Heres the buzz on making your yard a haven for pollinators [Video]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio’s native pollinators are crucial for sustaining our food supply and maintaining vibrant floral landscapes.

Following are some tips to help homeowners support the hundreds of pollinator species that call the Buckeye State home.

Lori Gogolin, a senior horticulturist at Holden Forests and Gardens, highlighted the diverse array of such pollinators.

“Bees, wasps, moths, butterflies, hummingbirds, beetles and even bats all play vital roles in pollination,” Gogolin said.

Danae Wolfe, digital marketing manager for the Ohio branch of the Nature Conservancy, emphasized the region’s rich biodiversity, noting that Ohio is home to approximately 500 species of native bees and over 140 species of butterflies.

“Most people are likely familiar with the three Bs of the pollinator world — bees, birds and butterflies — but they may be less familiar with our more peculiar pollinators, which include flies, beetles, wasps, moths and even spiders,” Wolfe said.

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