Amiral (Vanessa atalanta)

#photography #Plant #Pollination #Perching #Wildlife #AnimalWing #Outdoors #Nature #CloseUp #MothsAndButterflies #AnimalWildlife #butterfly #fauna #flora #Amiral #Vanessaatalanta #biosphere #mountains #pasture #september #autumn #fall #sweden #noroads #northern_sweden #jämtland #Achilleamillefolium #rural #rölleka

Bird of the Day - Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Kansas 2016
Pollen-crowned

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Hummingbird #Pollination

#Mystery #Plant Update 4:

The embryonic fruit from the last update hasn't changed much, but the flower has died. If it's a #cantaloupe, it should take 40 days to ripen, assuming it even got pollinated. I have no way to tell.

Some other female flowers have grown, with their own tiny fruits, but males are no longer growing, so I have no way to pollinate.

This is a common strategy for wild plants, first male flowers, then female. It reduces self #pollination.

#garden #gardening

Why we desperately need wild bees - Enlarge / The black and golden bumblebee, Bombus auricomus, is typicall... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962805 #agriculture #pollination #syndication #honeybees #science #bees

Ars Technica: Why we desperately need wild bees https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962805 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #agriculture #pollination #syndication #honeybees #Science #bees

TIL: All of the honeybees in the USA… are immigrants. The “European Honeybee” was brought to North America in the 1600’s and they are doing just fine, being domesticated farm animals. There are plenty of farmers looking out for their honeybees because they are an integral part of the agriculture industry. It’s the 19,999 OTHER BEE SPECIES that need our help!

@Vox

https://youtu.be/sxHu46YKnZg

#Bee #Bees #Honeybee #EuropeanHoneybee #SaveTheBees #Nectar #Pollinate #Pollination #Honey

Bees & moths, buzzing around catmint flowers.

https://youtu.be/woR1xqk5Cuk

#Pollinators #bees #WeLoveBees #bumblebees #honeybees #moths #pollination #nature #W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #NatureVids #NatureLovers

Reetrööt@BorisTinoco
"#PhD opportunity!!!
I'm looking for a student to join my lab in a project studying #hummingbird communities and pollination in Andean urban cities. Great opportunity if you are interested in network #ecology, animal behavior, and #pollination.
Retweet please!"
https://posgrados.uazuay.edu.ec/becas

How is #pollination service partitioned between #honey #bees and wild bees in #faba bean crops? Lundin found that honeybees have the largest share in pollination, shortly followed by short-tongued bumblebees. Read full text here: @gfoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.05.006

Anyone got an idea of what type of wasp this is? #pollination #killit!

https://youtube.com/shorts/m7HYoZ6YqSY?feature=share #bees #bugs #insects #wildlife #nature #pollinators #pollination #garden #gardens #YouTube #youtubeshorts #shortvideos #shortvideo

The #economy , #money means nothing—even for the rich—if we cannot breathe and #crops fail bc of heat, storms, flooding, #disease , predation, lack of #pollination , etc.:
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come - The Guardian https://apple.news/AFKqvUXOjQb6WHBzjDYhcbg
#environment #future #GlobalWarming #health #hunger #ClimateChange #anthropocene

Scientists sound the alarm over dramatic loss of 3 billion #birds in #NorthAmerica: ‘We’re watching … #extinction happen’

Story by Brittany Davies, July 14, 2023

"Since the 1970s, bird enthusiasts have watched the skies empty and heard the #birdsongs go silent as nearly 3 billion birds vanished in North America. Disturbed by the findings of an expansive body of research, scientists across the globe are sounding the alarm as half of the world’s bird populations are in decline.

"Found in every corner of the world from the snowy tundra of the #Arctic to the lush rainforests of the #Amazon, birds play a critical role in maintaining the delicate balance of their #ecosystems. Robust and diverse bird populations advance #pollination, help transport #seeds, and fertilize the #soil with their droppings.

