IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE BEES, LEAVE THE DANDELIONS ALONE
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If you ever wanted to help dwindling honeybee populations, ecologists are encouraging that you learn to love weeds and leave the dandelions alone this coming spring. At the start of her tenure as the new president of the oldest ecological society in the world, Jane Memmott reminded everyone last week that working to live in harmony with nature ... read more

REDUCE WI-FI TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES AND BEES TO YOUR GARDEN
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Attract butterflies and bees to your garden, reduce wi-fi. A happy garden is a wireless-free garden. Decades of research has already determined that plants and insects as well as animals and people are harmed by exposure to wireless radiation.: (see related links here)See also: New-Houses-Killing-Wi-Fi... read more

MILLION POLLINATOR GARDEN CHALLENGE
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Looks like a worthwhile project. Click here for more info. Pollinators are responsible for 1 out of 3 bites of food we take each day, and yet pollinators are at a critical point in their own survival. Many reasons contribute to their recent decline. We know for certain, however, that more nectar and pollen sources provided by more flowering plan... read more

BEE-FRIENDLY PLANTS? THINK AGAIN
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Good info. I wonder if Ace Hardware stores are any better? Probably need to buy my plants from the farmer's market. Honey bees are up against a lot these days, no thanks to a lack of action from EPA. And new data released today adds to the growing list of concerns for pollinators: home garden plants that come pre-treated with bee-harming pesti... read more