this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
2298 points (98.6% liked)
Memes
45190 readers
1884 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
…..Because of insecticides from agriculture.
It has literally nothing to do with people mowing their lawns.
If you got rid of all of the lawns you’d still see mass extinction of honey bees.
No.
Honey bees are dying because of parasites and pests, pathogens, poor nutrition, and sublethal exposure to pesticides.
It's not just one thing. Most of those things on their own won't even kill them. For example, Varroa mites will kill an already weakened hive, but not a healthy one.
Lawns absolutely contribute to poor nutrition, due to habitat loss. Same with all the mowed grass we have everywhere in suburbia. Monocropped agriculture does as well, because bees do best with a variety of flowers.
I've let the back part of my property grow wild the past couple years, and it's currently filled with a ton of goldenrod, chicory, and a bunch of other random flowers. You would not beleive the number of honeybees I've seen back there at once, or how loud the buzz was.
Similarly, there's a reason I see a ton of fireflys in my yard, but I see almost none in my neighbors yards. It's because they're well- manicured green wastelands
Sure but why add to the problem? Why not carve out your own little slice and help the situation? Probably not going to hurt anything if you stop using pesticides and feed the bees where you can.
It’s not adding to the problem. As long as farmers are using fuck tons of pesticides and insecticides every day it doesn’t matter what you do to your lawn.
Either way insects are going to die.
You guys love slinging shit but you have no clue where to sling it.