Successful nest.
Wendy left, not one of her workers has taken the high position on the nest, but they are defending it still.
Northern Paper Wasps are being pushed out of their habitats by European Paper Wasps, so I am very happy this little nest is surviving.
Remember- pollinators doesn't just mean honeybees and butterflies.
It's fun (not) to be #Autistic
Yes I always won extended family Trivial Pursuit games in the 80s while everyone stared at me.
@Shelter A lot of the animals people don't like are among the most important pollinators, and even those that aren't are very often enriching or even creating the soil the plants need.
Mosquitoes are pollinators.
Unfortunately.
@Shelter
Yes.
Which is why it's far more important to find effective treatments for the diseases they transmit than to try to eradicate them.
I have heard of programs which are looking at literally breeding malaria out of the species!
Some folk understandably find it hard to accept that an ecosystem is just that. A system. One which we mess with at our peril.
The entire planet is an organism.
It would be great if human beings in general could stop and think- am I behaving like a cancerous tumor or a leukocyte?
@jasod
I don't own headphones.
They upset me.
@jasod
So do ear buds.
@Shelter do you have a way to hear stereo?
@jasod
Later I do.
@Shelter So?!! Did you like it?
@jasod
It's not 1130 yet.
@Shelter 👍 No pressure
@Shelter same. I am trying to make them take the smells off before bed.
My younger son cannot stand anyone turning on music because singing or dancing might occur so I wait until he's asleep.
@jasod
However his own CD collection is growing.
We'll meet in the middle someday.
@Shelter It's hard to drink life from a hydrant like that. This is one hit that "I'm going to put this on repeat for a month or two" spot in my head. My hope is it tickles your brain and brings you some cool vibes
@Shelter Same here.
@Shelter Same. ✌️
Did You Know-
The primary pollinators for tomato plants are bumblebees because they can vibrate at a velocity strong enough to shake the pollen free?
If your tomato plants are low yield there likely aren't enough bumblebee visits.