How To Attract NATIVE BEES

The planet’s best pollinators are in big trouble. Wildflower meadows where native bees once gathered nectar and pollen have turned into shopping malls, and dead trees where these ancient insects nest are getting harder to find. The native bees that do manage to survive are imperiled by Big Ag’s pesticides, unless they can find a safe haven in diversified organic gardens.

Gardeners can reap huge benefits from hosting helpful pollinators, which tend to stay put when given food and a place to live. Native bees – including bumblebees, sweat bees, mining bees, and others – pollinate many crops more efficiently and completely than honeybees do, with strawberries, blueberries, and the entire squash family reliant on local