Seven Important Life Lessons in a Bee Garden
A bumblebee approaches a phacelia.
© Janine Boylan
The other day I met some neighbors I didn’t know too well: bees. Walking through a bee garden planted especially for bees, I learned a lot about these little creatures. They had some Oh, I see important life lessons for me, too.
1. Diversity is the spice of life.
When you think of bees, it’s likely that you picture a honeybee. But the honeybee is only one of many, many different kinds of bees.
A green leafcutter bee
© Janine Boylan
There are about 4,000 species of bees in North America: round fuzzy striped bumblebees, small bright green sweat bees, thin yellow and black leaf-cutter bees, big black carpenter bees, and more.
2. It’s the little things that count.
Bees may be tiny, but they are critical.
Many plants depend on bees and other pollinators to carry pollen from one plant to...
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