A bee collects pollen from alyssum flowers at Jillson’s Farm in Sabattus on Tuesday afternoon. Because of disease, pesticides and a cold winter, there has been a shortage of bees in the region, but the greenhouses are stocked with a variety of colorful flowers and plants for the upcoming Mother’s Day weekend. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

A bee collects pollen from alyssum flowers at Jillson’s Farm in Sabattus on Tuesday afternoon. Because of disease, pesticides and a cold winter, there has been a shortage of bees in the region, but the greenhouses are stocked with a variety of colorful flowers and plants for the upcoming Mother’s Day weekend. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

A bee collects pollen from alyssum flowers at Jillson’s Farm in Sabattus on Tuesday afternoon. Because of disease, pesticides and a cold winter, there has been a shortage of bees in the region, but the greenhouses are stocked with a variety of colorful flowers and plants for the upcoming Mother’s Day weekend. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

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