Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature. We use them in food and medicines. We use them in skin care products. We even use them to scent the air. But human beings are not the only creatures that love herbs. Bees, butterflies and other insects love them, too as do some birds. David Trinklein is a plant scientist with the University of Missouri Extension, in Columbia, Missouri. He told the Associated Press that people’s interest in herbs has been growing and herb sales are on the rise. People are using fresh garden herbs for cooking, he said, but their other interest in herbs is to support pollinators creatures that help plants to reproduce. Bee populations, for example, have been shrinking in many areas. Scientists suspect pesticide poisoning and climate change as among the main causes. Many gardeners are trying to help pollinator populations by giving them the plants they need to be healthy.
Title: Want to Help Bees? Plant Flowering Herbs
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Plant Flowering Herbs' data-article-id='4970'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5604'>Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature.</span> <span data-start-time='5604' data-end-time='9625'>We use them in food and medicines.</span> <span data-start-time='9625' data-end-time='13375'>We use them in skin care products.</span> <span data-start-time='13375' data-end-time='16729'> We even use them to scent the air.</span> <span data-start-time='16729' data-end-time='22854'>But human beings are not the only creatures that love herbs.</span> <span data-start-time='22854' data-end-time='31563'>Bees, butterflies and other insects love them, too as do some birds.</span> <span data-start-time='31563' data-end-time='41792'>David Trinklein is a plant scientist with the University of Missouri Extension, in Columbia, Missouri.</span> <span data-start-time='41792' data-end-time='52354'>He told the Associated Press that people’s interest in herbs has been growing and herb sales are on the rise.</span> <span data-start-time='52354' data-end-time='67708'>People are using fresh garden herbs for cooking, he said, but their other interest in herbs is to support pollinators creatures that help plants to reproduce.</span> <span data-start-time='67708' data-end-time='74188'>Bee populations, for example, have been shrinking in many areas.</span> <span data-start-time='74188' data-end-time='83063'>Scientists suspect pesticide poisoning and climate change as among the main causes.</span> <span data-start-time='83063' data-end-time='92771'>Many gardeners are trying to help pollinator populations by giving them the plants they need to be healthy.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' 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