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....and more efficient at eating my expensive clothes and my brassicas, so fuck moths and bring on the native bee, wasp and butterfly populations
by throwaway892238 3y ago
....and more efficient at eating my expensive clothes and my brassicas, so fuck moths and bring on the native bee, wasp and butterfly populations
- fsckboy 3y agohoney bees are not native to north america. Native Americans called them "white man's flies" (or should I not be learning history by watching westerns?)
- tomrod 3y agoHoney bees, sure, but there are plenty of native bee species to North America.
- ed25519FUUU 3y agoThee native bees are also about 100x better at pollinating than honeybees.
- kibwen 3y agoThat list of native bees includes bumblebees, in case anybody was conflating them with honeybees.
- timeon 3y agoSo that is why corn syrup is popular in US?
- boomboomsubban 3y agoCorn syrup is/was more used as a cheaper alternative for maple syrup and sugar. The relative unpopularity of honey probably has more to do with sugar plantations making sugar somewhat affordable.
- fsckboy 3y agopeople are sensitive on the honey topic, but since I learned how hard it was to distinguish natural honey from fake honey (you need NMR or something), I've just been wondering why don't we all just use cheap fake honey?
- throwaway892238 3y agoIf you want to support local farmers, buy local honey. You can go look at their bees if you don't believe them, and it supports the local economy. And, honestly, the range of flavors in real wildflower, orange blossom, clover, sage, buckwheat, etc honey is amazing. I don't use honey all that often, so I spring for the good stuff and drizzle it on fresh fruit, toast, tea, oatmeal, etc. It keeps basically forever so I have various little jars from places I've visited, and now and then I'll crack one open.
- operatingthetan 3y agoThere are many different species of moths and only a few eat clothing...
- zabzonk 3y agoindeed, and i would not like to exterminate any of them. but it is bit irritating when the wool pullover you put away in spring is completely buggered come autumn. they are difficult to get rid of.
- analog31 3y agoBeen there. Moth balls really work.
- aziaziazi 3y agoAny advice on usage? How many/ what placement do you do? Had you success with the wood ones (Cedar ?) or another type? Sanding any x times or not at all?
- operatingthetan 3y agoI think they are quite toxic so are meant to be placed in sealed containers with wool clothing. Then when you want to use the clothes clean them first to remove the residue.
- analog31 3y agoI use the ones that I think are naphthalene or something like that. I put them in a jar with a loose lid, and throw the jar into whatever bin I'm storing the clothes in. However, they are not innocuous: https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/envepi/Pest/Documents/Mothball_Fact_Sheet.pdf https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/envepi/Pest/Document...
- selcuka 3y agoNaphtalene is supposed to deter them. It doesn't smell pleasant but at least it sublimates, leaving no stains.
- bch 3y ago> fuck moths and bring on […] butterfly populations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_rapae https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_rapae