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46 Flowers and Trees That Love Honeybees

by National Garden Club on January 16, 2011

Most people can’t tell the difference between a bee and a yellow jacket. So here’s the short course: Yellow jackets ruin barbecues. Bees pollinate, and some make honey. So if you want more flowers and a bountiful crop of fruits and vegetables, you want bees. It’s that simple. “People really don’t understand the role honeybees [...]

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Thank Your Pollinators for Your Thanksgiving Harvest

by Barbara Simonson on September 19, 2010

Can you imagine Halloween without pumpkins, Thanksgiving without cranberries, or life without chocolate? Did you know that one out of every three bites of food that you eat needs the help of insect pollinators? Some of the important crops that require insect pollination include almonds, apples, alfalfa, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, pears, plums, squash, sunflowers, [...]

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