#Colony Collapse Disorder

[bootleg-nessie]

Colony collapse disorder is a hoax. The bees are all dying because that fucker Burt keeps grinding them up to put in chapstick

[custardfist]

FLORIDA WOMAN BEE BUZZIN’ 🐝

I’d collapse my colony too if I encountered this near my hive.  

[milkdongcomics]

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[macaron-tea-party]

Student’s research in bee memory discovers possible treatment for colony collapse disorder

[inspired-lesson-plans]

No lesson plan here, just a recommendation for a better source if you're a concerned vegan like @vegance.

If you're interested in bees, then I strongly recommend The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees by Dana Church. It's written from the scientific perspective and the love of bees is absolutely palpable on every page. Church writes with an incredible respect for facts and research, yet in language that is accessible to readers down to about a 5th grade level. (Scholastic says that it's suitable for grades 3-7 but it's also 320 pages and gets lost in the weeds at least once per chapter, so I wouldn't recommend it below grade 5 unless bees are your student's Special Interest).

But in case you choose not to read it, here are a few key takeaways:

Beekeeping practices have evolved since 19th century Germany.

Modern agriculture relies very heavily on both honeybees and bumblebees.

Both are raised commercially as pollinators and shipped around the world.

Bumblebees are being used increasingly over honeybees these days, mostly because they are generally more effective pollinators but also because there is a greater diversity of species (monoculture is bad for many reasons).

Both honeybees and commercially bred bumblebees ARE invasive species across most of the world, and this IS problematic.

The solution is not to stop beekeeping, but to continue research funding research and regulating farming practice in line with their findings.

Colony Collapse Disorder is the biggest problem by far. This seems to be caused by a mixture of disease and parasites but it's catastrophic due to neonicotinoid pesticides that remain in the environment.

Virtually all animals feel something like pain and fear, and we ought to make massive changes to the way we practice commercial fishing for MANY SIGNIFICANT REASONS, including reduction of pain. This does not apply to beekeeping.

A queen's greatest threat is generally other queens. If you've ever read the dystopian YA novel Red Queen, it's like that.

Wild that folks keep saying beekeepers abuse bees as if bees are not both venomous flying animals and fully unionized

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[gl1tchxr]

this is the context for the necromancer poll: a bug/dark type Vespiquen!

instead of farming her own honey, this variant of Vespiquen commands an army of undead Combee to raid the hives of Sinnohian Vespiquen.

[oliveroctavius]

I'm having like a fit laughing at the tiny murder drones to hunt and kill beewolves with explosives they could not have designed something funnier to me personally if they tried

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Xerces Society: Announcing The State Of The Bees Initiative: Our Plan To Study Every Wild Bee Species In The U.S.

This is really exciting news! For those unaware, the Xerces Society has been focusing on invertebrate conservation for over fifty years, and has pioneered a lot of the work to bring awareness to the devastating losses of not only insects but other terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. It gets its name from the Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces), the first North American butterfly driven to extinction by human activities.

Even if you haven't heard of the Xerces Society, you've probably come across various "Save the Bees!" campaigns. These frequently focus on the domesticated European honey bee (Apis mellifera), which, while it may be important to crop pollination in many parts of the world, is not a part of natural ecosystems in places like the Americas and Australia, and can be considered an invasive species at times. With the rise of colony collapse disorder (CCD) particularly after the turn of the 21st century, where entire domestic honeybee colonies would die off, the need to preserve bees began to gain wider public acknowledgement.

But what many people don't realize is that it is the thousands upon thousands of other native bee species worldwide that are in greater danger of extinction. They don't have armies of beekeepers giving them safe places to live and treating them for diseases and parasites. More importantly, where honey bees may visit a wide variety of plants, native bees often have a much narrower series of species they visit, and they are quite vulnerable to habitat loss. Most bees are not as social as honey bees and live solitary lives, unseen by the casual observer.

Invertebrates in general often suffer from a lack of conservation information, meaning that particularly vulnerable species may fly under the radar and risk going extinct without anyone realizing until it's too late. This ambitious program by the Xerces Society aims to solve that problem, at least for the 3,600+ species of bee in the United States. If they can assign a conservation status to each one, then that strengthens the argument toward protecting their wild habitats and working to increase their numbers. Hopefully it will also prompt more attention to other under-studied species that are in danger of going extinct simply because we don't know enough about them.

