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Colin PurringtonMy neighbor's dogwood after some rain. The red structures are bracts, leaves modified to function as petals for the drab inflorescence within. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dogwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dogwood</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/petals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petals</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bracts</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#botany</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/rain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rain</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cornus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cornus</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDSometimes things don’t go as planned but, you make a new plan. Working on my (bee propaganda) next print about the future of pollination for Manufactured Ecosystems, I dropped my inked plate with the text and slipped - after completing 9 bees. 😔 I was pretty frustrated, but I started again from scratch.But I didn’t want the original, with all that work to go to waste. 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/nativeBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeBees</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebees</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastoart</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDMore of my pollinator garden work in progress about the future of pollination for Manufactured Ecosystems.I’m thinking about a variety of futures possible for pollination and pollinators. Planting native plants wherever you are can foster these species on whom we and our ecosystems depend.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/commonMilkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commonMilkweed</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/echinecea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#echinecea</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monarchButterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarchButterfly</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/EasternSwallowtail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EasternSwallowtail</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildColumbine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildColumbine</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/CanadaColumbine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanadaColumbine</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/nativeBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeBee</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

GrantAnnual Reminder: “What a spring lawn is supposed to look like”<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoMowApril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMowApril</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoMowMay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMowMay</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollination</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateDiary</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Climat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>

GreenSupplyChain DIH<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DYK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DYK</a> that 80% of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crops</a> rely on animal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> & that some vitamins can only be found in food that depends in insect pollination? 🐝 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/savebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#savebees</a> . . Γνωρίζατε ότι το 80% των καλλιεργειών τροφίμων βασίζεται στην επικονίαση ζώων και ότι ορισμένες βιταμίνες μπορούν να βρεθούν μόνο σε τρόφιμα που εξαρτώνται από την επικονίαση των εντόμων; 🐝 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/savebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#savebees</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eu-cap-network_pollinators-foodproduction-activity-7291080058893402112-frLs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eu-cap-network_pollinators-foodproduction-activity-7291080058893402112-frLs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios</a>

Art History Animalia<a href="https://historians.social/tags/TextileTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextileTuesday</a>: “Border fragment of wool with a continuous band of <a href="https://historians.social/tags/hummingbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hummingbirds</a> and fringelike appendages representing beans. Early Nasca [Nazca, Peru, c.1-450 CE]. <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollination</a> of bean plants by birds may be suggested here.“ On display at American Museum of Natural History [41.2/6321] <a href="https://historians.social/tags/BirdsInArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirdsInArt</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AndeanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AndeanArt</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousArt</a>

ely<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> , on the other hand, do not seek to pollinate plants – they are looking for food; so plants make sure it’s worth their while. Insects are also remarkably sophisticated in their ability to find, recognise and find their way inside <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a>So <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> has evolved as a complex dance between plants and <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> that is essential for life on earth to continue. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> In Our Time: PollinationEpisode webpage: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028jtx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028jtx</a>Media file: <a href="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0kw7x23.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0kw7x23.mp3</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDA detail of some work in progress about the future of pollination for Manufactured Ecosystems, an international trans-disciplinary collaboration about nature-inspired technological solutions as the world approaches our ecological limits. The project is bringing all sorts of scientists, writers and visual artists together. Here I’m making a pollinator garden using collaged prints!<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Colin PurringtonHuge compilation of tips for maintaining an insect hotel, by Elsa Youngsteadt and Meredith Favre. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/InsectHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsectHotel</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/BeeHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeHotel</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a href="https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/how-to-manage-a-successful-bee-hotel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/how-to-manage-a-successful-bee-hotel</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺New endangered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/FairyLantern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairyLantern</a> plant species discovered in Malaysia <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-endangered-fairy-lantern-species-malaysia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-03-endangered-fairy-lantern-species-malaysia.html</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Thismia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thismia</a> aliasii (Thismiaceae), a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewSpecies</a> from Terengganu, Peninsular <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malaysia</a> <a href="https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/136085/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/136085/</a> "They are mycoheterotrophic, meaning they do not photosynthesize and instead rely entirely on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fungi</a> for their nutrition. The genus is known for containing species with unusual <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> that facilitate specialized <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> mechanisms involving small <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> such as fungus gnats."

Anindo Mahmud<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fruits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a>

JiKoMillions of bees in the U.S. have died over the last 8 months. Bees pollinate 75% of the fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the country.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Food</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodSecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-deaths-food-supply-stability-honeybees/#eidtk5zfdo4wbo9hwgaeeocdmws6rdbn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-deaths-food-supply-stability-honeybees/#eidtk5zfdo4wbo9hwgaeeocdmws6rdbn</a>

Bath NatureMale Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) today <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bath</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somerset</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a>. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/UKWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKWildlife</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NatureCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureCommunity</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bee</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insect</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollination</a>

Tan_ia_alive"Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." — Buddha <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bumblebee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumblebee</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Awakening?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Awakening</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Spring?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spring</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Renewal?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Renewal</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pollination?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollination</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Togetherness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Togetherness</a>

Anne Delong<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Hellybootwader" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Hellybootwader</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@jblue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jblue</a> I grow a lot of vegetables that polinators like.<a href="https://empressofdirt.net/food-crop-pollination/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://empressofdirt.net/food-crop-pollination/</a>I also grow some milkweed for the monarch butterflies; they'd be pollinators if there were more of them.<a href="https://musician.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a>

The Bee GuyIt’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friday</a> folks!Yay…you made it through another week without a failed billionaire’s ego rocket crashing on your head!Have the best <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weekend</a> you can.You know the drill:Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kind</a> Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gentle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gentle</a> Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#true</a> Be like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 66Pollen ‘safe sites’ exist on bee bodies which bees can’t reach when grooming (waist & dorsal area of thorax/abdomen). The anthers/stigmas of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> regularly come into contact with these parts ensuring <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a>.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Butterflies</a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate Butterflies are rapidly fluttering out of existence from coast to coast at a rate that scientists worry could upend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> & undercut <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> that sustains America’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crops</a>. The total number of butterflies in the contiguous US has declined 22% over a 20yr period, as shrinking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#habitat</a>, rising <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/temperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#temperatures</a> & a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxic</a> array of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pesticides</a> kill off the delicate insects. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw1633" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw1633</a>

Darren O'ConnellCheck out our new blog summarising our recent meta-analysis assessing treatments for the Varroa mite <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pathogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pathogen</a> of honey bees out!This <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/invasive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#invasive</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasite</a> has huge impacts on crop production from lost <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> Broadly, synthetic chemicals were effective at killing the pathogen, but had negative impactsBiological treatments showed promise for bee health, but were understudiedOrganic chemical treatments were the best current option<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disease</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://www.ucd.ie/earth/news-opinion/news/24februarytacklingvarroamite/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ucd.ie/earth/news-opinion/news/24februarytacklingvarroamite/</a>

BrunoMcGeeOn my Self-Improvement shuffle/jog/walk (I need to Move More) today before Lunch, I trekked along the quarter-mile flood control channel/Green Belt at the edge of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/town" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#town</a>. Along which there are scores of mature <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Eucalyptus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eucalyptus</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trees</a> (Blue Gum? White bark. Pretty pink <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> this time of year). And Boy Howdy, they all were a-buzz with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>. There are bee boxes throughout the region, to foster <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> among the vast <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/almond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#almond</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/orchards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orchards</a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Spring2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spring2025</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SacramentoValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacramentoValley</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NorthernCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernCalifornia</a>

earthlingWorkers gently rub their hands on onion flowers for pollination at a farm, in Faridpur, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bangladesh</a>, February 19. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a>

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