I’m the bumblebee witch and they are my fuzzy friends [Insta]
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“Tell the bees that I have died, They used to say that if the hives weren’t told of a birth or death in the family they would leave the keeper, So there is no need to lie. Tell the bees I am no more, Bees in the house can be a sign of good luck or bad luck depending who you ask and they said much the same thing about me, Tell them everything it’s what they’re for. . Go tell the bees I am reborn, The house has seen more than its fair share of marriages and births and deaths and tears and spilled milk over honeycomb, Make sure the bees are warned. I would tell them myself, I used to tell them everything, whispered like the breeze through leaves privately, publicly, prophetically, But now they’re worried for my health. . Go tell the bees I was sick, I have lived and died in this house more times I have cut my hair, but less times than I have wished on stars, Honey is a natural antibiotic. Tell the bees about recovery, I would tell them myself but it is taking everything I have to still love them when my skin makes me scratch and scream, Tell them healing is a journey. . But tell the bees I’m coming back, Nothing will keep away from hives under trees, beside the lavender and clover and bird-baths where the blackbird fights the robin, Please tell the bees that. Tell them I’m getting free, That when they next swarm in the summer thinking of leaving I will be there better than before and ready to dance with them, Go tell it to the bees.”
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One third of our bee species are threatened with extinction from Ireland. We know it’s because we have drastically reduced the areas where they can nest and the amount of food (flowers) our landscape provides for them. We can stand back and watch the problem happen, or we can try to do something. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is about all of us, from farmers to local authorities, to schools, gardeners and businesses, coming together to try to create an Ireland where pollinators can survive and thrive.
It’s World Bee Day and I did a thread about the love of my love and our hilarious romcom love/hate beginnings.
Bee Watching - Science for Sunny Days
I’m sitting in my garden on a sunny day last summer, soaking in some much needed vitamin D and photographing bumblebees in a lavender bush. It’s not a bad way to relax.
This is one of the photographs that I took. It ended up being one of the most popular I ever posted on Tumblr or Instagram and for me it sums up that entire summer.
But I was able to go a step further. Counting up the numbers and species of bumblebee, I was able to send those records in to the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
Ireland has one of the best bumblebee monitoring programs in the world, based on developing a network of amateur-experts for citizen science recording. Building up that expertise among the public has been one of the main goals of the People for Bees projects that I’ve fundraised for with my sponsored tattoo and that I’ve been assisting with in my volunteering with the Irish Wildlife Trust.
Monitoring is one of the most important things the public can do to try and help wild bee populations, as well as planting bee friendly plants and reducing their pesticide use.
It’s so exciting for me to get to start taking part of the project that I was fundraising for and try and put a local slant on what we’ve been doing.
Plant these to help save bees!
These are some good pollen/nectar rich flowers but remember to choose some flowers that are native to your local environment!
For Ireland that could be: thyme, borage, crocus, anemone, and geranium, which would also give you a good spread of flowering throughout the year.
One third of our bee species are threatened with extinction from Ireland. We know it’s because we have drastically reduced the areas where they can nest and the amount of food (flowers) our landscape provides for them. We can stand back and watch the problem happen, or we can try to do something. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is about all of us, from farmers to local authorities, to schools, gardeners and businesses, coming together to try to create an Ireland where pollinators can survive and thrive.
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People for Bees
“The IWT are supporters of the All Ireland Pollinator Plan and we are delighted to have launched our People for Bees project. The project will see us deliver training on bee identification, bumblebee monitoring and bee friendly habitat creation to community groups and members of the public in every province of Ireland.”
Video about a cool bee project I’m involved in - Learn about bee monitoring and conservation in Ireland
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People for Bees
“The IWT are supporters of the All Ireland Pollinator Plan and we are delighted to have launched our People for Bees project. The project will see us deliver training on bee identification, bumblebee monitoring and bee friendly habitat creation to community groups and members of the public in every province of Ireland.”
This is the community education for wild bees that I’ve been fundraising for. The fundraiser is live until Wednesday the 21st of March and I am hoping to raise another €400. If you can donate even a little it would be a long way to helping us inspire people to protect pollinators.
Here it folks! (excuse the goosebumps it’s cold) Here is one Great Yellow Bumblebee that is permanent in Ireland, let’s work together to make sure it’s lots more too by supporting #PeopleforBees www.idonate.ie/people4bees Thanks to @diana_tattoos for making it happen.
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Save the Bees
Bees are pretty good and you can help them out with a couple of these handy-dandy ideas for pollinators food and citizen science.
All footage shot while procrastinating from my thesis in the garden.
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It’s World Wildlife Day so many watch this video and learn about wild bees and how to help and stalk them!
somebogwitch reblogged
Save the Bees
Bees are pretty good and you can help them out with a couple of these handy-dandy ideas for pollinators food and citizen science.
All footage shot while procrastinating from my thesis in the garden.
It’s World Wildlife Day so many watch this video and learn about wild bees and how to help and stalk them!
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Wild pollinating species need wide-spread community action. That’s what I’m trying to fundraise for with People for Bees.
www.idonate.ie/people4bees
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Rescued this Common Carder Bee queen (first #bumblebee of 2018) from beside the pond. #PeopleforBees for bees can teach people who to protect these great little creatures. Please donate if you can and share if you can’t. www.idonate.ie/people4bees
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Má tá tú i do chonaí i gaeltacht nó bainteach le gaelscoil tá fhios agat cé comh deacair go bhfuil sé uaireanta achmhainní Gaeilge maith don eolaíocht a fháil; fiú faoi dúlra na hEireann. Tá sé go iontact go bhfuil Plean um Pailneoirí Uile-Éireann don Aos Óg as Gaeilge, lán do eolas suimiúil faoi beacha agus pailneoirí eile na hEireann.
If you live in a gaeltacht or are connected to a gaelscoil then you know that its hard to find resources in Irish, especially in the science, even about the environment of Ireland. That’s why its so great that there’s a kids version of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan that’s in Irish. It’s full of so much fun information about Irish bees and pollinators.
This is the kind of education People for Bees is trying to improve access to.
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Going to be talking about bees and pollinators a lot this month the under #PeopleforBees which is a great project by the Irish Wildlife Trust to help people help pollinators. I’m looking for people to sponsor me, to get Ireland’s most endangered bumblebee tattooed on my shoulder, to fundraise for this project.