Thankfully, nature has provided plants with many more pollinators other than honey bees--mason bees, for instance. I marvel at all the critters going in and out of my trees when they're in full bloom. TJ's bumblebees are the main pollinator for my blueberries. My farm's namesake, paw paws, are pollinated by carrion flies. Some ambitious folks even hang dead animals nearby to attract flies when the paw paws are blooming. (I haven't yet) I also grow a whole lot of gourds. Many have white blossoms that only bloom at night and depend of moths for pollination.
I've read where fireflies are declining. Fortunately, that's not been the case here. I've never seen so many for such an extended period of time here. Maybe they like all the rain we've had. The same can be said for the huge assortment of frogs we have--especially tree frogs. The number of frogs this summer was downright biblical. We have found desiccated specimens everywhere--including the inside of our wood stove.
