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minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·3 months agoI don’t think the public knows that, that’s the problem.
minus-squareKazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·edit-23 months 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-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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.