Thank you SO much for publicizing the plight of these beautiful butterflies. When I was a child, I used to see them quite often and virtually everywhere -- school yard, city streets, back yard (garden!), et al. This year I saw a grand total of ONE.
The problems include neonicotinoids, which are produced by such corporations as Bayer, Nippon, and Syngenta. They, alas, are singularly unsympathetic. Bayer bought up Monsanto and also produce the popular weed killer, Round-up.
Let us hope future generations will still be able to observe the monarchs!
Thank you SO much for publicizing the plight of these beautiful butterflies. When I was a child, I used to see them quite often and virtually everywhere -- school yard, city streets, back yard (garden!), et al. This year I saw a grand total of ONE.
The problems include neonicotinoids, which are produced by such corporations as Bayer, Nippon, and Syngenta. They, alas, are singularly unsympathetic. Bayer bought up Monsanto and also produce the popular weed killer, Round-up.
Let us hope future generations will still be able to observe the monarchs!