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You can also grow dahlias to attract beautiful hummingbirds and other pollinators, like bees and butterflies ... including purple, yellow, pink, white, and orange. They grow about 6 to 10 inches ...

Female bees lack the yellow faces that lead to the common name of the yellow-faced bees. Once common, many of these bees are now on the endangered species list. SHELDON PLENTOVICH photo Somewhere ...