Brighton bee bricks initiative may do more harm than good, say scientists

They’ll use these for sharps disposal in PVD

I was wondering the same thing - will they be used or compromise structural integrity.

I was just typing this but figured someone would beeat me to the punch.

However the idea to do something is good. It's great seeing the few pollen lots around. More of those would be nice, bat houses, real beehives, wild flower projects, etc are all things to poke our city council about and to, when possible, do ourselves.

I do not think this is a good idea.

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I'm curious about the whole cleaning aspect though. Would the bees not clean the holes themselves? Do bees generally create their own holes in something that self-cleans or prevents mites from taking hold? Why are these holes so much different than what the bees make?

It looks like it has a disease.

> beeat

fuck outta here

I provide wooden homes for solitary bees. I use layered stacked wood with holes, and after they hatch I clean them out. There's a ton of debris, including some mites and dead bees. It's faster and more sanitary to do it for them and it helps keep them in my yard.

>Why are these holes so much different than what the bees make?

My layman's understanding is that bees make holes for their colonies with thousands of other bees and these things are for the dumb stragglers who are too stupid to find their way home before the temperature drops.

As someone with a pretty gnarly allergy, emotional scarring from seeing "My Girl" in theatres, I think we should just be focused on a way to pollenate plants without bees. Plan for the eventuality of colony collapse and have a backup option. Plus, once we've perfected something, we can let people like me destroy all of the bees, as they are no long serve any ecological purpose and exist only to harass and harm.

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That’s really the biggest issue facing the city/the world right now? God damn bricks?

you know we can address more than one thing at a time, right?

The key to native animals is native environments. we need to be planting more native plants and leaving areas undisturbed for nature

I understand that you’re a layman. So am I. There were some broad generalities you’re missing though. Most bee species in the US don’t form large colonies and solitary bees are fairly common. You’d likely overlooked them thinking that they’re flies or other similar insects. They don’t sting, they don’t bite, they cause no problems. They are entirely different from honeybees that form large colonies and aren’t even native to the US.

They're too bee-adjacent for me. All of the Apoidea gotta go, even the ones with no friends.

I imagine there are people who don't want swarms of bees in a crowded downtown.

Yeeesss, we need more compulsory items in life.

Bee allergy gang thinks this sucks.

Source: member since birth.

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that's not why this isn't a good idea, those bees don't bother with humans really

Do the humans know that?

yeah that's how i found out lol

I, too, am scared of bees

Thank you.

Thanks.

Ty.

Something tells me this would be a bitch to lay

Why I was just thinking The other day boy I hope somebody comes along and makes me do some shit. Bonus points for threats of violence Probably not applicable here but just saying

Glad this is the top comment rn

The types that utilize this sort of thing don’t sting.

To be fair, there are millions of bees and only one of you, so...

Kinda like your mom...

If we continue to destroy biodiversity and local ecologies there could be a lot more compulsory items in life. Asking developers to include some specific bricks in building larger than 5 stories really isn’t asking a ton.

If you want to preserve biodiversity, don't erect more buildings

Apparently not, have you seen the price of housing lately ?

There were two of us before they killed Thomas J

We need conservation not bee bricks...

Nah, she's easy

Buckwheat says: “o’tay!”

Isn’t that the purpose of the bricks? I mean if it’s ineffective that’s a problem, but wasn’t the brick developed with the idea of conservation of bees?

I thought wide-spread use of pesticides were a huge part of the problem. The brick is interesting, but I don’t feel like it addresses the actual problem with the bees.

is the whole building supposed to be made with it or just a smattering

Conservation means protecting and securing wild habitat. This approach works at saving and building populations where ideas like this brick get clicks and shares. It might work but saving habitat always works and always benefits more than just your target species.

The city should be planting native wild flowers and building habitat in wood lots that promote bee colonization.

What is a bee brick?

Omg I’m so happy the god damn BEEs have BRICKS to live in…

New churches should at least be required to use holey bricks

Ah yes, as a beekeeper of 5 years, my favorite species of bees are the *Native* brick bee /s

Another nonsensical gimmick... why don't we just maintain the little habitat that Providence hasn't destroyed?