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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish59•21 days agoI don’t think the public knows that, that’s the problem.
minus-square@KazuyaDarklightlinkEnglish38•edit-221 days agoYeah, the new emphasis on “pollinator gardens/spaces” has maybe made it better, but when the conversation was “save the bees they are important pollinators” the public 100% saw it as a bee specific issue.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•20 days agoThe not-so-problem with that is that people started planting flowers to “save the bees” and inadvertently also helped other species.
I don’t think the public knows that, that’s the problem.
Yeah, the new emphasis on “pollinator gardens/spaces” has maybe made it better, but when the conversation was “save the bees they are important pollinators” the public 100% saw it as a bee specific issue.
The not-so-problem with that is that people started planting flowers to “save the bees” and inadvertently also helped other species.