How do I get rid of these (photo in comments)

[Foreverhopeful22]

They have taken over they are in patches of clover

They have now made grass unusable as bee heaven

I cut grass regularly and more bloody grow

I've tried weedol and resolve and nothing has even touch them

Help please

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I can't really tell from you photo, but are you talking about the white bits? They look a lot like white clover flowers to me and I wouldn't say you need to get rid of them. White clover is a common constituent of most domestic grass seed and does a pretty good job of filling in the gaps between more traditional upright grasses. If you're really keen to get rid I think you're going to have to round the whole lot up and re-seed with a mix that doesn't contain clover.

Apologies if that's not what you're referring to though!

Bee heaven is good, we need to help bees! I have loads of clover in my grass and two boys who play in bare feet. No stings ever. It could happen I suppose but I love sitting and watching the bees work xx. 🐝

They are in clover patches as there are so many it's making grass attract so many bees and toddler has been stung three times in one week.

I really need to kill them off. Short of blow torch I have no idea

I've attached a close up picture

I appreciate bees are good but I would like to also use my garden.

Help please

In the last three weeks

Toddler been stung 3 times
Me stung twice and
Neighbours boys once (on a play date)

Do you mean the clover flower heads? (I thought you meant the hippo for a moment )
They will attract bees, and will flower for most of the summer I'm afraid. But bees are good! I'm surprised your toddler has been stung, they're usually pretty good at getting out of the way & not aggressive unlike bastard wasps. Make sure he has shoes on?

It's clover.
If you really want to reduce it, you need to pull it up by hand. From the roots.
It will take time, and need repeating. You might also want to resead after clearing a patch.

Ok I see now! They are the flowers for the clover. If you're desperate to get rid you're going to have to lose all the clover patches (roundup or similar I'm afraid!) and re-seed with a non clover mix. But they do only flower for a short time so regular mowing should keep them down if you really can't stand the bees?

I love clover and so do the bees- it is fantastic at putting nutrients back into the soil where standard grass is usually very selfish. I also love bees though since they are so endangered and do such an important job in our countryside.

Not an expert, but I remember that being near oilseed rape fields used to make the bees more aggressive (do you have any nearby). Or could they be hornets? It seems a high volume of stings. Or do you have a bees nest very near the house. I don't think the clover is the problem really (I noticed my lawn is covered with it too).

Safetocross - I live very rural and directly behind my house and to the side are rape seed fields (I can't bare the smell).

I think pulling up sounds like the way forward

There's a reason they're 'in patches of clover'

If you keep mowing you won't have a problem

Triptraptrip - I mow every week and it seems to spread them. As they are literally everywhere now

I don't know if the seeds are being transferred from lawn mower

I like clover but it's disappeared since I got a service in to treat my lawn (I was getting thistles that wouldn't budge). I pay something like £6.25 a month and they come and treat the grass a few times a year to keep it healthy. The company's called Green Thumb.

Thomas - thank you i will have a look

I love clover in the lawn, it stays greener than the grass.

Put shoes on?

Misswilmot- we do have shoes on always when outside

My sting was on my leg

Toddlers were on arm hand and ankle

Neighbour was on foot but on the top

You may like clover I don't, I like grass better

Your best chance to get rid of it is to use a lawn weed killer that specifies clover on the label, but it will leave your lawn looking pretty awful until the grass takes over.

At first, I thought you meant purple plastic creatures kept popping up!

They are the clover flowers, like other PP'S have said, I love them but you do have to be careful of bees.

Apparently you can eat them, if you get to them before the bees

You could also try using something like a Fiskars weed puller to get the little blighters out. We have one and it turns it into a pretty easy, and stress-relieving task!

Update : used weedol grass and lawn - it's killed the clover flowers and the clover leaves are going black and grass is coming through.

At same time used lawn care fertiliser to help grass and should over time eradicate clover altogether

Thanks for the help photo below you can see the difference only did it on Sunday

After photo

I started the same thread last week. We have a lawn full of clover and bees and my toddler and baby are also regularly getting stung. It's a nightmare.

OP I was really concerned about using weedkiller as it can be dangerous for the kids. Did you just keep them off the grass for a few days?

Sleepfree - the one I used was specifically for toddlers and pets like rabbits

48 hours after use they can't go on as long as you wet it after applying then it's fine.