The Great Outdoors

[Deleted User 310]

The boundaries of today’s wilderness are not easily defined, as spreading civilization devours the environment. Only through understanding the necessity of sharing this earth with all of its inhabitants will man endure. Man cannot survive without animals, whereas animals can survive quite nicely without man.

❤

[Shirley]

Interesting article:



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The buzz of activity inside a nest of Asian giant hornets can keep the inside temperature up to 86 degrees, so the trackers are also exploring using thermal imaging to examine the forest floors. Later, they may also try other advanced tools that could track the signature hum the hornets make in flight.

If a hornet does get caught in a trap, Dr. Looney said, there are plans to possibly use radio-frequency identification tags to monitor where it goes — or simply attach a small streamer and then follow the hornet as it returns to its nest.

While most bees would be unable to fly with a disruptive marker attached, that is not the case with the Asian giant hornet. It is big enough to handle the extra load.

[pdub]

I don't know if it's just because I'm home all the time but it sure seems like wildlife is throwing a big party right now.

[Deleted User 289]

My nephew and his wife hiked the PCT together. Hiked the entire length. The took some incredible pics but this is definitely a better synopsis.

[Shirley]

[Shirley]

[jhawks99]

Brains.

Gnarly.

[Deleted User 289]

A woman I am friends with is actually freaking about the "threat" of "Murder Hornets" and the importance of "eradicating them".
She's not someone who can be reasoned with so I'm not going to say to her........
A philosophical way to look at it is everything in nature serves a purpose. Even "Murder Hornets".
If there is a God, you would think Humans would be at the top of his/her/it's list of eradication - as a danger to nature and the planet.

[zsn]

But the nuance you’re missing is that said creatures are natural to certain locales and related checks and balances are in place. The Japanese bees seem to know how to deal with the hornet. It’s not unlike the Asian carp in our rivers and lakes or the legendary kudzu or nutria.

[Deleted User 89]

A woman I am friends with is actually freaking about the "threat" of "Murder Hornets" and the importance of "eradicating them".
She's not someone who can be reasoned with so I'm not going to say to her........
A philosophical way to look at it is everything in nature serves a purpose. Even "Murder Hornets".
If there is a God, you would think Humans would be at the top of his/her/it's list of eradication - as a danger to nature and the planet.

i think the overwhelming majority of Americans have absolutely zero clue about just how much of the food we eat is dependent on bees

[pdub]

That's another thing i've noticed - a TON of bees in my yard ( loving the dandelions which I'm not allowed to use Round Up or Weed B Gone on ) - which i'm totally down with.

Honey bees rule.

[TDub]

I want to get bee boxes going. Gotta wait until i can confirm the littelest ine isnt allegeric.

[jfish26]

A woman I am friends with is actually freaking about the "threat" of "Murder Hornets" and the importance of "eradicating them".
She's not someone who can be reasoned with so I'm not going to say to her........
A philosophical way to look at it is everything in nature serves a purpose. Even "Murder Hornets".
If there is a God, you would think Humans would be at the top of his/her/it's list of eradication - as a danger to nature and the planet.

i think the overwhelming majority of Americans have absolutely zero clue about just how much of the food we eat is dependent on bees

[Deleted User 89]

I want to get bee boxes going.

there was a dept. at KU that had a demonstration in front of the Natural History museum sometime over the past couple of years where they were showing how to build spherical hives

they were pretty sweet

i just tried to look for a story about them, but no dice...and i thought i had pics on my phone, but must've deleted them

[pdub]

I loved checking out the bee hive at the top of the Natural History Museum on campus.

[jhawks99]

Anything larger than a honey bee freaks me out.

[Deleted User 310]

Any flying insect freaks me out other than butterflies and lady bugs.

[seahawk]

A woman I am friends with is actually freaking about the "threat" of "Murder Hornets" and the importance of "eradicating them".
She's not someone who can be reasoned with so I'm not going to say to her........
A philosophical way to look at it is everything in nature serves a purpose. Even "Murder Hornets".
If there is a God, you would think Humans would be at the top of his/her/it's list of eradication - as a danger to nature and the planet.

i think the overwhelming majority of Americans have absolutely zero clue about just how much of the food we eat is dependent on bees

The carpenter bees love a certain kind of wild spiderwort, so I collect the plants from around the yard and put them next to the garden. I don't tell my neighbor, who gets upset with them for boring holes in his deck.

[jhawks99]

I don't blame him. I don't want holes bored in my deck either.

[ousdahl]

whoa there’s a holes bored now?!

The top secret boreds are only getting better!