Honeybees are an excellent ecological and aesthetic addition to your nature-friendly yard. With introduced diseases taking a toll on bees, they’ll need all the help they can get from environmentally minded gardeners. Plants that attract bees often attract hummingbirds and butterflies as well. Bees are insects so the use of pesticides can harm the bees.
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