Forget the elephant in the room. Let’s talk about the #bumblebees in the box. A thread on the commodification of bumblebees to produce your #food.
The numbers, why it’s bad for wild bees and how they kill them when they’re no longer of use.
Please #share.
#repost
For #bees
Likes are nice but reposts impact.
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#nature
#pollinators
#insects
#commodification
Here’s a
#MondayMorningMoment
with #nature here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#beesanctuaryireland
Mornin’.
Gentle on my mind.
‘And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever #gentle on my mind..’
#bumblebee #muskmallow
#nature #beesanctuaryireland
#beesanctuary
I bet they’re asleep in New York…
I bet they’re asleep all over America…
Of all the thistles, in all the meadows, in all the world, she flies onto mine...
Goodnight folks.
Dream like they used to.
#bees #butterflies #goodnight #dream #beesanctuaryireland
Spent a lovely few hours here on the bee sanctuary recently in the company of the gentleman that is Keith Duggan.
The results of our chat are in the Irish Times Magazine today.
Huge genuine thanks to Keith and Ciara Kenny at nostr:npub1gwk3xae5p5px45tfymk5cfr926tnuj2zlr9pfk29rk6m8jx9p0aqqm58hy for telling our story. And of course my partner in crime nostr:npub16vd67vkjpthh6fvh6karz7xjd8hudthlyrksw038885wfvemze5qlh62mc for the images.
For #bees.
Always!
🙏🏼
#beesanctuary #vegan #organic
#nature #bumblebees #beesanctuaryireland #naturereserve
#naturebasedsolutions #climate
All females develop a stinger but the equivalent part of the body in males develops into the genital capsule.
When males raise that middle leg to warn you to back off it’s just a bluff with no sting to back it up.
So when it comes to #bumblebees the males…
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#bees #beesanctuaryireland
…specific height preferences at which they patrol spreading their queen attracting scent. Some work their magic in the tree tops while others are more down to earth! Despite mating being their raison d’être the sad fact is that very few males (estimates put it at less…
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#bumblebees #bees #beesanctuaryireland
Even the birds watched quietly the sky…
Goodnight Elizabeth.
Dream early and often.
#nature #goodnight #dream