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Gifts: Vintage Willow pattern (1874) by William Morris Products from Douglas E. Welch Design and Photography [Shopping]

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Gifts: A bee gathering on purple coneflower Products from Douglas E. Welch Design and Photography [Shopping]

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15 Bee-Friendly Native Flowers for Your Garden via Treehugger [Shared]

15 Bee-Friendly Native Flowers for Your Garden

15 Bee-Friendly Native Flowers for Your Garden via Treehugger [Shared]

Looking to support the bees by planting their favorite flowers in your garden this season?

When you imagine bees feeding, mid-summer blooms like sunflowers or bee balm may come to mind. But don’t overlook the early and late bloomers that can feed hungry bees when they first emerge in spring or are furiously trying to fill their larders before winter—when their survival is most at stake.

Whatever your soil type, climate zone, or sun exposure, there are hundreds of bee-friendly annuals and perennials that you can grow in your garden. This list of our favorite 15 flowers is organized loosely by bloom time.

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How to Make a Mason Bee House for Your Garden via Lifehacker [Shared]

How to Make a Mason Bee House for Your Garden

How to Make a Mason Bee House for Your Garden via Lifehacker [Shared]

Gardeners know that having bees around is a big help in the garden. Some gardeners even turn to urban beekeeping to attract some industrious pollinators to the yard (and reap the reward: honey). If you’re not quite ready for full-on beekeeping, you can still get in on the game by attracting solitary bees with a mason bee house, which gives mason bees a place to reproduce. These species are usually indigenous, as they aren’t cultivated for their honey production and can still be industrious pollinators.

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Why Native Plants Gardening is The Best – Guide to The Next Big Gardening Trend via Food52 [Shared]

Why Native Plants Gardening is The Best – Guide to The Next Big Gardening Trend

Why Native Plants Gardening is The Best - Guide to The Next Big Gardening Trend via Food52 [Shared]

Planting a tree and seeing it grow and thrive is one of the most long-lasting and fulfilling gardening experiences. I feel that way about the gingko in our front yard, but when it comes to wildlife value, a gingko is almost like having a plastic tree in your yard—it has zero value to the little critters that make nature work. A gingko attracts no caterpillars at all (which are essential for birds to raise their young), but a native oak, on the other hand, supports more than 550 species of caterpillars. According to Doug Tallamy, a professor of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware and a leading voice in the movement to plant more natives, a single pair of chickadees needs 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars to feed one clutch of young.

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Incredible Close-Up Portraits of Solitary Bees Highlight Their Character via My Modern Met [Shared]

Incredible Close-Up Portraits of Solitary Bees Highlight Their Character

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Documentary camera and drone operator Josh Forwood specializes in capturing wildlife, science, and adventure footage. And like most of the world, he’s been abiding by quarantine regulations. So, upon returning home to the UK after a recent shoot, he found himself stuck in the house for a while. Like any good creative, he made the most of his time and ended up photographing fascinating portraits of the bees in his garden.

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Brick Bug House 🐞🐛🐜🕷🪲 via Instagram

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I finally got around to making this brick bug house from some leftover bricks given to us by a neighbor who was doing some demolition. Still filling it with materials, but the bugs should find it a welcome new addition to the woodland garden.

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