Our pollinators are in trouble
and we, as gardeners, have an
opportunity to save them.”
from the
EDITOR
TG
Toby Gorman
Ever since I can remember, I’ve h
fascination with insects. While
around me liked the big cute fuzzy
course, I like those too), I often sear
tree stumps, under rocks, and othe
see what was hanging around. Pot
millipedes, stink bugs, and countle
were observed and researched. Wh
roles in nature? What did they do a
night? What did they eat, and wha
What was the life of an insect like?
I developed a bit of an emotional a
to them. I once spent three hours re
a bumble bee that had been stuck
abandoned spider web. I untangle
it, gave it some water, and offered
orange flowers. Convinced it was d
gave up when I noticed a leg move
antennae, then a wing. Slowly, it ca
gorged on the flower, then suddenl
delight, flew off. I wish I could say
with a wing dip to say thanks, but
it reinforced my connection to this
often ignored group of world citize
certainly tends to take them for gra
caring about the carnage plastered
of the car after a drive in the count
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