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Nature’s Helpers

Bees, hoverflies, ladybirds and the other insects and animals that do useful work in a garden.

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Buzz pollination: the native bees that shake tomatoes into fruit - Happy Valley Seeds

Buzz pollination: the native bees that shake tomatoes into fruit

Australian gardening
Tomatoes, eggplants and blueberries lock their pollen inside a pored anther, and honey bees cannot shake it out. Here are the Australian native bees that can, and how to bring them into your garden.