The goal of this scientific project is to better understand which native bees are pollinating which crops in these community spaces, and how gardeners can attract and protect them. For example, bees don’t like big, open spaces. They appreciate vegetal cover—places to hide from predators like dragonflies that are waiting to pick them off.
Self-respecting gardeners might not like to hear this, because it means letting things get a little unkempt. “Those are things that, generally, people are trained not to do,” says Dean Gunderson, director of education at the nonprofit Seed St. Louis, which supports community gardens and is participating in the new project. But if scientists provide evidence
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