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#TreeTuesday #VLMTreeOfTheWeek 🧵
Tree No4, planted on land taken from dairy farming by the #VeganLandMovementCIC
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Part of the cherry family this pretty tree is sometimes known as "Mother of the Wood" but it's commonly more famous for its berries ...
Tree No4, planted on land taken from dairy farming by the #VeganLandMovementCIC
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Part of the cherry family this pretty tree is sometimes known as "Mother of the Wood" but it's commonly more famous for its berries ...
Flowering as early as late February (flowering from last year's growth & another reason not to cut hedges) & before its leaves are formed, its glorious abundance of creamy blossoms provides vital sustenance for bees after winter.
#Insects #Pollinators #savethebees 🐝🐝
#Insects #Pollinators #savethebees 🐝🐝
The Blackthorn flowers are hermaphrodite meaning they have male & female parts in each flower. ♂️♀️
That makes this beautiful tree self fertile 🌸🌳
That makes this beautiful tree self fertile 🌸🌳
In the Islamic holy book, the Qur’an a chapter is dedicated to the bee, called An-Nahl. This literally translates to ‘The Bee’ & it describes the bee’s way of life, & how Muslims should be more like them.
For #WorldHoneyBeeDay we are celebrating the bee in Islam 🐝
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For #WorldHoneyBeeDay we are celebrating the bee in Islam 🐝
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1/ Al Nahl, Chapter 16, 68-69, talks about a variety of topics, but Allah specifically chose the title The Bee to catch the attention of the readers. Bees are said to be Allah’s miracles; the way they function and how they behave, are to be held as an example #WorldHoneyBeeDay
2/ The significance of Al Nahl as Chapter 16 is important. The only verse in this chapter that mentions bees is made up of 16 words & 16 different Arabic letters. Coincidentally, female bees have 16 pairs of chromosomes, whereas males have 16 chromosomes #WorldHoneyBeeDay
In the Islamic holy book, the Qur’an a chapter is dedicated to the bee, called An-Nahl. This literally translates to ‘The Bee’ & it describes the bee’s way of life, & how Muslims should be more like them.
For #WorldBeeDay we are celebrating the bee in Islam 🐝
A thread…
For #WorldBeeDay we are celebrating the bee in Islam 🐝
A thread…
1/ Al Nahl, Chapter 16, 68-69, talks about a variety of topics, but Allah specifically chose the title The Bee to catch the attention of the readers. Bees are said to be Allah’s miracles; the way they function and how they behave, are to be held as an example #WorldBeeDay
2/ The significance of Al Nahl as Chapter 16 is important. The only verse in this chapter that mentions bees is made up of 16 words & 16 different Arabic letters. Coincidentally, female bees have 16 pairs of chromosomes, whereas males have 16 chromosomes #WorldBeeDay
@AaravSeth_ @ErikSolheim @JanineClimate @KaoHua3 @KambojAnanya @CTrebaul @PTrebaul @WakioDorcas @KabilaObbo @krosenlund_com @rhosking252 @TomsTweeters @Martelocris @JoinIsmail Thanks!
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1/🍯 bee, APIS genus, is one species among 20,000 ones,
2/ They carry out 13 works in 40 days, starting with nurturers, carpenters...storekeepers...Foragers are those who're more than 28 days old, follow the last ones, adventurers.
Halictae (sweat bee)⤵️
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1/🍯 bee, APIS genus, is one species among 20,000 ones,
2/ They carry out 13 works in 40 days, starting with nurturers, carpenters...storekeepers...Foragers are those who're more than 28 days old, follow the last ones, adventurers.
Halictae (sweat bee)⤵️
@AaravSeth_ @ErikSolheim @JanineClimate @KaoHua3 @KambojAnanya @CTrebaul @PTrebaul @WakioDorcas @KabilaObbo @krosenlund_com @rhosking252 @TomsTweeters @Martelocris @JoinIsmail @ChristineMilne @FatherBob @elaine4animals @IPBES @UNBiodiversity @UNECOSOC @RoArquette @GeorgeMonbiot @LucieLucasOffic @LouisSerge 2/2
3/ No hierarchy, always collective interests, real #socialists,
4/ No obligations, some are lazy, will only practice one job,
5/ It's 1000 flowers per day & per forager, i.e. 4 times around the 🌍 for 1kg of 🍯, Earth-Venus for 300kg, thus spreading life.
Osmia Calaminthae ⤵️
3/ No hierarchy, always collective interests, real #socialists,
4/ No obligations, some are lazy, will only practice one job,
5/ It's 1000 flowers per day & per forager, i.e. 4 times around the 🌍 for 1kg of 🍯, Earth-Venus for 300kg, thus spreading life.
Osmia Calaminthae ⤵️
@AaravSeth_ @ErikSolheim @JanineClimate @KaoHua3 @KambojAnanya @CTrebaul @PTrebaul @WakioDorcas @KabilaObbo @krosenlund_com @rhosking252 @TomsTweeters @Martelocris @JoinIsmail @ChristineMilne @FatherBob @elaine4animals @IPBES @UNBiodiversity @UNECOSOC @RoArquette @GeorgeMonbiot @LucieLucasOffic @LouisSerge @stephenbudd @ECOWARRIORSS @OECD @DrJimmyStar @ImandiU @NeaminZeleke @Mistywoman1 @AuroraBlogspot @vanessa_vash @DrMariaNeira Bonus.
