I feel like for most people they think about supporting bee populations and they only see the honey bee when it's the native local bees that need the most support.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and plant native plants too, any ornamental(non-native) or similar to the native plants, like in same genus has the potential to bring or attract parasites and pathogens, and pests. this happened with the monarch butterflies, people were planting tropical milkweed which had pathogens with it.

[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you know the details about the milkweed? Here in CO we have a native milkweed that many treat like it's a weed. I often see people planting the type of milkweed I see in the south. I don't think the monarch cares much but from my limited experience I've only seen caterpillars on the native variety in my yard (I have both).

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 20 hours ago

i saw a video about milkweeds, its normally the tropical ones that are problematic, they harbor parasites, plus the milkweed produces food to make the caterpillar/butterfly stay around longer, so they dont have the energy to migrate to the north or mexico..