Hopefully native pollinators like bumblebees, moths, flies, and butterflies can take over the job. I too have noticed far fewer honey bees than in years past but quite a few bumblebees this summer.
Your comment about clovers reminds me that thanks to the quest for a perfect lawn clovers have just about disappeared from most subdivisions thanks to huge amounts of herbicide. Perhaps we are killing off their food sources at a high rate as a result.
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TomB writes:
Hopefully native pollinators like bumblebees, moths, flies, and butterflies can take over the job. I too have noticed far fewer honey bees than in years past but quite a few bumblebees this summer.
Your comment about clovers reminds me that thanks to the quest for a perfect lawn clovers have just about disappeared from most subdivisions thanks to huge amounts of herbicide. Perhaps we are killing off their food sources at a high rate as a result.
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