Ed Hume's Green Thumb Gardening: How to Attract Mason Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds (1995)
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Synopsis by Elizabeth Smith
In this program, expert gardener and TV host Ed Hume shares tips for attracting the types of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds that can truly enhance a garden's beauty and productivity. He describes why it's so important to host mason bees in a garden, since they are much more efficient at pollinating than regular honey bees. Hume also talks about the ways that butterflies help with the pollination and fertilization of certain plants and the special ways that hummingbirds help keep a garden's ecosystem balanced.
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flower-gardening, bees, butterflies, ecosystem, gardener, hummingbird