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minus-squareRedSnt 👓♂️🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·2 days agoPoor bees. That’s got to be hurting them, right? Isn’t concrete caustic?
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 days agoI imagine if it hurt, they would pick some other material. They mix it with some material they produce, so it won’t behave like pure cement. Also, after you mix it, concrete isn’t caustic.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoVery, cement has a pH of around 11
Poor bees. That’s got to be hurting them, right? Isn’t concrete caustic?
I imagine if it hurt, they would pick some other material.
They mix it with some material they produce, so it won’t behave like pure cement. Also, after you mix it, concrete isn’t caustic.
Good point.
Very, cement has a pH of around 11