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Feeling guilty because you haven’t started your spring yard clean up? Fear not you’re actually doing your part to save the bees.
Some species of bees overwinter as pupa in cavities, like in hollow plant stalks. Bumble bees are just one of 70 different species of bee that live in the ground and are easily disturbed by humans.
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“Mason bees and other native bees like bumble bees will emerge shortly and start pollinating early flowers and fruit trees. Then leaf cutting bees emerge and pollinate summer flowers,” says Liz Goldie, a beekeeper and director with the Calgary and District Beekeepers Association.