JR: Possible answer to what is killing bees - Excerpts from a July 2013 Quartz story Scientists discover whats killing the bees and its worse than you thought As weve written before, the mysterious mass die-off of honey bees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the US has so decimate... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #bees #insects #nature #chemicals #agriculture #blog_jr

JR: Derham Giuliani - Nature Observer - The Magazine - September 12, 2013 - Down from the Mountaintop Years ago I met a man who told me a secret that has stayed evergreen in my mind. Derham Giuliani was a naturalist, a self-taught and the foremost expert on the insects and amphibians... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #nature #insects #blog_jr

JR: West Nile Virus Hysteria in Ohio - ( My comment, posted in a June 2013 ToledoTalk.com thread. ) Hopefully, this does not squelch anyone's hysteria about West Nile Virus in Ohio. Ohio's 2010 population : 11,536,504 Ohio Department of Health - West Nile Virus in Ohio YearHuman ... more>> 3 min read
- Jan 15, 2014 - #health #nature #insects #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle - (Someone spotted a large number of these insects in their yard on Oct 30, 2013 in Toledo. This is my comment at ToledoTalk.com.) Count the spots on the shell, but when you encounter that many, it's probably the Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle, which ... more>> 1 min read
- Nov 05, 2013 - #home #insects #nature #blog_jr

JR: First butterfly of the season - Around 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2013, I saw a Mourning Cloak quickly fly around our backyard. Mourning Cloaks survive our local winters by hibernating as adult butterflies. Unless a predator snags it, the Mourning Cloak will survive any forthc... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 31, 2013 - #nature #insects #butterfly #home