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Goldenrod is an important late-season source of pollen for honey bees and many other insects. Using field trials and historic data, it’s been shown that when CO2 levels are high, goldenrod pollen has much less protein than it did a few decades ago when levels were lower. Not good news.
August 15, 2020 in August, Ginny's Calendar /by Dave Mance IIIVermont Almanac Welcomes Marjorie Ryerson to the Board
August 14, 2020 in August, Dispatches /by Dave Mance IIIAccording to a recent National Geographic story by Paul Salopek, less than one percent of the world’s total water supply is available to drink. The next line editorializes: “And yet, we squander this treasure like fools lost in a dessert.” The piece goes on to document a water crisis that’s unfolding in India. We’re so […]
Insect frass all over your picnic table this year? You’re not alone. Matt Ayers, an ecologist at Dartmouth is happy to see them. He writes that caterpillar abundance fluctuates by 20-fold, depending on the year. It’s all good, not an outbreak, and many different species of caterpillar are providing food for birds this year.
August 5, 2020 in August, Ginny's Calendar /by Dave Mance IIIThe big damselflies called ebony jewelwing make it hard to walk the brook any faster than at a snail’s pace. The black wings of the males are pretty, but it’s their shining emerald abdomens that stop you in your tracks. They occur in masses here along the top of a new beaver dam.
August 4, 2020 in August, Ginny's Calendar /by Dave Mance IIIVermont Almanac Welcomes Chuck Wooster to the Board
August 3, 2020 in August, Dave Mance III, Dispatches /by Dave Mance IIIWe subscribe to a USDA newsfeed, and so we get press releases concerning food that’s being recalled. Over the past three weeks there have been alerts concerning around 100,000 pounds of meat products, from taquitos and chimichangas that had hard plastic in them, to meatballs, chicken, and meat patties that were released without inspection, to […]