SUNflowers and BUMBLEbees on SUNNYside

Did you know that sunflower pollen has medicinal, protective effects on bees?

This particular fellow is covered in that healthy delicious pollen. With bee populations in decline, a new study offers hope for a relatively simple mechanism to promote bee health and well-being: providing bees access to sunflowers.

The study showed that two different species of bees fed a diet of sunflower pollen had dramatically lower rates of infection. They also had generally better colony health than bees fed on diets of other flower pollens.