By Arnold Krusemark In last column we talked about mosquito season along with other garden and yard insects. Some insects are beneficial and necessary and some pests. The common honey bee is a needed insect. They pollinate our flowers and produce honey.
In a past column we mentioned that there are rent-abee businesses who have the bee hives and haul them to the west coast so they can polinate fruit trees. This makes Pacific apples (and other fruit) polinated and then honey produced hauled back to Minnesota for sale. Two crops at once.
Another beneficial insect is the lady bug. Orange with black spots. They eat other insects - the aphids. Aphids are pests and will suck garden plants dry if they can.
Back inside the house be sure to water your house plants - even if its raining outside. Until next week.
