Bees
I agree with you. Dandelions and clover are great for bees but people hate them on their lawns. And yes, the aggressive pest control is bad for bees as well, although ticks and mosquitoes are disease carriers. So I understand the desire to get rid of them.
I’m trying to find native pollinator-friendly perennials for our yard.
Some people also just lump all stinging insects together so beehives are treated the same as hornets nests.
There’s also a world-wide plague of parasitic mites infesting and killing off the bees. Apiarists are despairing - good, real honey is becoming hard to find, and a lot of agricultural crops dependent on bee pollination are becoming harder to grow.
No shortage of bees in our yard. Honey bees, Bumble bees, Carpenter bees, Bees whose names I'll never know... Bees R Us.
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Is it my imagination or are there less bees around. I have clover in my lawn and I can remember lots of bees in years past on the clover blooms. This year nada. Has the suburban obsession with removing ticks and mosquitos finally wiped-out bees as well. If so, that is quite sad. Suburbs such as our should be pesticide fee oases for wildlife.