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When talking to people about #bumblebees (which we do a lot!😊) they tend to mistakenly associate them with two things; honey and stings. We’ve covered the honey fallacy before so here’s a thread on stings to set the record straight Please #retweet for the bumbles.
Thanks.
1/11
#Bumblebees have the capability to sting for sure but being the docile gentle creatures they are they don’t like to use this capability - it’s their nuclear option! The ability to sting is a defence mechanism to defend their nest and themselves if they are being…
2/11
#bees
…persistently aggravated.
In fact #bumblebees have an early warning system which they deploy to try to avoid stinging you if at at all possible. We call this ‘the back off buddy’ system.
If you encounter/approach a bumblebee on a flower or perhaps on the ground or on your…
3/11
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People asking us about the very small #bumblebees they’ve encountered (if they’re lucky this year!😔) over the past few weeks.
Wanting to know if they are a specific species.
So here’s a brief thread to explain what they are.
Please #retweet if you find it interesting.
🙏🏼🐝
1/9
Spoiler Alert: They’re the first brood of worker #bumblebees and they’re all female!

These small bumblebees that you may have seen fitting snuggly into a buttercup as they forage over the past while, very often - depending on species - are in appearance mini versions…
2/9
…of the larger queens that you may have seen out foraging and house hunting in early spring.
Shortly after establishing their nest these queens will have laid their first batch of eggs which they then incubate and when hatched provide food for. Depending on species..
3/9
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Okay folks as we seem to be heading in to some warm dry weather we need to talk about #bees and #water.

Please #retweet this to provide bees a helping hand. Thanks

BEES NEED WATER!

Given that they can collect water, their nectar based diet and their ability to generate…
1/11
…large amounts of water metabolically during flight #bumblebees are less prone to dehydration/desiccation than most terrestrial insects.

However they still need safe access to water.

Research suggests that #bees locate sources of #water by smell rather than sight.
2/11
#water is a source of essential #nutrients for #bees and this explains their preference for ‘dirty’ water sources containing organic matter, algae etc.

Indeed #honeybees have the ability to and will change their preferred source of #water to an alternative in order to…
3/11
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So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull & cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to & detrimental to genuine bee saving.
Please #retweet to help the bees that need it!
1/17
Context:
There are 3 basic types of bee on the planet.
#Solitarybees.
#Bumblebees.
#Honeybees.
Of the 20,000+ species of bee only 8 are honey #bees.
Around 40% of bee species are under pressure worldwide.
Honey bees are not in trouble.
Repeat.
Honey bees are not in trouble.
2/17
Honey bees are primarily a ‘kept species’. There have never before been so many #honeybees on the planet.
It is estimated that there are 100 million + hives on the planet. It’s a multi billion euro/dollar industry. It is not #nature or natural. These are farmed creatures.
3/17
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Queen #Bees - HELP THEM OUT!
Another important thread concerning #bumblebee queens at this time of year!
Please #retweet/#share as every queen bee that survives gets to establish a nest that otherwise would not happen. This has knock on effects going forward. Let me explain.
1/11
#Bumblebees don’t understand glass - they get confused and trapped and exhausted. And they die. Likewise with polytunnel plastic. So if you see or hear a bumblebee buzzing and banging against a window in your house she needs your help - and quickly!
She’s in trouble.
2/11
So you need to act fast - don’t leave her suffer while you do something else (with good intentions to get to her at some stage - which you might forget).
Why?
#Bumblebees, even with a full stomach, have about 40 minutes of ‘energy’ in them before…
3/11
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Many people asking us about #bumblebees at the moment - why they’re seeing them on the ground - so here’s a quick thread to explain what they’re up to. Please #retweet as every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year! 1/8
#Bumblebee queens emerge in early spring from #hibernation and immediately need to feed - that’s why early flowering plants are so important. Apart from feeding their mission at this time is to find a suitable site to establish a nest. Hence you will observe queens flying low 2/8
…to the ground zig-zagging across the landscape - they’re house-hunting. Stopping to explore in long grass and vegetation, hollows in trees, stone walls, under sheds and even compost heaps. During this time #bumblebee queens spend a lot of their time resting between flights. 3/8
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🧵Predicted line-ups thread Double Gameweek 27

🔮 Predicting XIs for each Premier League club before the #dgw27 deadline

🤝 any support [ko-fi.com/fplnews] for my work for the fantasy community would be v appreciated!

