Karen Fishler

Did u know? If you ever feel alone, or fearful for our planet, the best thing that you can do is to create a wildlife garden/balcony/windowbox/yard. In doing this, you'll attract a family of all sorts of small souls & tiny friends & they, in turn,will wrap you in their loving arms,every day. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐸

Did u know? *Tidy* is not what nature needs in wildlife friendly outside spaces.*Tidy*means no food/homes for little lives. Seed heads are often chopped off - far too*messy*/too *brown*, but each one offers food for birds/winter shelter for small souls. Marvel at the magnificence of *messy*. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🐦‍⬛

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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A bit like high fibre foods for humans it turns out that it is the spiny outer shell of #sunflower pollen, not the contents, that combats a common pathogen (Crithidia bombi) that lives in #bumblebee guts.
#bees
#nature
#insects

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Sunflower/sunflower family plant pollen has a spiny outer shell.
Consumption of this ‘spiny’ pollen by #bees reduces infection of a common parasite by up to 94% & greatly increases the number of queen #bumblebees produced.
#nature
#insects
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Did u know? There's many more bees in the world than we might think.It's not just all about Honeys. There's 260 different bee species in the UK, alone. This is a Blood bee - named after its abdomen that has a blood-red flush to it. It lays its eggs in the nests of ground nesting bees. #bees 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝

Did u know? Insects aren't just pollinators, they're seed dispersers too. Once the flowers of Cyclamen are pollinated they develop round seed pods that have a sweet liquid inside that's irresistible to ants.They carry the pods off, chewing through the pods as they go & spreading seeds.So cool🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐜

"In the las 50 yrs we have cut down 1/2 the world's forests & >75 million tons of topsoil have washed off these lands. Nothing in human history prepares us for the sheer speed at which the consequences of these actions are now rushing toward us." ~David Kelly (The Forest Unseen) #ForestFriday

YouTube video by Dave Goulson No More Beewashing! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees.

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree.
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU

It doesn't take a scientist or forester to see that North America's forests are changing rapidly, sometimes in ways never seen before. For this #ForestFriday let's review some terms being used to describe these changes, & take a tour thru America's new 'Forests of the Anthropocene'. 🧵

Did u know? Ladybirds are wonderful! Not only do they eat aphids, so control their numbers,without the need for pesticides. As an added bonus, when they travel from flower to flower looking for food, they carry pollen on hairs on the underside of their abdomen & pollinate flowers as they go. 🌍🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🐞🌍

Did u know? We all tend to think that bees are the world's only pollinators, but that's so wrong. Look at this sunny yellow Solidago plant. Its lovely little flowers are being happily pollinated by many different species of fly....and not a bee in sight. Let's hear it for flies...🙌🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🪰

Did u know? The weather has been hot & dry & it's a struggle to keep plants hydrated for resident wildlife, like pollinators. An idea for pots that cuts down on moisture loss & reduces watering time, as well as creating a habitat for small souls, like frogs, is to group them together. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐝

Bird Flu Comes For Toronto’s Wildlife | The Local For humans, the virus has the potential to spark the next pandemic. But for wildlife, it's already causing devastation.

The impact of avian influenza on wildlife is DEVASTATING. But this isn't meant to be a depressing story! There are things we can (and need to) do for our wild neighbours! They just aren't what you might assume. thelocal.to/avian-flu-to...

Bird Flu Comes For Toronto’s Wildlife | The Local For humans, the virus has the potential to spark the next pandemic. But for wildlife, it's already causing devastation.

Great @wencyleung.bsky.social story. So much bird flu coverage is about whether it could lead to the next pandemic, the price of eggs, the effects on agriculture, etc. Wency writes about how avian flu is already devastating wildlife, and why we should care. thelocal.to/avian-flu-to...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

a friend sent me this one

Trade deficit. I have bought food from say, Chilis. They have never bought food from me.

There is a trade deficit with Chilis. I’m still doing fine.

The trade deficit argument SOUNDS compelling, but it’s a straw man with no relevancy

Color photo of a white lily blossom, overlaid with a black skull and cross bones and text that reads “no lilies for kitties”.

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

RIP Robert McGinnis. One of the very best. A giant of illustration.

As a local cop, I’d like to say that dismantling of social services by the federal government, which helps fund vital services & programs for my neighbors, is insane.
It’s anti-fiscal
It’s anti-smart
It’s anti-community
And
It’s pro-misery
It’s pro-cruelty
Hell, it’s pro-crime

Your moment of critically endangered beauty ❤️

With just 16 known to remain in the wild, Ginger could be the first (+ last) Red Wolf you see.

Dear America. Due process is not something that doesn’t apply if you did a crime. It’s literally how we determine you did a crime. Due process is not just the ‘way’ of the justice system. It’s the ‘why’ as well.

Due process means we all matter or none of us do. Act accordingly

Face to face with a raven as I lay on my belly in the snow.
#raven

I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. #ferry #trucks #humor I’m pretty sure my horoscope today said something like this… Before you climb up on your pulpit—and we both know you had your climbing gear ready to go—I am aware that there are truly a…

I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. #ferry #trucks #humor barbtaub.com/2025/03/28/i...

there are like three overlapping scandals with signalgate — illegal distribution of sensitive government materials by top members of the administration, illegal attempt to circumvent records laws and possible unlawful use of military force — and democrats should be screaming about them all

This is how it's supposed to work.

In case you wondered. 😐

well!

The Democrat who announces a primary challenge to Dick Durbin today, rather than waiting for him to announce his retirement, will raise $10 million in a week.

'It's so unbelievable': Cyber world stunned over war planners using Signal Regardless of app security, experts say communicating the military plans of the U.S. government in a non-classified space creates a massive security vulnerability.

“It’s so unbelievable,” a former White House official, granted anonymity to discuss The Atlantic’s report candidly, said Monday. “These guys all have traveling security details to set up secure comms for them, wherever they are.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info: