The World Around Us - bumble bee watch

[Vivianne]

Charlie sounds adorable. I’m sorry about Luna. That must have been hard.

We have koi in our backyard. One of them has a personality, I swear.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I was trying to identify some different bumble bees I noticed on my flowers this year and found that you can help record bees by uploading pictures of the bees you find onto www.bumblebeewatch.org where " you might help us to find remnant populations of rare species before they go extinct. "

[MissAutumn]

I've been a bit obsessed with this live stream of Joey the orphaned sea otter cub. He's so adorable! I love watching him grow up.

https://youtu.be/OjqyQr1Fa4g

More about Joey's back story:

[+] SPOILER

Joey is a male sea otter pup believed to be just 10 days old when he was rescued. He was discovered near Kyuquot after a concerned member of the public heard him vocalizing overnight on July 2 and discovered a deceased adult sea otter in the area, presumed to be his mother, the next morning.
https://mmrpatients.org/patient/el2001-joey/

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Awww I'll check that out! And thank you for reviving my thread...I forget sometimes about what threads I have!

I saw a bee with silver looking stripes with black the other day, have never seen that before! But I did not have my camera with me.

[MissAutumn]

It's a good thread.

Ooo that sounds cool. I haven't seen any bumblebees for a while. I really should plant some lavender.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I have since taken a photo of the silver bumble bee & looked it up to research it!

My parents had bee hives but they use to swarm which is really a terrifying experience.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I was talking to someone who said that she just got hired to do mushroom counts in the area. They go take photo's & document the types of mushrooms growing...locations (under oak trees for example) & amount.

We had a huge variety of mushrooms pop up around us this winter, some I had not seen before.

I wouldn't risk eating them!

[MissAutumn]

I saw someone in my village forging for mushrooms a whole a go. I really hoped they knew what they were doing. Some edible mushrooms look identical to poisonous ones!

[Gingerale]

And some of the poisonous ones don't just make you sick they can kill you!

[MissAutumn]

It's scary. I'll stick to store bought mushrooms. I'm impressed with people who can identify them though.

[galled]

Ah, too much to risk--and I imagine a painful or at least very uncomfortable experience if you get it wrong.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I've been noticing there are a lot of yellow bee like wasps out there.

[galled]

Sounds like yellow jackets! Yikes!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

The local restaurants have to put up wasp traps because people can not sit outside to eat without having them fly onto their food. Not a bite I'd like to take by mistake!

[Gingerale]

Did you know there is a website that wants you to upload your pictures of mushrooms & where you found them.