[beefcakekinard]

buck obviously would rule at trivia but the more drunk he gets, the more tactile + distractible - so by the end of the night, he's basically draped over tommy like a blanket, rambling into his ear about colony collapse disorder

[custardfist]

𝑭𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑨 𝑾𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵 𝑩𝑬𝑬 𝑩𝑼𝒁𝒁𝑰𝑵’ 🐝🌸

[milkdongcomics]

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[leennaan]

Alessia Russo// Take on the world pt.3

It’s the third and final part of this story. I hope you enjoyed it☺️ as always happy about feedback.

Special thanks to @babsisbakery who helped me with some ideas 😁

The song mentioned in this little series is “Take on the world” by You me at six. If you don’t know it go check it out😊

Warnings: Big time jump, Flashbacks, mentions of eating disorder. If this triggers you in any way please do not read, your health is more important than this story.

January 2024

Playing with the Ring on your finger you were nervously standing outside of a meeting room in London Colony. You still couldn’t believe that you were actually here. Standing in the Arsenal training gear, waiting that you were allowed to go into the room where all your new teammates were sitting.

It was the first team bonding night with all the new signings you included. Only difference being that no one besides Kim, Leah and Lotte knew that you had signed. Besides the fact that it was a last minute signing you also wanted to surprise Lessi. You still couldn’t believe that you had actually made it this long. Your relationship was stronger than ever eventho still no one besides your old College-Teammates, family and best friends knew of your relationship let alone about your engagement last summer.

After being knocked out of the tournament in the round of sixteen you where incredible frustrated and blamed yourself endlessly, being one of the penalty takers who missed there shot resulting in Sweden advancing to the quarterfinal. But you decided to be there for Alessia whose journey with her national team wasn’t even close to over. You supported her from the stands until the final step. Reaching the Final wa a dream come true for your girlfriend that sadly ended in tears. Under the cover of being close friends to both Alessia and Lotte you were allowed on to the pitch where your Girlfriend collapsed into your arms. “I am so endlessly proud of you, Baby.” You had whispered into her heat holding her close. “It hurts so bad. I should have done more. I am the striker I should score the goals.” “I know it hurts right now and that you want nothing more than blame yourself but I can tell you tomorrow you are going to be so proud of what you achieved. You did something special.”

Over the curse of the night the mood changed in all the England players like you predicted. After the party and the rush back to England where Alessia had to train with her new team for the Champions League qualifications you decided that you both needed a rest. So after the Qualifiers that siding went like plan for Arsenal, you went on holiday together. Italy to be precise. Alessia showed you all her favorite spots and took you to dinner in the best Italian restaurants you ever visited. After one late night date you both strolled down an empty beach until you reached a little area where candles were set up. With a questioning glance you turned around only to find Alessia kneeling before you. Gasping you looked at her tears already streaming down your face. “You know I promised you that one day I would go down on one knee. We went through so much together. And I know with the long distance it’s not always easy but you are the most beautiful, special and loving person that I know. I can’t imagine life without you and I don’t think I would even be standing here right know without you. You are my missing part, my best friend, my love. Like we always said. Together we take one the world. Would you take on the next big adventure with me and do me the honor of becoming my wife?” While Alessia spoke a few tears also escaped her eyes and you could clearly see all the love you felt for her reflected in her eyes.

“Yes. A thousand times yes. I love you so much.”

You were pulled from your thoughts when the door opened and Lotte stepped out of the room and in front of you. While pulling you into a hug the brunet expressed her excitement. “I still can’t believe you are actually here. Alessia is going to be so happy and excited once she realizes.”

Your transfer happened really quickly with Arsenal already being interested in you last summer but with your contract still up with FC Courage and your belief in winning the NWSL with your team which you to the surprise of a lot of people did, you and your old club declined. It was a really hard decision because you knew that Alessia was signing with the London Club and after now almost four years of long distance you were tired of it. And when the end of the winter transfers window neared and no WSL Club showed interest in you, you started to regret your earlier decision. Just before you put pen to paper at Gotham once more Arsenal resurfaced. With that the decision was made and here you were.

“UNC Girls back together right?!” You laughed. With Emily also signing there were now four former UNC Players at the Club.

You noticed Lotte spotting your guitar that was still in its bag. “What’s your initiation song going to be?” She asked.

“Not telling you. It’s another surprise for Less.”

“You two are still disgustingly cute you now that? I thought after four years it would subdue but I guess not.” Lotte laughed. “Come one I think it’s time. Everyone else has already done their initiation. I’ll go in first and give Leah the signal. You just come in behind me. There is another sliding door that’s not completely closed you can see into the room, but Less won’t see you.”

