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Attract Beneficial Insects Simultaneously, banana peels attract pollinating insects like bees and butterflies to your garden.—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026 Venture into this living kaleidoscope of color and learn all about the importance of pollinating insects.—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026 The benefit is that these trees tend to pollinate only for a few weeks at a time.—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 5 Mar. 2026 That may mean using a paint brush to pollinate flowers, carefully taking pollen from a male flower and pollinating a female flower.—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pollinate