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    Home»Outdoors»Big buzz in a small Eden Prairie garden
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    Big buzz in a small Eden Prairie garden

    Pollinators doing their thing
    Jeff StrateBy Jeff StrateAugust 5, 20251 Min Read
    Bumble bee on pink zinnia
    A bumblebee lands on a pink zinnia. Photo by Jeff Strate

    This weekend, Eden Prairie Local News (EPLN) writer Jeff Strate used his phone to record video of hover flies, bumblebees and butterflies in a small side garden at the Strate family home. He mixed in wind chimes and robin song for the 1-minute, 33-second edited program.

    To see and hear the program, click here.

    Editor’s note: Jeff Strate is a founding board member of EPLN. 

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