just something i’ve been thinking about ever since catch & release.. i can’t decide if the latest episode makes this scenario more or less likely. i think it’s better if you click to fullview these!
Honey bees will be fine. They are a globally distributed, domesticated animal. Apis mellifera will not go extinct, and the species is not remotely threatened with extinction. The National Survey of beekeepers released last week reported the lowest winter hive losses of the last 8 years.
The bees you should be concerned about are the 3,999 other bee species living in North America, most of which are solitary, stingless, ground-nesting bees you’ve never heard of. Incredible losses in native bee diversity are already happening. 50 percent of Midwestern native bee species disappeared from their historic ranges in the last 100 years. Four of our bumblebee species declined 96 percent in the last 20 years, and three species are believed to already be extinct…
That wouldn’t be a big deal, if commercial honeybees could pick up the slack. They can’t. Managed honey bee colonies supplement the work of natural wild pollinators, not the other way around. In a study of 41 different crop systems worldwide, honeybees only increased yield in 14 percent of the crops. Who did all the pollination? Native bees and other insects.
^ This.
This is why it’s important to find out what native plants in your area are favorites with bees and plant those. Because those are the ones that are adapted to the native bees. Also a lot of the solitary native bees nest in old wood or the dirt, so you can create a beehotel for the wood-living ones.
Basically, honey bees are technically an invasive species. They just also happen to be beneficial to us. Don’t get me wrong, I love honey bees, but native bees are at far greater risk.
i really wish yall would stop using words like “hobo” and saying shit like “[x person] looks homeless lolol” and making jokes related to homelessness like what makes you think any of that is funny
i won’t stop reblogging this until you all see this and stop acting like poor people and homelessness are jokes
The ‘thirsty’ concrete stays cool and can improve safety conditions in warmer regions, but is not supported in colder climates because frozen water expands and ruins the surface.
not to mention that we will be soon running low on fresh water, so using this would be a huge improvement for the planet and will certainly help us out in the future.
Cartoon Network France censored Steven Universe through the dubbing, translating Garnet’s “I am made of love” to “I am friendship” and it is disgusting and I hate it. proof here
French twitter is tweeting them right now and calling them out.
this is so like… a textbook parody of the exact way people were saying networks would censor this scene. like it’s almost comical this is EXACTLY what people were saying they’d do
this is really legit awful but honestly i’m just wondering how the fuck they’ll manage to censor the ending to keystone motel? i mean that is legit the gayest fuckin thing like they’re nuzzling and kissing and it’s just Very Gay in a way that would be impossible to actually excuse as Just Gals Bein’ Pals. i’m sickened but curious.
