A post about some of my favorite bird photos from around the world

[asterisktom]

If you are interested in birds and nature this may interest you.

https://fromnowhere2nowhere.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/twenty-five-favorite-bird-photos-from-around-the-world/

 

[just-want-peace]

Spectacular!!!!!!

 

[RipponRedeaux]

I've had no particular interest in birds, but the pics were exceptional, and the info was good.
I'm worried though by the bee-eater. I don't want to see the bee population decimated. We need the honey.
But I will allow them to eat into the dragonfly population.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

I've had no particular interest in birds, but the pics were exceptional, and the info was good.
I'm worried though by the bee-eater. I don't want to see the bee population decimated. We need the honey.
But I will allow them to eat into the dragonfly population.

You have more power than I might've guessed.

But don't be too hard on those bee-eaters, as they eat beetles and wasps, too, so I've read.

BTW, just how much Armenian honey do you eat in a year?

 

[kyredneck]

Tom. You're good!

We've fed the birds year around here for many years and have all kinds. Best 'insecticide' for the garden ever.

 

[asterisktom]

I've had no particular interest in birds, but the pics were exceptional, and the info was good.
I'm worried though by the bee-eater. I don't want to see the bee population decimated. We need the honey.
But I will allow them to eat into the dragonfly population.

I've had no particular interest in birds, but the pics were exceptional, and the info was good.
I'm worried though by the bee-eater. I don't want to see the bee population decimated. We need the honey.
But I will allow them to eat into the dragonfly population.

Thanks. Not to worry. I read some studies on this and the bee-eaters do not really make a dent in the bee populations.

 

[asterisktom]

Tom. You're good!

We've fed the birds year around here for many years and have all kinds. Best 'insecticide' for the garden ever.

Good for you. I really do miss having my own garden and bird feeders. My father-in-law, when he discovered an "invasion" of bees on his beloved tree in the backyard, ran out there and sprayed them all with insecticide. So clueless.

 

[kyredneck]

the bee-eaters do not really make a dent in the bee populations.

I had five hives at one time and skunks are a real threat in warm weather when bees are lingering/fanning on the outside of the hive, they'll gorge themselves on the bees. I almost lost a hive to a skunk(s) until an old timer told me why the bees were getting fewer. Raised the hive on concrete blocks and solved that problem.

 

[asterisktom]

I had five hives at one time and skunks are a real threat in warm weather when bees are lingering/fanning on the outside of the hive, they'll gorge themselves on the bees. I almost lost a hive to a skunk(s) until an old timer told me why the bees were getting fewer. Raised the hive on concrete blocks and solved that problem.

Pretty smart advice. Are you still in the bee business? My cousin does it in Kansas, and has some pretty good honey.

 

[kyredneck]

Pretty smart advice.

The 'smart' came from the ol' timer, I'm just passing it along.

Are you still in the bee business?

No. That first wave of bee mite infestation around 1981-83 took my last very strong (5 large super high (90lb honey each), probably a million plus strong population) hive TOTALLY unexpected over winter. Went in the winter strong, entire hive dead in March. Shocker. Had too many other fires for the iron at the time and.gave up the endeavor/hobby/food source

My cousin does it in Kansas, and has some pretty good honey.

It soooo depends upon the flora the bees are collecting from. Not sure what that flora would be in Kansas, probably something agriculture. Here, in my locale a most superb honey is collected during the brief window of the bloom of the native Black Locust Tree (Acacia family). A beekeeper has to be on their toes to catch that bloom 'just right' and rob the honey at 'just the right time'.

 

[kyredneck]

probably a million plus strong population

…egad, 100,000 plus not 1,000,000 plus