Tag Archives: pollinators
Don’t Blame Pine Pollen for your Allergy
We know it’s April in Virginia when our car changes color under a coating of yellow pine pollen. The finger-writing on the car’s hood on the second day of pollen fall soon disappears under new layers, like the first footprints … Continue reading
Posted in Seasons in Virginia, Trees
Tagged bees, gardening, Pollen grains, pollinators, Seasonal allergy
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Welcome some non-natives
I make a distinction between two groups of non-native species that settle down and reproduce outside their homeland. The bad guys include Asian hornets, Burmese pythons, Japanese knotweed, chestnut blight, spotted lanternfly, cane toads, kudzu, and giant hogweed … The … Continue reading
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Tagged invasive species, Non-native plants, pollinators
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World Honeybee Day at a Meadery
Plans for the morning were interrupted when I heard the Silver Hand Meadery in Williamsburg was filling glasses for all-comers this morning. And why? It’s World Honeybee Day on the third Saturday in August. The calendar event has gone international … Continue reading
Posted in Bee-line, nature
Tagged honey bee, Jamestown, Meadery, pollinators, Williamsburg
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Insectageddon means we are buggered
It was one of those throw-away remarks that stick in the mind. I was at Middlebury College in June when somebody at dinner said, “Funny, I saw more deer on the journey here than insects splattered on my windshield.” He … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Bee-line, Environment, nature
Tagged Allegheny Mountains, E.O. Wilson, George Monbiot, honey bee, insects, mountain mint, nature reserve, pollinators
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 