New excuse for not mowing

One of the best excuses for not mowing the lawn at home has been discovered! By not mowing, you will encourage more types of bees and higher numbers of bees. The reason is that not mowing allows clover and other weeds, pollinator plants, to produce flowers that feed our important bee friends. Details of the study by Lermann et. al. were published in Biological Conservation and summarized by Terresa Carson in GCM. Mowing your lawn once every three weeks, or…