Protect Pollinators This Spring in Wausau

Although we have gorgeous weather this weekend, please resist cleaning up your yards and spend time outdoors in other fun ways this weekend! WHY? Pollinators and other insects (which our very food supply depends on) are still in the leaves and other debris. Bees and other pollinators touch our lives every day. About 85% of the world’s flowering plants and 35% of the world’s food crops (one in three bites of food we eat) depend on insect and animal pollinators to reproduce. Economically, insect pollinators contribute billions of dollars to U.S. farm income. While more than 3,500 species of native bees help increase crop yields, pollinators ...