A plump caterpillar ambles across an outstretched palm. Hummingbirds delight as they select a bloom. Fireflies in the blackness wink magically.
Primarily honeybees but also solitary bees, are responsible for 90-95% of raspberry pollination.
Most scientists agree that the more times a single strawberry flower is visited by pollinators, the sweeter and more fully-shaped it will be.
Mark Bartley, Farm Facilities Coordinator & Job Coach at Cape Abilities Farm in Dennis, is ready to help with natives.
A pollinator hard at work along the pathway. Inset: One of the many stops on the Pollinator Pathway at the Town Green in Orleans.