The Willow trees are blooming. :)


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I went insect watching today after work, and I took some pictures!

There is a lot of goldenrod blooming now, and the bees are bring in lots of pollen and some nectar. I like this one since it's easy to see the pollen baskets.  :)( Busy Bees! )

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This time I took pictures of honey bees on blackberry flowers.  Even though most berries aren't entirely dependent on insect pollination, having a polinator increases fruit yields by at least 20%.

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The theme for this year's Bee Culture calendar photo contest is "Bees on Flowers".   I decided to try taking more bees on flowers pictures, since I don't have very many (and maybe eventually I'll get a couple that are good enough to submit to a photo contest).  I also kind of want to do a pollination themed Earth Day project for DA...but that will ( Read more... )

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Fandom:  Death Note

Pairing: Misa/Light and Light/L

Prompt (from the Death Note Kink Meme):  Misa wants to have movie night, and Light is moved to tears.  L mocks him relentlessly, but later realizes something is wrong.

I fail at LJ formating. lol

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Attack of the Purple Octopus Bikini

Fandom:  Gintama

Pairing: Otae x Kyuubei

Summary:   Otae buys Kyuubei a bathing suit. And Kyuubei discovers that maybe her love for Otae isn’t as one-sided as she thinks.

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http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Now I'm off to register and submit photos!  :)

Just for the lulz I decided to look up vegan positions on consuming honey...and now I'm kind of sorry that I did.  First of all, most of the misinformation they have on beekeeping and the honey industry is loltastic.   And kind of depressing, because I hate seeing misinformation so widely spread.  Most of these people know nothing about bee biology ( Read more... )