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Coffee Break: Bees, butterflies, flowers and honey

Honeybees
HoneybeesJoe Raedle | Getty Images

by Anna Reed

June 22, 2017

It's National Pollinator Week which promotes protecting bees, butterflies and pollinators.

Pollinators have a lot to contend with - loss of habitat, disease, parasites and pesticides. In fact, Minnesota became the first state to issue an Executive Order for pollinator protection.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention bees, butterflies, flowers and honey?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Willie Nelson - You Are My Flower
Lucinda Williams - Honey Bee
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
The Rolling Stones - I'm A King Bee
Willie and The Bumblebees - Honey From The Bee
The Pinker Tones - Working Bees
Flight of the Bumblebee
Blackalicious - Lotus Flower
The Bohicas - Swarm
Dolly Parton - Love Is Like A Butterfly