monarch butterflies

Private property owners, four schools, a church and Licking County seeded a total of 32 plots, ranging in size from 50 square feet up to several acres.

A proposed bill would make seed sharing of milkweed and other native plants legal. That could in turn boost monarch butterfly populations in the state.

Last year, entomologist Mark Berman predicted an insect apocalypse. This year, he has stepped back from the brink, noting more bugs on his windshield and…