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Gardening

Kittycow

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11. The bee-bites still annoy me, to be honest.

Reply to Botany (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 11:40 AM

Apr 2017

But I just move away from the plant if they're busy chewing it up until they're done.

I still want their little bee-selves to thrive. You can get a little bee house for them so I was thinking about placing one in a far away point in our lot where they wouldn't be disturbed by us always walking by it. But I don't know if they really want my intervention like that.

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Dont Plant Those Bee-Friendly Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away [View all] JHan Mar 2017 OP

And don't plant any plant that's been treated with neonicotinoids. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1

yep, that too. JHan Mar 2017 #2

Recommended. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #3

yep, best thing to do is just go with what the land and soil where we live love. JHan Mar 2017 #8

Thanks for this! furtheradu Mar 2017 #4

np, I learned some stuff I didn't know before JHan Mar 2017 #7

We have these annoying little leaf-biter bees. Kittycow Mar 2017 #5

ooohh Leaf cutter bees? JHan Mar 2017 #6

Yep! The rats! I couldn't remember their name. Kittycow Mar 2017 #9

"Big bee bites out of all my pretty leaves .... " Botany Apr 2017 #10

The bee-bites still annoy me, to be honest. Kittycow Apr 2017 #11

If you understand ecology you want insects to take a bite out of leaves ...... Botany Apr 2017 #12

Thanks for the information! Kittycow Apr 2017 #13