We heal together

The bees in our back yard, glorying in poppy pollen Thank you everyone who shared their feelings and ideas with us all yesterday. Thank you, too, to those of you who read and considered those words. Thank you to those of you who are silent, but with us. I should be clear before I go on that this is a Kelly post. Erik is out tonight. I don’t know if he’ll disagree with anything I’m going to say–but we don’t agree on everything. His thoughts will c...

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Help! I’ve got Paper Wasps

...ddies, for many hours and have never once been bothered. Biology Like honeybees, paper wasp are social insects. A mated queen lays eggs. But the similarity ends there. Paper wasp nests range in size between a dozen to 200 individuals. A honeybee colony can be made up of 60,000 workers or more. And honeybees only gather pollen and nectar. Paper wasps feed their young with protein (other insects). What a paper wasp sting feels like About the only wa...

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108 Artist/Maker Federico Tobon

...and chisel. Scary kickback video. Budget bandsaw repair. DIY belt sander. Making your own bandsaw. Sewing a big bag for bees. Cool Tools knot tying card. Clicker Training for Cats by Karen Pryer. You can follow Federico’s work at WolfcatWorkshop and he’s @wolfcatworkshop on Instagram. Make sure to sign up for his newsletter. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail...

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We Grew a Cocktail Avocado!

...ng varieties of two kinds. The “A” type is female in the morning of the first day and male in the afternoon of the second day (when the weather is warm). The “B” type is just the reverse: its flowers are female in the afternoon and male the following morning. The fact that we have two hives of honeybees in our backyard and lots of other avocado trees in the neighborhood means that we don’t get a lot of cocktail avocados. I could not find any infor...

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Saturday Tweets: Parsley Poodle Sandwich

...#nomowlawn #wildflowers #wildlife #pollinators #naturelover #Butterflies #bees #insects @JoSmithDWT @LincsWildlife @GWandShows pic.twitter.com/hQAoqRP157 — Hodds (@Hodds16) July 12, 2019 An illustrated guide to San Francisco’s most unusual statues https://t.co/8MDocfwcYv — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 2019 How to: run a small social network for you and your friends. https://t.co/QnkY6yEREr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 2019 Watch Net...

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