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Blame media campaigns about the issue. I keep bees and most people I speak to about it seem to think it’s a noble defense of our insect population. I get to tel
by kaikai 4y ago
Blame media campaigns about the issue. I keep bees and most people I speak to about it seem to think it’s a noble defense of our insect population. I get to tell them how they should be worried about native bees and other pollinators including wasps and flies.
- xipho 4y agoI don't think blame is the best approach. The general public/media takes time to catch up with "current" science. First pollinator awareness, then, oh, there is more than just honeybees polinating Almonds, rinse, repeat, then at some point, oh, there should be thousands of species in my back yard. Regardless, I fear that until we put serious laws into regulating both pesticides and fertilizers (taxonomists anecdotally noticed diverity declines with the advent of fertilizers, think killing water quality, over 50 years ago), we're going to be fighting an uphill, if not impossible battle in this area.