Protecting our Pollinators

Protecting our Pollinators

spread the pollen!


Pollinators are SO important to not only our planet but to everything living on it as well. 85% of flowering plant species, including crops, need a pollinator to reproduce. The category of pollinators include more than just bees; butterflies, bats, birds, beetles and other small mammals are also responsible from moving pollen from male flowers to female flowers.

We can take small steps to provide a bit of help to the pollinators still around us:

  • Eliminate or greatly reduce use of pesticide⁠

  • Provide clean water for pollinators with a shallow dish or bowl, bees get thirsty too!⁠

  • Plant these plants:⁠

    • Sunflower⁠

    • Echinacea⁠

    • Bee balm⁠

    • Milkweed (butterflies lay eggs on the underside of the leaves!)⁠

    • Goldenrod⁠

    • Borage

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