All Things Wild- Wildlife Control Service

10/27/2024

Good morning deer hunters!

10/27/2024

The next 2 weeks it’s going to happen all across the Country!!

10/27/2024

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10/27/2024

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people need me." — A bee's daily⁠ affirmation⁠
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Squash bees are, in fact, really gourd, er.... good when it comes to pollinating squash plants. 🐝🎃💯 Being in the genus Peponapis (which means "pumpkin bee" in Greek), what else would you expect? These solitary specialists are fuzzy, fast, and start foraging at daybreak. By the time other bees make their appearance, female squash bees are back in their burrows and the males might be caught snoozing in a closed squash bloom. 😴⁠
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Leave a 💛 to show some love for squash bees on this !

01/05/2023

🐝 20 FUN FACTS ABOUT HONEYBEES 🐝⁠⁠
1. A colony can have as many as 80,000 bees.⁠
2. They are highly social insects.⁠
3. Pheromones are used to communicate.⁠
4. Their waggle dance gives directions to flowers.⁠
5. They are very efficient, organized and tidy.⁠
6. Worker bees (the females) do all the chores.⁠
7. They can forage up to 3 miles from the hive.⁠
8. A worker's life span is about 5-6 weeks.⁠
9. The queen can live up to three years.⁠
10. She can also lay up to 2,000 eggs per day.⁠
11. Drones (the males) don't have a stinger.⁠
12. After mating with a queen, the drones die.⁠
13. They have five eyes (two of which are hairy).⁠
14. They can see in the ultraviolet spectrum.⁠
15. Workers have one stomach to digest nectar...⁠
16. And a separate stomach to store nectar they'll turn into honey.⁠
17. Pollen is packed into baskets on their legs.⁠
18. They make "bee bread" with pollen & honey.⁠
19. In the winter, they cluster around the queen.⁠
20. A swarm is reproduction at the colony level (usually in spring).

12/02/2018

Osprey, going for the dive | Photo credit: Wilson Chen

12/02/2018

11/27/2018

Perfect camouflage. Alaskan state bird Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) blending in with winter landscape.
Photo: Anthony Madden.

07/02/2018