By Kaaren Grimminger, Nebraska Extension Master Gardener
We all want to get rid of pests that plague our plants. You know, the pests that eat the produce or spread disease or fungus. that harms the plant. But that’s not necessarily so! Now we know some of those ‘pests’ are pollinators somewhere in their lifecycle. There is even a fly that looks like a bee. These ‘hoverflies look like small bees and hover over plants like bees. One difference is there’s no space between the eyes. We want our plants, but we also want our pollinators. What do we do?