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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re not important.

Plant what YOU like. [/quote]

"Let the bees eat cake!"[/quote]

Bees aren’t native, either dummy. They pollinate non-native fruit, nut and vegetable crops.

We can do this all day….[/quote]
We can; it’s not going to make your uninformed arguments any more persuasive. No, [i]honeybees[/i] aren’t native, but there are 4,000 native bees in America. Haven’t noticed any in your yard, not many birds or butterflies? No, you haven’t; there’s nothing for them to eat, nowhere to live. That’s what we’re talking about. DP.[/quote]

My yard is absolutely overrun with insects of all kinds, so clearly I’m doing something right by pretty much ignoring my weedy overgrown mess.

You’re welcome. [/quote]

They type of insect matters, dummy. Just like insects are generalists/specialists, so are birds. Also, if those insects are non-native, they could be doing more harm than the small good of feeding birds (e.g., the spotted lanternfly). [/quote]

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