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Gardenia blooms are a welcome resting place for bees. Lisa Adams Walter photo

Gardens are alive – sharing space with nature’s creatures

I was just out in my garden where many flowers are in bloom. While looking at a flowering lavender, I counted six or seven honeybees feasting on the nectar in […]

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