irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to No Lawns@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-223 days agoJust grass. Nothing but grass. Solely grass.lemm.eeimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageJust grass. Nothing but grass. Solely grass.lemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to No Lawns@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareelectricyarn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoThe bees are dying because of neonicatinoids in RoundUp presticides.
minus-squareyunxiaoli@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoAnd the lack of dead leaf cover over winter.
minus-squarewirebeads@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 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-squarekurikai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 days agoChuck some creeping thyme into it also and some creeping camomile.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 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.
The bees are dying because of neonicatinoids in RoundUp presticides.
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.
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.
Both are factors