🔁or please RT🙌

#fpl #gw27 #fantasypl #FPLCommunity
🐻‍❄️ Leeds

🗣️ Bamford fitness in question. Roca could come in if Gracia seeks greater solidity

🚑 team news ⤵️

#fpl #lufc #dgw27 #LeeBha #fantasypl #fplcommunity #gw27

📘 Everton

🗣️ Keane appears to have ousted loanee Coady, though Godfrey could move centrally if Mykolenko makes the XI

🚑 team news ⤵️

#fpl #efc #dgw27 #EveBre #fantasypl #fplcommunity #GW27

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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Double Gameweek 27 [Thursday]

🐻‍❄️ Leeds

📢 Javi Gracia asked if Patrick Bamford and Rodrigo will be available: "Now, we are working with more players..."

#fpl #lufc #dgw27 #LeeBha #fantasypl #fplcommunity

Support 🤝 ko-fi.com/fplnews
📢 Gracia asked if Bamford and Rodrigo will be available: "...I suppose if everything is right in the next training session, we'll have more options for the next game [Brighton]."

#fpl #lufc #dgw27 #LeeBha #fantasypl #fplcommunity
📢 Gracia asked how well Luis Sinisterra and Rodrigo have trained this week: "They are doing something with the team.

"They are starting...some long-term injured players need a process to adapt and come back with the team..."

#fpl #lufc #dgw27 #LeeBha #fantasypl #fplcommunity
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🧵 Predicted line-ups thread Double Gameweek 23

🔮 Predicting XIs for each of the 20 Premier League clubs before the #DGW23 deadline

🙏 any support [ko-fi.com/fplnews] for what I do for the fantasy community would be hugely appreciated!

🔁 otherwise, please RT 🙌

#fpl
🇮🇹 Spurs

🗣️Conte's back at Spurs in some capacity following surgery. Cristian Romero is suspended and Hugo Lloris is injured. Expecting two enforced line-up alterations from the Italian

🏥 Team news⤵️



#fpl #dgw23 #thfc #coys #LeiTot #gw23 #FPLCommunity
🦊 Leicester

🗣️ Rodgers could bring Mendy or Ndidi into midfield in an attempt at greater defensive solidity. Iheanacho seems likely to keep his place up front, now that Leicester have the required runners

🏥 Team news⤵️



#fpl #dgw23 #lcfc #LeiTot #gw23
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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Double Gameweek 23 [Friday]

🔌Quick plug before the goods - I'm currently out of work so any support [ko-fi.com/fplnews] for what I do for the fantasy community would be hugely appreciated🙌

🔁 If not, a simple RT will do!

#fpl #dgw23
🐦 Liverpool

📢 Jurgen Klopp on Jota, Firmino, Van Dijk: "The players are back in training, still at different stages.

"Diogo is the closest. He trains now normal, already for two days. So another three days of training..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23 #teamnews #injuries
📢 Klopp on Jota: "...possible for him [Diogo]. I think he's in contention for the squad, I would say but we have to wait a little bit."

On Firmino: "Bobby, next [match, against Everton], I don't know. We have to see how..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23 #teamnews #injuries
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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Double Gameweek 20 [Friday]

🏰 Newcastle

📢 Eddie Howe on Joelinton availability after drink-driving charge: "I’m not 100 per cent sure..."

🙏 Support ⤵️

#fpl #gw20 #nufc #dgw20 #NewFul #fantasypl #FPLCommunity

ko-fi.com/fplnews
📢 Howe on Joelinton availability after drink-driving charge: "...I’m going to have to reflect and analyse on that. I’ll make a decision closer to the game, in consultation with him. Joe was very upset yesterday."

#fpl #gw20 #nufc #dgw20 #NewFul #fantasypl #FPLCommunity
📢 Howe on Alexander Isak: "He's responded very well physically, there's been no ill effects [from the minutes he has played].

"He's trained well this week off the back of that [cup] cameoo.

"I think we have to be very careful with him..."

#fpl #gw20 #nufc #dgw20 #NewFul
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🧵 Predicted line-ups thread Double Gameweek 20

1⃣1⃣ Predicting the XI of each Premier League team

⏰ Due to the Friday deadline, commentary will be limited - hoping to expand this next gameweek

🙏 Support ⤵️

#fpl #gw20 #fantasypl #dgw20 #FPLCommunity

ko-fi.com/fplnews
🐻‍❄️ Leeds predicted line-up Double Gameweek 20

🗣️ versatile Wober could be in XI as soon as tomorrow. Koch, Adams filmed in training. No sign of Cooper, who has declared himself fit.

