Charm City Honey Bees, LLC

  By Sentel On a warm morning in early spring, a single bee hovers uncertainly over a suburban lawn. The grass is clipped tight. The soil is compacted. There is nowhere to land. This moment—brief and easily missed—is part of a much larger story unfolding across neighborhoods, cities, and backyards throughout the country. Bees are not disappearing because they have forgotten how to survive. They are disappearing because the landscapes around them no longer speak their language. When Landscapes Stop Communicating For thousands of years, bees evolved alongside native plants. These plants didn’t just offer nectar and pollen; they provided predictable timing, nutritional balance, shelter, and chemical cues that bees depend on to navigate their world. When lawns, exotic ornamentals, and chemically maintained yards replaced native ecosystems, those signals vanished. What looks like “green space” to us often functions as a food desert to pollinators. Native gardens restore that lost conver...