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Additions to the Pollinator Gardens
Pollinators enjoy basking on warm rock. When the days are cool, a nice flat rock can be a great place for pollinators to bask.
Pollinators need more than just the sweet nectar from flowers. In order to get the vitamins and minerals that they also need, some pollinators enjoy a behavior called puddling. When puddling, these pollinators are taking in the minerals found in a puddle of mud. But mud is not the only source that they might use to get these additional nutrients. Pollinators can also be attracted to rotting fruit or even human sweat. If a butterfly or bee lands on you on a hot, sweaty day, just enjoy your new buddy and they will enjoy the tasty salt and other nutrients your sweat provides then leave a bit healthier than they were before you fed them.