Team news ⤵️

#fpl #gw20 #fantasypl #dgw20 #FPLCommunity #lufc #AvlLee

☔️ Aston Villa predicted line-up Double Gameweek 20

🗣️ Ramsey fitness remains in question but should earn more minutes at least. Between him, Coutinho and Ings for a front-four role

Team news ⤵️

#fpl #gw20 #fantasypl #dgw20 #FPLCommunity #avfc #AvlLee

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Instead of spending a lot of public money and wasting council workers' time spraying vast quantities of carcinogenic chemicals on tiny bits of green space, collect plastics strewn all over Brum.

#Glyphosate
#ToxicChemicals
#Carcinogens
#Animals
#Environment
#Pollution Image
Stop spraying highly toxic chemicals on the bits of greenery left in Birmingham and the W Midlands.
Save workers' health/lives and have your them collect the masses of litter/plastics everywhere
#StopTheSpraying
#Glyphosate
#Carcinogens
@BhamCityCouncil
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1/10. This is a Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis.

One of the over 2,400 Mantis species.

This starts a thread with some great mantis videos.

Stay tuned.

➡️ RT

#insects #nature #wildlife #mantis #NaturePhotography #science #photography #videos
🌎

2/10. Mantises, like many nature related subjects, is something you can read about in The Planet newsletter.

Subscribe to The Planet and start your day with stories about the beauty of nature, or threats like climate change.

➡️ Subscribe 🙏

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3/10. If you see an insect with a triangular head, bulging eyes, sitting upright with arms folded like in prayer, it is likely a ‘praying’ mantis.

Here is an example. It is not praying, but eating a bumblebee.

#bees #mantises #insectphotography
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🍯 शहद खाने के तरीके और लाभ :
शहद पिछले 8000 सालों से हमारे भोजन और उपचार में प्रयोग हो रहा है. शहद खाने के फायदे और स्किन पर लगाने के फायदों की जानकारी, साथ ही लाभ और प्रयोग का तरीका पढ़ें इस लेख में.

#FabaHoney
शहद खाने के फायदे🍯

🍯- शहद में आयरन, कैल्सियम, मैग्नीशियम, फास्फोरस, पोटैशियम, सोडियम और जिंक आदि खनिज तत्व पाए जाते है. शहद याददाश्त तेज करता है, कमजोर तंत्रिका तंत्र को ठीक करता है.
🍯– शहद का नियमित सेवन खोई हुई शक्ति वापस लौटाता है. शहद शरीर को सुन्दर, स्फूर्तिवान, बलवान, दीर्घजीवी और सुडौल बनाता है.

🍯– शहद कामशक्ति वर्धक माना गया है. इसका सेवन पुरुषों में Testosterone और महिलाओं में Estrogen हार्मोन बनाने के प्रक्रिया को तेज करता है.
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"#ClimateCrisis" #FEAR porn started as early as 1800s. #KhazarianMafia #USA's #ClimateScam engineering and #ClimateEmergency #CarbonFootprint #propaganda chronology for at least half a century:

1966: Oil will run out in 10 years
1967: Famine in 1975
1968: World is overpopulated "#ClimateCrisis" ...
#KhazarianMafia #USA's #ClimateScam #ClimateCrisis #FEAR porn chronology:

1969: We will disappear in a cloud of blue vapour by 1989
1970: The world will exhaust its natural resources by 2000
1970: Cities will need to wear gas masks from 1985
1970: Pollution will kill all fish #KhazarianMafia #USA's #Cli...
#KhazarianMafia #USA's #ClimateScam #ClimateCrisis #FEAR porn chronology:

1970: Killer #bees arrive
1970: New ice age by year 2000
1970: Water crisis rationing in 1974 and food crisis in 1980
1971: New ice age by 2020
1972: New ice age by 2070
1972: Oil will run out in 20 years #KhazarianMafia #USA's #Cli...
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This week, people have been discussing if eating #oysters conflicts with following a plant-based diet.

Today, we’re taking a look at the definition of sentience and #veganism—and at animal species that have been proven to be more sentient than humans used to think. 👇1/14 Image
Although there is legal and scientific disagreement about #sentience, there are some standards that are broadly accepted.

