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Urban pollinator health #bees #birds #bats #butterflies #trees #gardens #nature

[Dr Tom Montgomery @DrTOMontgomery]

#rivers #bees

Neonics cause learning deficits & disrupt memory in bees & have direct effects on aquatic life, birds & mammals with potential toxicity to humans.

Used globally, now found in 10% of UK rivers, neonics persist years after spraying.

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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

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🟡 Honey is 80% sugars and 20% water.
🟡 To make one pound of honey, the bees in the colony must visit 2 million flowers, fly over 55,000 miles and will be the lifetime work of approximately 768 bees.
🟡 A single honeybee will only produce approximately 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
🟡 A single honey bee will visit 50-100 flowers on a single trip out of the hive.
🟡 Honey is the ONLY food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water; and it's the only food that contains "pinocembrin", an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning

[📹 macrofying]

[EcoDesign Lab @EcoDesignLabTMU]

Happy September! As the leaves change colour and begin to fall, here is your reminder that having a healthy yard builds biodiversity for all, especially overwintering birds! 🧵

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Mushroom Medley' by photographer and artist Jill Bliss #WomensArt
#September1st

[Environment Canada @environmentca]

2/2 To protect these species, we are proposing to up-list the Monarch and add the Western Bumble Bee to Canada’s #SpeciesAtRisk list.

💬 What do you think? Be part of our #GCconsultation by June 12: https://t.co/VgpAYjajYY

[WWF-Canada @WWFCanada]

Anyone can join #regrowCanada by visiting https://t.co/9onJcEKHFh and creating a free account. There, users can access expert tips to help them master the skills they need to plant, grow and steward native plant gardens. 🪴🦋

[USFWS Migratory Birds @USFWSBirds]

It's go time folks! Migration is happening and the birds are moving! Tonight, an estimated 133 million birds will be migrating! If you haven't explored BirdCast before, you should check this amazing tool out: https://t.co/3mZyR5LzXl @DrBirdCast

[Zoë Green @ZoeGreenCDN]

With this warm weather many gardeners are ready to dig in. 🛑 Wait! It’s too soon! Leaving the leaves on your garden beds is a 💚 great way to show that you care about #biodiversity Lots of insects (great bird food :) and butterfly larva are tucked in there. @metromorning

[WWF-Canada @WWFCanada]

Why does #restoration matter? And how will we restore 1 million hectares of lost, complex ecosystems by 2030? We spoke to Jessica Currie, our senior specialist of nature-based #climate solutions, to find out more. 💚 https://t.co/s3fV9ifREL

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

How bees gave our planet its splendid colors – one of the loveliest love-stories from the story of evolution https://t.co/oMxYRtFCH4

[KawarthaConservation @KawarthaConserv]

Your Saturday morning read.
Bird-brained? Climate change may affect intelligence in birds
https://t.co/trsExYenGd

[The Land Conservancy @TLC4BC]

It's Spring Break! Need activities to get your kiddo outside? Try printable our bird-bingo activity! Browse our website's Education Hub for more activities: https://t.co/pnys7TUx8V
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#SpringBreak #BCSchools #GetOutside #NatureActivities #KidNaturalists

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

Bees are sentient: Let's look inside the stunning brains of nature’s hardest workers. I wonder if the "dominant western culture is even capable of accepting that the tiniest of creatures have feelings". How about you? #SaveTheBees @EUtopean
@ECOWARRIORSS https://t.co/daJgRR6Z4J

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

Bald eagle: Branch manager

Bald eagles construct some massive nests, typically measure 5-6 feet wide and 2-4 feet tall, but some get even bigger! The largest recorded nest was 10 feet wide and 20 feet tall!

📷 courtesy of Nicole Beaulac/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://t.co/88D2vgNbIh

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

If birds had job titles, what would they be? 🤔

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Eggplant tastes like something you’d think of as a veggie, but it’s technically a kind of fruit. And more specifically, it's a berry by botanical definition. Here's a time-lapse from seed to eggplant in 87 days

[📹 Boxlapse: https://t.co/MXpyHMrDfA]

[Blooming Boulevards @BloomingBlvds]

#Habitatfragmentation impacts #biodiversity by reducing the quantity and quality of habitat.

Learn more about how native plants can improve connectivity locally: https://t.co/0O3uSxc9qA

#cop15 #plantnative #boulevardgarden #habitatgarden #unbiodiversity

[Gina Lloyd @GinaGoesOutside]

I appreciate that I’ve cultivated a group of friends in which an entire social gathering can be shut down for ten minutes to watch three ants attempt to carry an enormous crumb through the power of teamwork

[Pollinator Partnership @Pollinators]

DEADLINE APPROACHING - Pollinator Partnership is seeking an artist to design the 2023 Pollinator Poster focusing on “Climate Change and Pollinators: Little Things Matter.” See the full job posting and apply at https://t.co/ga5LEXgvhR.

[Commission for Environmental Cooperation @CECweb]

Mayor of @Montreal @Val_Plante at @CBD_COP15 highlighted the importance of youth and the courage to dream big, the essential role of #pollinators for food security, and the fact that our shared #ecosystems have no borders