Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Cripes cast. I'm your host, Charlie Barons. We are, of course,

sponsored by Jelly Good Soda. This week, we're talking about a fairly new initiative called

No Mo May. Now, what it means is you don't have to mo your lawn in May. In fact, you shouldn't

because it's better for the bees and bees are something. Now, I know, as soon as I say,

it's better for the bees, you know, some of you're like, ah, you hippie. Geez, Louise. I'm not

listening to this. But no, protecting the bees is something that people on the right and on the left

and all ends of the political spectrum can get on board with because bees support not only

our environment, but also our economy. Without these pollinators, we lose billions of dollars in

revenue and the ecosystem collapses. And so it's a pretty much a no-brainer. Also, you don't have to

do anything. It's not like you have to do something more. You just have to, you know, sit there and

watch the grass grow. What's more fun than that? But there's also other things you can do to help.

And that's what I brought Israel del Toro and Relina Ribbons on to talk about. They're both

professors at Lawrence University in Wisconsin. And they've been spearheading this no-mo may initiative.

So anyway, I've already given you the short of it, but now let's dive into the long of it. And also,

I do want to mention, I had some technical issues with the internet connection on this

crash gas. So there are a couple blips at the beginning, but just hang with it. The audio might

be a little screwy here or there, but the information is great. So with that, here is your

cribe's gas. Yeah, this is the third year we've done no-mo may. And it's exciting. We're getting

a lot of feedback and community interest. So we're just looking forward to getting going this here.

All right. So what does no-mo may mean? The idea behind no-mo may is if you wait to mo your lawn

until a little bit later in the season, you're able to provide food resources for these hungry

bees that are emerging just at the end of winter. So those are called early forgery sources.

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