How to Identify the Most Common Types of Garden Bees
Image zoom Credit: Getty / Francesco Bergamaschi As insignificant—and sometimes downright bothersome—as having bees in your backyard may seem, they are essential to the growth and production of your garden. "Bees provide pollination to the plants, which in turn will develop into productive, healthy specimens," explains certified Master Beekeeper Bill Hesbach of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association. "If the plants produce fruit, the bounty is enhanced, or in the case of seed-producing plants, the seed crop will ...