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Beautiful flowers that'll attract helpful pollinators to your garden

While many plants are pollinated by bees and butterflies, they naturally play favorites. These plants offer beautiful blooms ...
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Here are the flowers that both bees and humans like best

Botanists from the University of Copenhagen and the UK set out to find the best flower combinations for bees and hoverflies. The results make it easier for garden owners and municipalities, among ...
AZ Central

Attract bees to your garden with these flowers, plants this spring

Gardeners can prepare for spring 2025 by building a bee-friendly garden. The vital pollinators are in need of conservation as their populations decline. If you have a green thumb, it may be the ...
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Why Some Flowers Attract Bees While Others Attract Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds and bees are both valuable assets to your garden. These strong pollinators play a vital role in the ecosystem, sustaining plants' natural life cycles by transferring pollen from flower to ...
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Gorgeous Spring Flowers To Bring Beneficial Bees To Your Yard

A person taking flowers out of pots - sergey kolesnikov/Shutterstock If you're a gardener, you probably understand the important relationship bees have with plants, from flowers to fruit trees to ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Native or non-native plants: Which is best for bees?

This has been a question I’ve been asked and the point of lengthy discussion for many, many years now. The short answer is both! Why? Because planting biodiversity is the key to growing a healthy ...
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40 Best Spring Flowers to Beautify Your Backyard, According to Gardening Experts

Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring. One of the most exciting parts of the early spring season is the leaves ...
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Bees have irrational biases when choosing which flowers to feed on − just like human shoppers do

Claire Therese Hemingway is affiliated with The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institue. Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many ...
Utah Public Radio

This scientist studies how parasites and flowers spread disease between bees

Wild bees across the west face a growing threat from microscopic parasites. Last week an Oregon researcher visited USU’s ...
Chicago Tribune

Grow a beautiful garden with the best flower seeds

Which flower seeds are best? Starting a garden from flower seed is one of the most economical and satisfying hobbies a person can have. Rather than shelling out cash for more expensive, ...
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For bees, diet isn’t one-size-fits-all

Move over gym rats. Bumble bees are now the true masters of macros. In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern ...