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Bees...butterflies...and moths....
Bees...butterflies...and moths....
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 ...and here he is reaching over to another Ginger Mint leaf..... Taken 14 July at 1158 |
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Superb thread and pictures egner.
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...thanks boxingthefox.
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 ..."Pep"....in the middle of the White Catmint......pondering whether to tuck in and have a pick me up...... |
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 ....tastsssstttttteeeesssss gggggooooooooooooddddddddddddddd.....  Taken 14 July at 1314. |
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omg ,alien invasive species (felis catus )
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Cat/magpies came in the night and emptied two squabs out the fur tree in me garden
the soothing dulcet tones of summer have been silenced ......  |
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...that's very sad breadnbutter....
...nature in action though I guess. |
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Not really ...Cats are not part of the natural fauna and nor are the 100+ magpies that inhabit the area around me .
They must be very much inbred ,the behavior they exhibit is also far from natural ,think this was a territory thing due to the numbers in the area,comp for nesting imo ,they could have done it 6-7 weeks .lots of peck marks on back on one but other not so marked just a bit of a bald patch on side ,and strangely a lot of half formed tail feathers removed (magpie imo)tree looks like it has had a monkey in it by the amount of displaced branches ,so must have been a fair old disturbance ,pigeons dont protect their nests so unsure what occured .Seen a Black cat looking up at tree last week ,maybe a combined attack . |
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 ...the Mini Greenhouse... ......where all the seeds are grown into plug plants and eventually planted out.....amazing what you can achieve will such a small little thing.... ..around 400 plants grown to either plant or give away..... |
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Breadnbutter
Could very well have been squirrels. |
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maybe they had a hand innit as well ...
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Cat was casing the joint last week ,deffo the ringleader imo .
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 ... Lavender Edeilweiss starting to flower.....  Taken 14 July at 1530. |
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 ..a simple Cosmos Xanthos (grown from seed) flower....... Taken 14 July at 1524 |
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Mrs SAGC, a newspaper and a big moth.
. http://i57.tinypic.com/21awcbd.jpg |
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I got one of these "insect hotel" things and put it up in the garden. Couple of weeks ago one or two leafcutter bees moved in and have been back and forth with bits of leaves and pollen for the nest. I took these photos this afternoon : you can see 3 finished tubes and she's finishing off another one now.
I was actually hoping to get ladybirds in there, but just pleased that something found a good use for it. [ This image is no longer available. ] [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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..wow ......great stuff......love it.
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 ..Bumblebee on a White Cosmos Sonata..... Taken 15 July at 1315. |
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 ...and another view of the furry fella.... Taken 15 July at 1520. |
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..sorry taken 1315...
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 ...the beginnings of an Echinacea Purperea flower..... Taken 15 July at 1322. |
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 ...a Bumblebee on a Blackcurrant Sage flower... Taken 15 July at 1328. |
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Really glad the topic of BEES finally came up here ,just last week the usual suspects were peddling a "story" ,suggesting the decline of WILD BUMBLE BEES was due to climate change
They will stop at nothing in there propaganda battle ,promulgate any old **** to hide the truth . The honey bee is struggling due to commercial honey producers importing and exporting disease all over the globe (GREED) ,these diseases have been made worse and allowed to take hold for many reasons but for some reason the new age pesticides ,the GM crops ,ect ect ect are never mentioned by the MSM as being linked to Wild Bee decline . In fact you will struggle to find any of these sources even linking the destruction of the Honey Bee to Wild Bee decline . I think the pesticides and other chemicals and pollution inc GM crops are to blame for the weakening of the Bees immune system ,they have been laid open to disease and parasites ,its a disaster but noone wants to talk about it for fear of the wrath of the big food comapanies, who have infiltrated all forms of media and now control the agenda . Last weeks MSN release proves this imo ,just one week later we have Honey Bee hives being burnt in scotland because of a notifiable disease ,the Wild Bees decline must be linked to the demise of the Honey Bee ,it makes simple sense but they dont want that narrative being talked about . The big food producers have a hidden agenda and have total control of the Science ,have spent billions getting that control and no narrative that challenges what they are up to is allowed airtime . GM foods ,Frankenstein farming ,dangerous chemicals and pesticides are good for you ,do not resist ..... These people are at the knowledge base ,in the universities ,funding the research and have a big hand in what makes mainstream media and what does not ,its criminal ,the destruction of the Bee is worth a close look ,try researching what has been happening to them never mind the humble Bumble Bees and you will find a lot of anomalies and some very conflicting info . They really dont want a link being made between GM crops ,New age pesticides and Bee decline ,never mind Bumble Bee decline . if any such info does surface they quickly go on the counter ....sickening stuff . They are strangling any opposition to their plans ,anyone prominent in the science side that talks about it is removed ,ground pulled from under their feet . check it out for yourself ...could say a lot more but dont want to draw the tinfoil hat accusations ... |
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http://www.globalresearch.ca/death-of-the-bees-genetically-modified-crops-and-the-decline-of-bee-colonies-in-north-america/25950
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/05/14/years-ago-was-unheard-dire-trend-persists-huge-bee-die there is a lot there is you look but you wont find it in many main stream media articles . they like this sort of stuff . https://www.siliconrepublic.com/earth-science/2015/07/10/climate-change-killing-bees its a war ....^^^^^this story was carried by all the infected MSM outlets ....comply ,do not resist ,exterminate exterminate |
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 ..Echium "Blue Bedder"...grown from seed.......one of the best plants to grow to attract bees....hoverflies...... butterflies and other stuff....... ...more info here.... http://www.seedaholic.com/echium-plantagineum-dwarf-blue-bedder.html#Flowers Taken 14 July at 1802. |
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 ...a Bumblebee about to feed on Echium Blue Beddder............. Taken 15 July at 1316. |
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 ...the furry fella in the Blue Bedder...... Taken 15 July at 1316. |
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 ...and clambering out.... taken 15 July at 1317. |
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 ..Hoverfly feeding from an Echium "Blue Bedder"..... Taken 15 July at 1304. |
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 ..a Hoverfly feeding from a Phacelia Tanacetifolia flower......grown from seed...... Taken 15 July at 1623. |
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 ...a Ladybird Larvae resting on a Phacelia Tanacetifolia leaf.... Taken 15 July at 1620. |
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 ...a Hoverfly....Scaeva pyrastri or Scaeva selenitica....(according to this site...http://syrphidae.3644.co.uk) on a Cornflower Blue...grown from seed..... Taken 15 July at 1625 |
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 ..another view of the fella..... |
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 ..and another... |
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 ..and another..... |
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 .. a Phacelia Campanularia flower ......after a rain shower......Taken 14 July at 1801. |
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 ..a Comma Butterfly on an Echium Blue Bedder flower.... Taken 17 July at 1438. |
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 ...a different view... |