6/ If they spend the winter they live up to 5 months.
7/ They maintain alive 80% of the Earth biomass, pollinating. The 19,999 species of #wild bees pollinates more,
8/ In 30 years their population failes down by 80%
9/ They were named as "The most important animal on 🌍"
6/ If they spend the winter they live up to 5 months.
7/ They maintain alive 80% of the Earth biomass, pollinating. The 19,999 species of #wild bees pollinates more,
8/ In 30 years their population failes down by 80%
9/ They were named as "The most important animal on 🌍"
If you love bees as much as us, you probably already know how badly bees need our help to survive. But did you know these facts about bees?
Bees don’t just live in hives! Bees can be found in marshes, sand dunes, cliffs, peatlands, wetlands, grasslands, quarries, gravel pits, sea walls and even more amazing places. But across the country, their habitat is being destroyed by human activity.
One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators. Bees work hard to help make the delicious food we eat possible. It’s time we return the favor and work hard to help the bees.
This ought to be fun. Sign up, #Calgary. Over 75 years of adding bio-available #fluorine to our diet & watershed in the #USA, and our teeth are in terrible shape.
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The facts are plain and simple. #Fluoridation does not prevent tooth decay. #yyccc #yycvote #yycfluoride #fluoridefacts #ableg
Q: "What is astroturfing?"
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Weary attempts at maintaining a failed experiment, to save money, save face and to preclude any lawsuits for #dental enamel #fluorosis. Do not be #StampededCity, #Calgary. #SaveTheBees #NoToFluoridation #yycfluoride #yyccc #FluorideFacts #yycvote #yyccc
Promoting the science of #fluoridation, by trying to hide opposing viewpoints. That should be all it takes to #VoteNoToFluoridation, #Calgary. #Pathetic.
Seems an epidemiologist is not welcome in the #StannousFoilHat circle, eh?
Seems an epidemiologist is not welcome in the #StannousFoilHat circle, eh?
C'mere #GenZ I be needing you to teach me some #21stCentury colloquial slang language so I can impress my grandsons. The other day my 16 year old complained that his parents were too strict and I said, "It do be like that sometimes, Homie." He said, "You speak my language? Cool!"
#DoBeDoBeDo two hundred thousand words in the English language, and more every day, we'll never live long enough to learn them all!
I might use some of this new lingo in tweets too, but only if I'm talking to #GenZ because others may not understand the references. I do want to talk to #GenZ because they are the ones who saved us from a second term for #TheHateYam & they must do it again. We must #PassTheTorch
Neonicotinoids and why they need to stay banned 🐝
#SciComm #ScienceTwitter #SaveTheBees #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis
#SciComm #ScienceTwitter #SaveTheBees #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis
Neonicotinoids were banned by the EU in 2018 following multiple scientific studies which proved their severe detrimental impact on pollinators. Effects from neonics include reduced immune function, reduced foraging capabilities, and impaired cognition in bees.
The government has approved neonics for emergency use as a seed treatment on sugar beet. Yields have been impacted by beet yellows, transmitted by aphids. They argue that, because sugar beet does not flower and will not attract pollinators, the risk from neonics is acceptable.
I'm hesitant to jump on #PollinatorWeek and provide my expertise & best bee pics for free. This week is supposed to bring greater awareness to the importance of pollinators 🐝🦋🪲🪰🦎🦇 but looking at the latest tweets, it's mostly being used for advertising. I have some thoughts
The #PollinatorWeek initiative was started 13 years ago by an NGO to promote pollinator conservation -- great!
However, this NGO accepts sponsorship $ from big ag & pesticide companies like @Syngenta @ValentBioSci & @Bayer4Crops -- not so great!
However, this NGO accepts sponsorship $ from big ag & pesticide companies like @Syngenta @ValentBioSci & @Bayer4Crops -- not so great!
The success of this week seems like a #beewashing win for these companies. Their names and logos are on the posters, websites, etc. and their posts about #SaveTheBees get mixed in with legitimate conservation initiatives... I wonder, is this difference obvious to a non-expert?
To celebrate the 50th year of #EarthDay- this week we are sharing our Top 50 Environmental Campaign victories over the years. We are proud of our legacy of student organizing on protecting the environment and stopping #climatechange.Help us celebrate by retweeting your favorites!
Victory Spotlight #1 goes to @UWashpirg and their campaign to ban single use plastic bags which passed through the legislature this year!
Victory Spotlight #2 goes to @NJPIRGStudents and their win this year to ban single-use plastics in all @Rutgers_Newark campus stores- including dining halls! #EarthDay
Seems like we could all do with some distraction and silliness right now, so I'm going to go ahead and tweet the entirety of the Academia Obscura book 📕
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