June 22-28, 2026 is Pollinator Week, and I darn near missed it! (I was a bit wrecked after the Solstice Market, to be honest.) But here we are.
And, while bees are sort of my jam, I love all of nature and her amazing beauty and bounty. Including all of her other pollinators, of which there are MANY.
Not only are there over 30,000 species of bees around the world (of which around 24,000 are now named I believe), there are many thousands of other bugs that also pollinate flowers, including several flies, mosquitoes and beetles, among others.
Birds and bats ALSO pollinate flowers. And I’m betting there are even more critters I’m missing.
Find out more here at Pollinator.org.