I tried switching my lawn to a clover mix to save water, and it's attracting way more bees than I expected.

After seeing a flyer from the county extension office about drought-resistant yards, I replaced half my front lawn in Tucson with a white clover seed blend last fall, and now the buzzing is constant, which is great for pollination but has my neighbor, who is allergic, concerned.

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alex_king333mo ago

That constant buzzing you mentioned is a good sign for local pollinators, even if it's a bit loud.

burns.phoenix3mo ago

Loud buzzing doesn't always mean healthy pollinators. Could just be a ton of one bug type, not a balanced ecosystem. People jump to conclusions too fast.

cole_mitchell83d ago

Roughly 3 square feet of my clover patch draws more bees than a sunflower field apparently. @burns.phoenix has a point about balance, but I'll take a buzzing monoculture over a dead lawn any day since at least the bees are getting something out of my gardening incompetence. And hey, if my neighbor's allergic, maybe I'll offer him an epipen and a free jar of honey if I ever figure out how to harvest it without getting stung 47 times.