Pollinators Quotes

The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting the art of monoculture, it has become too easy for us to exterminate everything else, leaving no wild plants, no food for insects, and a barren land for birds.

Earth is a flower and it's pollinating.

I can't pick a favorite animal; I love so many! But I guess if I have to choose, I pick bees! There's this brilliant documentary called 'Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?' I think it's important for people to be educated about bees - they pollinate almost all the food we eat. They are amazing!

I love insects. They are amazing.

I always have multiple ladybugs around because they're lucky, and they're good for flowers and the environment.

I have always known mosquitoes love me, but they really love me in Central Park.

I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.

The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century.

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms.

Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.

If I'm honest, the thing I am proudest of is my varieties of wild flowers in the hay meadow.

Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands, and sometimes millions, of years they have co-evolved to live in local climate and soil conditions.

It's fun to think about plants not just as decorations but as functioning parts of our yard's ecosystem that attract wildlife to the garden. We have hummingbirds, tons of bees, and many monarch butterflies. The kids love it! Though we're very laissez-faire with the garden and never put chemicals on it or even water it much!

I was more of, like, into butterflies, insects, playing out in the yard, planting flowers. I was really into plants.

When the flower blossoms, the bee will come.

I want viewers to see that everything is connected, even the little guys like pollinators and flowers.