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fromwww.7x7.com
6 days ago

Where to See + Help Track the Thousands of Monarch Butterflies Overwintering in California

Most monarchs live just a few weeks, but the super generation that overwinters in California lives six to nine months. For much of the year, the butterflies are solitary, but they cluster together at overwintering sites, sometimes by the thousands. Monarchs use the groves to rest, but when it's warm enough during the dayabove around 55 degrees Fahrenheitthey break out of those clusters to search for nectar.
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fromEarth911
2 months ago

Going Beyond Beekeeping to Protect Pollinators

Pollinators face severe, accelerating declines worldwide from multiple interacting threats, endangering food production and ecosystem services.
Environment
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Bees and butterflies face risk of disappearing for good

Europe's wild bees and butterflies face an escalating extinction crisis with one in ten wild bee species threatened, driven by agriculture, pollution, and rising temperatures.
Agriculture
fromThe Mercury News
3 months ago

Santa Rosa boy and his family at heart of fight for right to keep bees in city

Santa Rosa family fights to keep backyard beekeeping legal after city enforcement threatened hive removal, prompting efforts to craft a local beekeeping ordinance.
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fromCornell Chronicle
8 months ago

With new tool, birds can help track - and save - wild bees | Cornell Chronicle

Wild bee populations in the U.S. are declining, but a new tool uses birds to better understand and estimate their diversity.
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