Having a 3.5 acre garden pollinators are really important. Hand pollinating a three acre pumpkin patch does not sound like fun, good exercise, but not fun. Pollinators include: bees, birds, butterflies, bats, insects, and small mammals. They sustain our ecosystems and produce our natural resources by helping plants reproduce ( source ). Pollinator numbers have been declining every year and it is vital that we help stabilize the pollinator numbers There are over 20,000 sp