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Native Plants Support Native Pollinators!

As we plant our spring gardens it’s important to remember that a productive garden
n. What are pollinators? Bees, flies, butterflies and various other insects that move pollen between flowers, which is necessary for those flowers to fertilize and produce fruit, fruit which we eat! Without pollinators, we would go hungry!

Many native plants attract and feed pollinators, so make sure to include a variety of these low maintenance plants in your landscape today!

 
 
For more information on Pollinators:
 
http:// <http://www.xerces.org> www.xerces.org (Xerces Society)

http:// <http://www.naba.org> www.naba.org (North American
Butterfly Association)

 
http://www.pollinator.org/Resources/Farming_for_Bees_2nd_edition.pdf
(Xerces Society Publication: Farming for Bees)

 
http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/BeeConservationintheSoutheastHoneyBeeProgramCAES
EntomologyUGA.html (Bee Conservation in the Southeast, UGA)

http://www.fws.gov/pollinators/PollinatorPages/YourHelp.html
(FWS "How to Help Native Pollinators")

http://www.monarchwatch.org  (Monarch Watch)
 
 
 
 
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