Originally Posted by KS Smitty (Post 12800282)

Do you all know that dandelions, henbit (purple flower) and clover are some of the first nectar available for bees? Do you also know that some species of bees have been placed on the endangered list?

Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 12817356)

I have heard about the bumble bee problem due to so much herbicide being used.



We just returned from an 11 day trip to the east coast and the henbit had gone crazy.



It was really nice to see a few big old fat bumble bees though. Now they can just move on to my fruit trees since I have been working on removing the weeds.

Originally Posted by D2112 (Post 12815887)

Use a fertilizer with a surface and subsurface insecticide to kill any chinch bugs or grubs. The time frame to apply this is in late June. I don't know about Missouri but around here the grubs hatch out and fly out as jap beetles right around 4th of July. They have sex and lay their eggs (grubs) in the same place they flew out of. Merit has a 4 month residual but has to be watered in when you use a granular. So wait until before a predicted rainfall to apply this fert around this timeframe. That will take care of your grub problem.

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! (Post 12817357)

This is why we're doing what we can to help and planting that bee garden a few posts up. Everything we planted is supposedly stuff bees love. And most of our veggie garden is great for bees.

Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 12817358)

Thanks!

I was doing some planting in my garden this week and dug up a bunch of those darn grubs. They are everywhere! I have the merit ready, and it sounds like I may need to order more.

I am hesitant to put it on my garden though.

Originally Posted by cabletech94 (Post 12824931)

kill the dog. take down the fence. someone may have mentioned anti-freeze once or twice.

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 12824970)

Is there anyway we can shoot the moon or create a mountain range in central Kansas that will make Johnson County into an arid wasteland like Phx, Las Vegas etc? I don't want grass or to **** with my yard.

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 12824970)

Is there anyway we can shoot the moon or create a mountain range in central Kansas that will make Johnson County into an arid wasteland like Phx, Las Vegas etc? I don't want grass or to **** with my yard.

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! (Post 12824911)

Dog kept meandering through the bee garden. So we built a fence.

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 12825054)

I hope nothing you plan to eat will be in the middle box. It's going to be hard to reach and tend to.