Clover in grass should be the norm, and it was the norm till broadleaf herbicide became the new one. Because it also kills clover.
You shouldn’t be spraying herbicide on your lawn, and if you’re not there’s no reason not to have clover.
It’ll grow with the grass, and since it can pull nitrogen out of the air, in areas with poor soil, the clover becomes dense and accumulates nitrogen. Once the soil improves the grass comes back in.
As a huge bonus, clover “learns” the level you mow at. After so long it will just stop growing higher. If a patch is all clover you might only have to mow it a couple times a year.
And you’ll start seeing a shit ton of bees, lightning bugs, and all types of insects people always complain disappeared.
Putting clover out is a very small thing that has huge benefits. But people still aren’t really doing it.
Good to know, will bear this in mind
This isn’t wholesome, it’s a tax dodge. Putting a hive on your property lets you classify your mansion as a farm and pay no property tax. The taxes collected could have done more environmental good than a beehive.
Besides European honeybees are an invasive species that out compete native bees.
Is that a Mississippi thing? It’s definitely not true in other states.
It’s significantly lower property taxes in all states that have them. The tax rate for agricultural land is very low. You can also deduct the cost of “losing” money on the farm from your income taxes. In many states it also exempts your inputs from having to pay sales tax as well.
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It’s kinda trippy how much planting native plants has changed the types of bees we get in the yard. We do still get the typical honey bees, but there’s more variety now. Just the presence of the bumbles being higher is cool as hell.
I’m still a little phobic of the little buggers, but I keep allergy meds and an epipen handy for my afternoon limps through the yard.
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Because they hate that honey bees and wild bees are eating the same food and keeping honey bees will not help against the extinction of the wild ones.
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If you can’t verify the reliability of a source find others.
https://www.beeculture.com/morgan-freeman-saves-honey-bees/
Seems legit.
Thanks
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Morgan Beeman
There are many more species of bees at risk than just honey bees! Theres a lot of wild bee species that dont swarm/are solitary and are still crucial to local ecosystems. Research what native bee species are in your area and what you can do to on your property to facilitate them.
Google “bee hotels” for ideas on solitary bees. Stupid simple to make with scrap wood and proper sized drill bits. Research your area for hole sizes!
Really gratifying to find some girls made a home and waxed it shut! Never got to see any emerge though, luck of the draw.
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The gardener literally has to plant 1 acre every 2 days
How is raising foreign honeybees helping native bee populations? There’s a lot of research that shows that this is actually harmful to our bees.
Not to take away from my man, but beekeeping is a very profitable business. I know a wealthy family that does it for “beer money”. They ship hives and queens to California and back to help with pollination.
Hmmm, now I know what to do with my 2.5 acres of swamp…
This is nice to know. I hope it’s true.
