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There’s a bee you’ve never heard of. It pollinates your apples, cherries, and almonds better than honeybees. And it’s endangered. Meet the blue orchard mason bee. It doesn’t make honey. It doesn’t sting. It just does the work. Want to give it a fighting chance? Drill holes in a piece of wood or leave hollow stems in your yard to give it a safe nesting spot, and plant lots of native flowers.