Honeybee populations are in drastic and accelerating decline, and bumblebees could be close behind.

Provide food: Native flowers provide nectar (carbohydrates) and pollen (protein). Butterfly larvae eat host plants. Fermented fallen fruits provide food. Plant in groups. Stagger bloom seasons from early spring to late fall. Use flowers of different colors and fragrances on plants of different heights. Native perennials such as salvias, as well as herbs such as mint, oregano, lavender, garlic, parsley and chives, and annuals all support bees and butterflies.

Provide shelter: Incorporate canopy layers by planting trees, shrubs and different-size perennials. Leave dead wood for nesting and dead plants and leaf litter for shelter. Leave some areas of soil uncovered for ground-nesting insects. Group plantings to help pollinators move through the landscape to avoid predators.

Don't poison: Avoid using pesticides and herbicides.

In last night's dream I win exactly four million dollars. And I don't think that's enough. I ask, why could it not have been forty?

Later my father is lecturing me about something. He goes on and on. I notice a fire breaks out right behind him so I interrupt his rant and yell for him to call the fire department. But I extinguish the flames myself with a water hose. The damage is small. I watch the ceiling tiles melt and slide along the wall like giant teardrops.

The first night in months without a dream! Or rather, without remembrance of one.