You nodded and followed Lotte to the sliding door. You could see the girls sitting on different round tables chatting and snacking on sweets.

When you saw the blonde locks of your girlfriend you couldn’t help the smile. It was still so good to see her eating carefree.

The first few months after Alessia went back to England worked surprisingly good. You once again called at least once a day. Talking and just being together. But soon you noticed that something changed in Alessia. Her eyes lacked that twinkle and her smile didn’t feel real. You noticed her loosing weight and skipping meals. Where you once had cooked meals together she would say that she had already eaten. When she completely ruptured her hamstring only month after coming to Man U it all got ten times worse.

Her hair got dull, you could start to see her cheekbones and collarbones.

You tried to talk to her but with no result. She always told you that everything was fine and that she was feeling great besides her hamstring Ofcourse. So you decided to take matters into your own hands. Talking to your teachers and Coaching stuff you were allowed to leave for winter break a week earlier and booked a ticket to Manchester. You asked Lotte for Ella’s number who helped you surprise your girlfriend.

And it was the best decision you could have made. Alessia was so happy to see you and within two days she broke down in your arms.

“I think I need help.” She had sobbed. “I… I am so scared to eat. At first I just counted my calories but I know what I do is not healthy anymore. I thought I looked better but then my hamstring happend. I know my body isn’t strong enough but I don’t want to gain weight.” You had tried to console her the whole night. You told her that she looked beautiful, that you loved her and that she wasn’t alone.

The next daythe two of you talked to her team psychologist. You were there for her the whole time. And slowly over the next two weeks you watched her smile return. She started to cook for the two of you. Healthy foods without measuring the calories. Sometimes it was harder for her sometimes it was easier.

Sadly you had to go back to the US shortly after New Year but you still cooked together over FaceTime and eating together afterwards. Sometime Alessia would fall back to old habits and trying to skip a meal but you were always there to help her through it.

“Guys! I need your attention once more. I know you all thought that Emily and Sarah were the only signings but we’ve got one more surprise. She plays for the US national team. Has just won the NWSL with courage and is another addition to our UNC Squad.” While Leah introduced you, your eyes were solely on Alessia. You could see how she slowly figured it out and when it finally dropped she gasped. Hand flying to her mouth and tears starting to appear in her eyes.

“Y/n it’s your stage.” Leah waved you in. It was planned that you would right away start to play your song.

You came in playing the accords on your guitar. As it was an original that only Alessia knew a few pieces of there was no back up music playing.

“Hey guys. This song is an original piece that is really special to me. I wrote it about my relationship to a very special person. I hope you like it.”

Alessia was already in tears. Lotte had sat herself next to her pulling her into her arms. Emily as well was sitting next to your girl. She grinned at you. Smiling you started to sing.

“Just say the word

We'll take on the world

Just say you're hurt

We'll face the worst, oh

I can see, see the pain in your eyes

Oh, believe, believe me, and I have tried

No, I won't, I won't pretend to know what you've been through

You should know, I wish it was me, not you”

You would never forget the pain in Alessias eyes when she told you about her grandfather. How you had wished to be the one in pain. You never had lost someone so close to you before but you desperately wished you could take the pain from Alessia.

“And just say the word

We'll take on the world

And just say you're hurt

We'll face the worst

Nobody knows you the way that I know you

Look in my eyes, I will never desert you

And just say the word

We'll take on the world”

From the beginning of your relationship the both of you sticked together. No matter how hard the way was. You trusted each other. Now for years later you only needed to look at her to see what she needed. Yes you both knew each other better than anyone.

“And it's the fight

The fight of our lives

You and I, we were made to thrive

Oh, yeah

And I am your future

And I am your past

Never forget, we were built to last

Step out of the shadows and into my life

Silence the voices that haunt you inside”

Long distance was hard. But you always made time for each other. Both leaving everything behind to sea the other in person if needed. Never once thinking that you weren’t meant to be.

And just say the word

We'll take on the world

And just say you're hurt

We'll face the worst

Nobody knows you the way that I know you

Look in my eyes, I will never desert you

And just say the word

We'll take on the world

We'll take on the world

Oh, oh, oh, oh

And nobody knows you

The way that I know you

And nobody knows you

The way that I know you

“We'll fight, we'll crawl, into the night

I won't let go, with you by my side

The calm, the storm, we'll face it all”

Of course there were fights but never for long. You promised each other to never go to bed angry. You were just better together.

