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![Bee on Hawthorn Bee on Hawthorn](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/533743C4-AC62-4FEF-BAE7-5C48325B3A2F-1024x576.jpg)
PHORESY: BUMBLEBEES
Play Video One of the weirdest things I happened in the yard this summer. Freaked me out. The beetle doesn’t hurt of the kill the bee. It uses the bumblebee solely for traveling to a new location and then lets go.
![American Robin feeding her babies American Robin feeding her babies](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/13600002_10208858367770834_3889698499607864935_n_10208858367770834.jpg)
American Robin Raising Her Babies
When I heard the chirps of mama grow more intense, notifying me that her fledglings are vulnerable and unsheltered; I soothed her fears by relocating them to bushes for cover.
![Stink Bug Killed Bumblebee screenshot Stink Bug Killed Bumblebee screenshot](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stink-Bug-Killed-Bumblebee-screenshot-576x1024.jpg)
Invasive Stink Bug Killed Bumblebee
Does this look as though the invasive stink bug killed this bumblebee?
![Late June Pollinator Garden in Ohio Late June Pollinator Garden in Ohio](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/B2FC1D14-F8DE-464A-AA26-C1E4EACD48A8.jpg)
Pollinator Gardens and Season Change in Ohio
A quick and cute video to show the seasonal change of one of my pollinator gardens. The bed of native plants, like Cupplant & Narrow -Leaved Mountain mint are intermingled with heirloom annuals like Zinnias- a butterfly favorite!
![American Robin eating from my blueberry bush American Robin eating from my blueberry bush](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_2055-2.jpg)
Native Trees and Shrubs Attract Birds like Robins and Cardinals
According to scientists, birds like the titmouse and chickadees cannot successfully reproduce in environments that contain 30 percent or less native plants
![Fleabane is a native wildflower and not a weed Fleabane wildflower](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18485852_10211789962098860_3557463633841645232_n.jpg)
Fleabane is an Unappreciated Native Wildflower
Fleabane is not a weed, but rather an unappreciated native wildflower.
![Invasive Norway Maple Invasive Norway Maple](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_1362-1024x768.jpg)
Norway Maples are Invasive Trees in Ohio
Once they take hold in our forests— and they are – they cause serious trouble for our native ecosystems.
![Dirty Blooms Native Plant Nursery Dirty Blooms Native Plant Nursery](https://www.dirtyblooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/splatterwhite1_noname.png)
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