate change & human-animal conflict. Warming increases the number of redbud trees here in Toronto which attract native pollinators like the leafcutter bee, blue mason bee & carpenter bee. But the carpenter bee nests in wood in homes & furniture can upset homeowners. Nonetheless they too are important native 3/