Olympic Mountians

Heron with tongue

 

World Bee Day

Actions to help bees:

1.) Stop using pesticides.

2.) Let gardens grow naturally and allow dandelions to develop.

3.) Grow pollinating plants:

(Heather; bee balm; rhododendron; white clover; cotton easter; purple toadflax; fireweed; primrose; milkweed; sunflower; forget me nots; daisy; lily of the valley; witch hazel; lavender; thyme; rosemary; mint; oregano; mustard; sage; geranium; aster; maples; berries; cherry; lilac; hemlock; willow; hawthorn; and staghorn plants).

4.) Create a bee bath (bowl, pebbles and stones so they can rest to drink, fill with clean water). 

5.) Keep a mason bee home in the garden.

 

Great Blue Heron

 

Luna / L98 Artificial Intelligence

L98 AI

Call Identifier

L98 Calls:

1.) Play - recording

2.) Click -

3.) 1.0 = 100%

SOOKE

 

Moss

Mosses are part of a group of non-vascular plants called Bryophytes. Bryophytes include liverworts, hornworts, and mosses. Bryophytes have an Alternation of Generations life cycle. This includes the gametophyte (haploid) mossy stage and the sporophyte (diploid) archegonium stage. The haploid form is the long-lived stage in these organisms.  Moss gametes (egg and sperm) fuse to develop a zygote. This develops into a sporophyte that grows an archegonia. The archegonia produces male and female spores that disperse and grow into new moss.

Archegonia are seen here growing at the top out of the moss.

Save Vancouver Island Old-Growth Forests

Help stop the cutting of Old-growth trees on Vancouver Island

Please email BC Premier John Horgan - premier@gov.bc.ca

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