And just say the word

We'll take on the world

And nobody knows you

The way that I know you

Look in my eyes, I will never desert you

And just say the word (just say the, just say the word)

We'll take on the world

Take on the world”

Slowly you let the sound die out. Alessia had stood up once you were finished and you put down your guitar. Opening your arms she run to you. Catching her in your arms. “Is this for real?” She whispered in your ear. “Yes Baby. I signed my contract last week.” She laughed and pulled you even closer. “Can I kiss you? I don’t care if anyone knows. We are finally together and I want everybody to know who my beautiful fiancée is.” Instead of answering you, she kissed you, hard.

Wolf whistling sounded around you but the both of you didn’t care. “How I missed this, how I missed you.” The blonde whispered before pulling away from you but still touching you.

“Care to explain Russo?” Asked McCabe and your girlfriend laughed. You already knew a lot about your new teammates due to Alessia and also Lotte, so you weren’t surprised by the women’s comment.

“So guys this is Y/n she played together with Lotte, Em and myself at UNC. And she is my fiancée, we have been together for four years now.”

A lot of questions came your way but you didn’t care not a bit. You were just happy to finally be with your girl.

Y/n Y/l/n and Alessia posted to their instagram

Four years with you! From College to The Arsenal. “Together we take on the world.” From strangers to friends to lovers to fiancés. “You are my future. You are my past.” Love you endlessly ❤️

[c0lony-c0llapse]

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is an abnormal phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a honey bee colony disappear, leaving behind a queen.

Call me Sting. You can use they/them pronouns for me over the course of this project. Over the past few years, an online community called "THE GAEHIVE" has been single-handedly responsible for destroying the mental health of vulnerable queer youth with its corrupt 'managers', curators that are downright bullies, promotion of identity discourse, and favoritism. I was one of these people of whom THE GAEHIVE harmed irreparably. I was a figure in the community for years, then 'managers' turned their backs on me and spread lies about me, hoping I would not find out. Well, I did.

This project aims to take down the management of THE GAEHIVE via colony collapse - boycotting the studio until leaders are forced to make important changes. Ideally, the project aims to take down the studio as a whole. I do not want others forced down the same path I was; hyper-focused on identity discourse and making enemies as a child. Being queer should be liberating, not limiting. THE GAEHIVE thrives on infighting and disagreements to keep the long-running 'managers' in power.

This Tumblr blog is used to bring to light the issues of THE GAEHIVE via anonymous, user-submitted asks. Everyone has a story to share.

Notes (especially reblogs) and follows help spread the message of reform. Submit asks talking about how THE GAEHIVE harmed you, and what change you want to be brought about. Scratchers, put "@/COLONY-COLLAPSE", "I support CCD" or simply "CCD" in your profile, about project, or about studio to let others know about this.

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Usherin

Mike Flanagan: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the fall of the house of usher [several hours later] Flanagan: ocean acidification, opioid addiction, postmaster louis dejoy Flanagan: and microplastics! don't even get me started on that!

Mike Flanagan: Figures published reveal US beekeepers lost an estimated 48% of their honey bee colonies in 2022-23 Flanagan: this is the second highest death rate on record after 2020-21's 51% Flanagan: worldwide, honey bee populations have been decimated by pesticides, pollution, and climate change Flanagan: speaking of, let's talk about climate change… King: hey do you think you might be wrapping this up soon

King: what story was he telling? Poe: the house of usher King: still? Poe: yeah he just got sidetracked on this bee thing Flanagan: well i guess SOME of us just don't care about colony collapse disorder Poe: no mike i didn't say that Flanagan: it's a real issue you know Poe: of course mike we all acknowledge that

Flanagan: Poe's pretty good and all Flanagan: but if there's one thing that his stories lack Flanagan: it's really long monologues Barker: oh yeah Poe be like that Barker: Poe the famed writer of SHORT stories Barker: the key word being short

Flanagan: war, famine, plague, so much evil in the world Flanagan: we're all guilty Koontz: even me? Flanagan: no dean not you Flanagan: you're a good boy Flanagan: you alone of all the boys are the goodest boy Flanagan: the love you have for dogs and the good that you've done for dogs will echo through the ages

Flanagan: hey i've got an adaptation of your story too shirley Shirley Jackson: [mumbles] Flangan: it stars approximately 500 identical sad-faced brunettes Flanagan: all bein' mopey Flanagan: and occasionally someone makes the Ring face