Bees Depend on Honeybees for Crops and Garden Health
Bees pollinate about one third of US food crops and honeybees, immigrants from Europe, are key for many fruits vegetables and seeds. The article notes native pollinators diminished by spraying and urges gardeners to attract bees to their plots.
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Peter Tonge
Christian Science Monitor
Weymouth
Mass
Pilgrim Fathers
United States
Nature
North America
Garden page on boosting pollinators with water and nectar plants
The article advises placing a sloping water dish for bees and surrounding vegetable plots with massed nectar flowers. It notes bees visit many blossoms per load, so staggered early to late blooms attract steady pollination for cucumbers squash melons and tomatoes. Watering should happen early to avoid wet flowers.
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