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    BENEFICIAL WILDLIFE

    Jul 25, 2018 2 minutes

    BEES

    Honey bees are well known as good for the garden and pollinate our flowering crops, but bumble bees can be even better pollinators. There are in fact around 270 different bee species in this country, including buff-tailed bumblebees and white tailed. Many are solitary species, others live in small colonies. Many live in holes in the ground

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