ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,778, issued on Nov. 25.

"Plant food to enhance the nutritional value of pollen and nectar of plants to attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators" was invented by Diane Maiwald (New Orleans).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant food product is configured to be infused through the roots and vascular phloem of the plant, ingested by pollinator insects (e.g., bees) who will pollinate and further the pollinator population, in the natural gardens of the nutritionally supplemented plants. The plant food may be a mixture, complex or compound of lipids/fats, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, and vitamins, which will increase productio...