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    • Pennsylvania's Pollinators
    • What is a pollinator?
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    • Become a Beekeeper
  • Bee Health
    • Bee Health
    • Habitat Loss
    • Diseases
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    • Climate Change
    • Pennsylvania Pollinator Protection Plan (P4)
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    • Pollinator Habitat Certification
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Plants for Flies

The importance of flies as pollinators should not be underestimated. In fact, flies are the second most important pollinators after bees. They have been reported to visit flowers of 172 plant families and this is likely to be a conservative figure.

This pocket guide has a list of garden plants beneficial for pollinating flies.

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