irelephant [he/him]🍭 to No [email protected]English • edit-22 days agoJust grass. Nothing but grass. Solely grass.lemm.eemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up11.09K
arrow-up11.09KimageJust grass. Nothing but grass. Solely grass.lemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭 to No [email protected]English • edit-22 days agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish42•2 days agoThe bees are dying because of neonicatinoids in RoundUp presticides.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish39•2 days agoYes, neonicotonoids probably kill bees. But if we want to be taken seriously, we need to be knowledgeable about the subject. Neonicotonoids are a class of insecticides. Roundup is a herbicide (glyphosate). They can both be bad, but they are bad in different ways.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•2 days agoAnd the lack of dead leaf cover over winter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 days agoWe’ve stopped mulching at the end of the year. We let the leaves fall and stay. In the spring we wait a long time until the grass is quite long. Loose the bees and things will get bad, quickly. We replaced our grass with clover as the bees like the flowers.
minus-squarekurikailinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 days agoChuck some creeping thyme into it also and some creeping camomile.
The bees are dying because of neonicatinoids in RoundUp presticides.
Yes, neonicotonoids probably kill bees.
But if we want to be taken seriously, we need to be knowledgeable about the subject. Neonicotonoids are a class of insecticides. Roundup is a herbicide (glyphosate). They can both be bad, but they are bad in different ways.
And parasitic mites
And the lack of dead leaf cover over winter.
We’ve stopped mulching at the end of the year. We let the leaves fall and stay. In the spring we wait a long time until the grass is quite long.
Loose the bees and things will get bad, quickly.
We replaced our grass with clover as the bees like the flowers.
Chuck some creeping thyme into it also and some creeping camomile.
Both are factors