Dont Plant Those Bee-Friendly Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away

[Botany]

12. If you understand ecology you want insects to take a bite out of leaves ......

.... it does not hurt the plant and the damage is cosmetic. In the case of leaf cutter
bees the cut piece of leaf is used as a nursery for the next generation of leaf cutter
bees which is important native pollinator. In other cases a native plant is useful to
the environment only when our native insects eat a piece of the leave because that
insect is harvesting the solar energy that the leaf collected by photosynthesis and "that
energy is passed along" when that insect is eaten by a bird, a turtle, or another insect.

You really don't need to buy "bee houses" but by simple practices you can encourage
them by providing habitat and native plants for their use. This also helps monarchs,
songbirds, and the health of the environment too.


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