Thanks Diana & Maggie,
I hadn't put corn on my radar as I was looking for something with flowers, but I think I'm going to have to go to the non flowering plants, or those with less conspicuous flowers. I do have lot's of corn varieties I wan to grow. We do have a very large shady area, how are Hostas when they flower? Lots of insect activity?
My tomatoes and peppers were mostly pollinated by the wind, moths ( I think these are better tolerated in that they don't 'buzz') and by hand. They have such small flowers that they're not a huge attractant to the larger flying insects, so I think we'll be safe there. I did find out that Sunflowers are definitely off the list, as the cultivars I planted and especially the native multi-headed, roadside type that volunteered in my yard last summer, drew EVERY kind of flying pollinator there is: beetles, flies, wasps, moths, bees, butterflies. I made a joke with her that If she had ever had "romp through a sunflower field" on her bucket list she better just scratch that off right now! Funny, about a week after that conversation we started having pics of people we knew, as well as random pics of people doing just that, pop up on our social media...