"Observing and cataloging these fascinating creatures has long been a popular hobby and an important source of data for researchers and conservationists. Thanks in part to #CitizenScience reporting sites such as eBird, researchers have collected a wealth of information documenting the troubling decline of bird populations on nearly every continent.

"Peter Marra, a conservation biologist and dean of Georgetown University’s #EarthCommons Institute, and his colleagues studied multiple bird-monitoring datasets and found a disturbing trend. Using different methods to estimate population changes, Marra told Knowable Magazine, 'they all told us the same thing, which was that we’re watching the process of extinction happen.'"

However, the article goes on to say:

"Although the situation may seem dire, the news is not all bad. The tireless work of conservationists has restored numerous bird species from the edge of extinction, and populations of wetland species are increasing due in part to political action to protect their habitats. These stories of hope show that it is not impossible to reverse the decline.

"In addition to supporting wide-scale change and devoting resources to protecting #CriticalHabitats, restoring the bird population can begin in your local community and even your own #backyard. Take action at home by creating a #BirdSanctuary by growing #NativePlants and providing safe spaces for birds to eat, rest, and reproduce. Join a birding organization and participate in bird data collection.

"The knowledge shared across important crowd-sourced databases provides essential information to researchers on the state of birds."

#SilentSprings #CitizenScientists #ExtinctionRebellion

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/scientists-sound-the-alarm-over-dramatic-loss-of-3-billion-birds-in-north-america-we-re-watching-extinction-happen/ar-AA1dPxGH?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=af0dd704fb624fe4b38e7f4a7745d2e2&ei=12

2/n

As gardeners, we can:
- Plant cultivars of known sex, or
-Plant multiples, as many individual plants as possible.

Where space is limited, we can:
- Grow a male in a container. I've done this with my winterberries, cultivars I bought as a matched pair.
- Recruit your neighbors to grow some! Plants and pollinators care about proximity, not property lines.

#NativePlants #NativePlantGardening #HabitatGardening #Pollinators #Pollination

@redcrew @darwin

[Conference] Annie Ouin a fait une présentation au 11th IALE World Congress - 2023 qui a eu lieu à Nairobi, Kenya, du 10 au 15 juillet 2023. Pour en savoir plus: https://iale2023.org/

Ouin Annie, Andrieu Emilie, Vialatte, Aude, Ollivier, Mélodie, Rivers-Moore, Justine

Nature Based Solutions to Promote #Pest #Regulation, #Pollination and Related Species Diversity at #Landscape Scale, in a Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research Site in South Western France

https://www.dynafor.fr/single-post/dynafor-au-colloque-iale2023-%C3%A0-nairobi-kenya

Good morning!☀️
#TodayisaGift #Thursday #July #SummerinIllinois #Pollination #Corn #EveryDaysaBlessing #ThankfulforToday

BEES ... wild bee species are best.
" ... the findings emphasize the importance of prioritizing pollinators like wild, native bees, moths and butterflies in conservation efforts too, the researchers say."

#Bees #Pollination #Seeds #Seedquality

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/flowers-pollinate-honeybees-low-seeds

Moths are as important as bees for pollinating plants. They visit a wide range of flowers and transfer pollen over long distances. They also pollinate plants that are only active at night.

#moths #pollination #nightshift

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-moths-important-bees.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

RT SESS Centre Aarhus University
ICOEL launched tool to identify habitats & needed actions in agricultural areas to enhance #biodiversity
#AU_SESS member Yoko Dupont supports the approach & highlights the importance of #species diversity for #pollination, #pestcontrol & #climatechange
http://icoel.dk/natur/innovationscenter-vil-fremme-natur-og-biodiversitet-hos-oeko-landmaend-med-nyt-redskab/ https://t.co/ZdzeTN32dG

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sess_au/status/1672233180386975744

https://beyondbeebooks.substack.com/p/elec-trickery?sd=pf
#bees #pollination #beekeepers #beekeeping #ecology