According to @SentienceInst, sentience is simply the ability to have positive and negative experiences, including pain. 2/14
sentientmedia.org/sentient-being/
The concept of animal #sentience is important for ethical reasons.

If #animals are sentient beings capable of feeling pain, most humans would agree that it is morally wrong to cause unnecessary pain or suffering to them. 3/14
sentientmedia.org/sentience-what…
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A quick thread on why helping #bumblebee queens who might get trapped in your house, conservatory, greenhouse or polytunnel to escape quickly is so important at this time of year. Please pass it on/#retweet. Thanks.🙏🏼 1/10
#bees #bumblebees
First: the #bumblebee lifecycle in brief.
Queens emerge from hibernation in early spring. They’re hungry obviously and need food. They feed up and immediately set about searching for a suitable site to establish a nest. 2/10
#bees #bumblebees
Once they identify a suitable site they store a small amount of food and lay their first batch of eggs. They sit on these eggs to keep them warm making necessarily efficient foraging trips in between to maintain the energy required to produce the heat for the eggs. 3/10
#bees
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In order for #nature to thrive, we need to create a mosaic of habitats nationwide and adopt this principal in our own #gardens. From woodland to scrub, #meadows to short grass and #ponds to wetlands. A variety of habitats is best for species diversity. 🧵
Even in a 50sqm garden, we can have most of the above mentioned habitats but on a smaller scale. Small trees such as Rowan, Crab Apple and Elder can work really well in small areas without getting too big or casting too much shade.
Moving down from this, we can add shrubs such as Hazel, Alder Buckthorn, Guelder Rose, Dog rose, Wild Privet and Holly which will provide so many flowers for insects and nesting potential for birds in the spring. As well as larval food plants for moths and butterflies.
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Heatwaves, droughts... We can't ignore climate change ! Does climate change affect plants, pollinators? Does drought affect pollination, the cornerstone of the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems?
>>> Check out our new paper in @JEcology and please retweet !!!!!
a thread 1/17
2/17 Manuscript accepted in @JEcology: Long‐term experimental drought alters floral scent and pollinator visits in a Mediterranean plant community despite overall limited impacts on plant phenotype and reproduction besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…
3/17 We measured floral traits in a natural Mediterranean community under drought: floral scent, flower number, colour, size, nectar production. We also measured pollinator visits, species richness and composition, and plant reproduction.
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New impacts of glyphosate:
Silvia Ribeiro of @ETC_Group summarises the latest scientific studies confirming the damaging impact of #glyphosate on human, animal and plant health caused via harmful imbalances in the digestive & immune systems jornada.com.mx/2022/04/23/opi… (Spanish text) Image
@ETC_Group It's not just cancer. A Canadian study published in 2022 studies the association of neurological and psychiatric diseases with the disruption of the intestinal flora in humans due to #glyphosate, a disruption that would also have intergenerational impacts frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
@ETC_Group On top of the known effects of hormonal disruption, new study shows the presence of glyphosate residues and/or its metabolites in post-menopausal women is associated with DNA methylation, a molecular alteration that can cause cancer & accelerate cell aging ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EH…
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#Bee Twitter - I put up a thread last Sunday about queen #bumblebees this time of year and how to help - thanks to you it got 800k+ impressions meaning tens of thousands of people are better ‘bee informed’.
Can we do it again?
PLEASE RETWEET this new thread to help save more 1/9
#queens. Bumblebees don’t understand glass - they get confused and trapped and exhausted. Likewise with polytunnel plastic. So if you see or hear a #bumblebee buzzing & banging against your window she’s not trying to get into your house to hang with you - she’s confused. 2/9
If she’s already inside your house and is buzzing at the window she’s trapped. So you need to get her out &
as quickly as you can - don’t leave her suffer while you do something else. Why?
#Bumblebees with a full stomach have about 40 minutes of ‘energy’ in them before they 3/9
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Lots of people asking us about #bumblebees at the moment - why they’re seeing them on the ground - so here’s a quick thread to explain what they’re up to. Please share as every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year! 1/7
Bumblebee queens emerge in early spring from hibernation and immediately need to feed - that’s why early flowering plants are so important. Apart from feeding, their mission at this time is to find a suitable site to establish a nest. Hence you will observe queens flying low 2/7
…to the ground zig-zagging across the landscape - they’re house-hunting. Stopping to explore in long grass and vegetation, hollows in trees, stone walls, under sheds and even compost heaps. During this time bumblebee queens spend a lot of their time resting between flights. 3/7
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