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celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 31 Mar 22

Last year about 600 beehives were stolen in the Northern California area. This is where almonds trees are located and this means a possible loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The thieves can then rent or sell outright these...

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Plants adapt to less bee activity

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381815) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jun 20

A PhD student in Western Australia has been investigating the unusual behaviour of ants that are acting as pollinators for a species of Conospermum, or smokebush. Normally, ants secrete a substance which actually kills pollen...

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Nature with bees.

Aleskys Cardozo @Aleskys (5879) • Venezuela 25 Apr 20

The fact that we are confined at home has allowed cities to rest from traffic and pollution and with this, plant organisms such as flowers and plants have found a better environment to develop freely, in addition to a small return...

I'm saving bees from the pool. Why are our bees dying?

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 12 Jun 19

Why are so many bees dying in our pool? When I find them struggling on the surface, I find a leaf, remove them from the pool, and place them on the side, where it's dry. Today, I batted 1 for 4, or .250. One of the bees I save...

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Do you know what dandelions are good for?

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 8 Apr 17

They are good for salads, and wine, and a kidney and liver cleanser tea and for a coffee replacement.. Oh and they are good for honey bees. Yay. If we did not have honeybees we would end up with very limited amounts of...

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Collecting

fishtiger58 @fishtiger58 (29819) • Momence, Illinois 10 Jan 16

I am not a fan of stinging insects, like wasps and bees. But especially bees, are incredibly important for pollination. With the problems with bees dying here lately it always makes me happy when I see them buzzing around my...

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For the love of bees...

DkAngelPrincess @DkAngelPrincess (329) • United States 24 Aug 09

In case you haven't heard the buzz, honeybees are dying at an alarming rate. The fuzzy little guys are crucial to the ecosystem, and also to our diet- about 30 percent of everything we eat and drink is a product of pollination....

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One of my trees buds

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 10 Apr 09

This is a shot of one of my apple trees budding already. Last year we had a cold spring so the bees and butterflies weren't around early enough to pollinate them as well as prior. I am hoping the spring warms up faster than last...

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Pollination Action

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 27 Jun 08

I started a discussion earlier asking for help in identifying this flower. But this discussion is about the "busy bee" that is pollinating this flower. It is sitting on the stamen gently sucking the nectar from this to eat and...

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My Little Buddy

Marie Anne @Ldyjarhead (10233) • United States 7 May 08

My husband and I were putzing in the yard yesterday and took a break and sat on the porch steps when along came a little buddy to share our little break. This butterfly was very small, not much bigger the tip of his finger...

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Micro chips and Bee Hives - do they need each other?

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 29 Mar 08

Well, in this day and age, they do..sad but true. Bee hives that are purposely rented to produce orchards and such for pollination (right now in CA it is almond trees that need the bees) and the company sends the hives to a...

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Sundays Hectic Day

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 19 Sep 07

This past Sunday the 16th was the most hectic, stressful and busiest day I've had in many years. I woke up with dad in a bed of his own feces and vomit. I had to keep an eye on him all day for his health. He ened up in the...

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Awesome Photo

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 12 Jun 07

Now I've been told that my photos here are great shots etc. Some even told me I shou;ld be selling them somewhere. Anyhow I went out to take some shots of my Asiatic Lilies for an update in one of my discussions. I did that then...

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