Hold on, a 24 hour transit card for 2.80 euro? That is less than one single ride where I live. I cannot get over the fact that you were out here paying for Ubers out of fear while a whole day of trains and trams sat there for the price of a coffee. The tram alone is like a rolling tour bus and you skipped it to sit in traffic. That front desk guy did you a solid and probably saved you a hundred bucks. I get the fear part but man, that math hurts to read.

Ha, hate to be that guy but the 80% number gets tossed around a lot and it's a bit off. That stat usually means something like 80% of flowering plants can be pollinated by native bees in some way, not that they're doing 80% of the actual work in your yard. Honeybees and natives both pull their weight depending on the plant, and a lot of crops like squash actually do way better with natives like squash bees specifically. So you're right that natives are underrated, no question there. But the whole "honeybees are useless" thing that floats around online is kind of a stretch too, they're just generalists doing a different job. The bare dirt patch thing is legit though, ground nesters love that and squash bees in particular are way more active when they have bare soil to dig into.