EAST EARL, Pa. — Honeybees often come to mind first when the subject of protecting pollinators comes up.
The beloved insects produce hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of honey in the U.S. annually, on top of their role as pollinators for some of our food crops.
However, honeybees represent only a fraction of the kinds of bees and other insects that pollinate crops, Patricia Prade told about 150 people at Penn State Extension’s Greenhouse Growers Day at Shady Maple on Jan. 22…