Today’s Solutions: May 18, 2026

We often read stories about how our world is becoming a worse place to live for the honeybee, an important animal for the health of our planet. Bees are responsible for pollinating about one-sixth of the flowering plant species worldwide and approximately 400 different agricultural types of plants. But what to do as an individual? It turns out, we can all encourage pollination by planting these flowers in your garden. The aster is one of them.

 

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