Annual flowers are more popular with bees than scientists realized
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![A modest masked bee (Hylaeus modestus) visits a hydrangea in this undated photo. The new research studying the popularity of annuals with different pollinators documented visits by honey bees, bumble bees, wasps, hover flies and solitary bees, such as Hylaeus modestus. A predominantly black bee holds a bubble of water in its mouth. It is sitting on a pink flower petal.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7197873.1715370333!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/hylaeus-modestus-modest-masked-bee-on-a-hydrangea-petal.jpg)
Flowers that bloom for only one year are thought of as a 'pollinator desert,' but new research published today in the Journal of Economic Entomology suggests some annuals might be more popular among pollinators than scientists realized.