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They're called leaves for a reason. (mander.xyz)

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[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

In other words, leave nature alone and let it do the thing it designed itself to do

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

And now I'm even more glad that where I live they leave the leaves under the tree. Didn't know that bumblebees live under that leaves left under the tree. Now I wanna leave a commest about the cute bumblebees that live under the leaves that someone left under the tree.

P.S. sorry, couldn't hold myself, sorry:)

[+] madthumbs@lemmy.world -32 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Colony collapse was due to fungicides being sprayed in the day. -Bees don't need extra pollen (they have plenty of food to spare which is why we have honey as a product), and they don't need people's lawns (pick the leaves up before winter).

Leaving leaves is just being an asshole neighbor making safe paths for vermin to get into houses, and reduce the value of neighboring properties.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago

Bumble bees do not produce large amounts of honey.
They keep enough food for a couple of days bad weather, but otherwise they don't overproduce at all.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Lmfao

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Leaving leaves also kills the grass under them.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It most certainly does not. Source: have a tree, a lawn, and no interest in spending time raking leaves.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago

It really depends on how many leaves we're talking; a thin, evenly distributed layer? Yeah that's just mulch and is great. A thicker layer that turns slimy and dense? That grass is a goner. Area and species of leaves probably pays a big part I imagine. I have an area near a fence where the leaves piled up and were left a year and now there's no grass there, even a couple years later (there's a super embedded layer of decomposing leaves that's blocking everything else out even after removing the bulk of the leaves)

Of course, there's never room for nuance in these conversations.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

oh no! Anyways...

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