Busy bees buzzing about 🐝⠀ ⠀ 🌸🍑We love to see it because we wouldn’t have an abundance of fruit without all their hard work! ⁣Bees, insects, birds, and other animals move pollen from one flower to another, fertilizing plants and allowing them to produce fruit. Apples, peaches, pears, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and so many others need pollinators. ⠀ ⁣⠀ 🚜🌎That’s why we farm sustainably, using low-spray Integrated Pest Management, working to conserve habitat for beneficial insects and native pollinators. It’s also why we keep extra hives here on the farm.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ 🌳In a 2015 study of orchards led by Cornell University, our farm and other Eco Apple orchards in the Hudson Valley were found to have over twice the number and abundance of native bee species compared to conventional orchards.⁣⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #welovepollinators #sustainablefarming #blossomseason #peachblossoms