The Bee Guy shares some home truths about saving the bees
"If you really want to help native wild bees:
Don’t keep hives, keep flowers. Wildflowers. This will mean you will ultimately keep native wild bees.
... Don’t spray poisons on your patch and forget neat and tidy – it’s so last century."
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/bees-saving-bees-6071187-May2023
I didn't realize this would be so popular!
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@ahimsa_pdx That's why we decided against honey bees. We live a few kilometres from the nearest village, and nearest beehives. Having Apis melifera here would put extreme pressure on the wild pollinators. Also, we don't use any herbicides, though our dogs would probably be happy with less grass :)
Yes indeed. Think of honeybees as feral cats.
The interest in 'nature' is commendable but farmed bees are as greedy for resources as fields of rape seed, displacing butterflies.
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