A year in the bee garden – November

A year in the bee garden – November

A few lingering butterflies rested their wings on the ivy flowers in November, but they were too fleeting to catch them with my camera.

November is a good month to plan next year’s garden by taking note of which plants have thrived best in which parts of the garden, and which have attracted the most insect visitors.

My bee garden calendar is slowly coming together, starting with spring flowers and spring-flowering shrubs (snowdrops, crocuses, bluebells, cotoneaster, hebe, smoke tree), long-lasting summer flowers (salvia, scabiosa, toadflax) and late summer to autumn blooms (snowberry, sedum). All of these plants seem to grow …

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Meet Roma, Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue’s vacation miracle

ROLLA, ND (KXNET) — The Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue has seen all types of instances. Each month, Keith Benning and Wanda Gonzalez rescue 60-100 animals out of their storage. Nonetheless, one significantly scary case proved to finish in a Christmas Miracle as a pet with an iron coronary heart and a will to outlive captured hearts all throughout the globe.

On December 21, the rescue obtained a name a few mom canine and her pups trapped in a precarious place. As they labored frantically to avoid wasting the household, one of many rescue crew members stay streamed the event, exhibiting

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The bee backyard from Could to July

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Our neighbor’s buddleia is prospering a lot to the delight of bees, butterflies, hoverflies and wasps, and offering a feast of bugs for the birds.

Our personal backyard has overgrown within the heatwave as preparations for a particular arrival (we do not know but whether or not we can have a queen bee or a king drone) have taken precedence this summer time.

However we’ve made some large modifications to the backyard. The fish have gone to a greater place – somebody my mom discovered was in a position to rehome our goldfish in a powerful pond simply ten instances …

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Mendota hearth: A whole bunch of pets killed when hearth rips by Fin Fur Feather Pet Store, damages storefronts in downtown space

MENDOTA, Sick. (WLS) — A whole bunch of animals died when a fireplace in Mendota, Illinois ripped by a number of storefronts and a pet store within the metropolis’s downtown space Friday morning, Mendota hearth officers stated.

The hearth began in an upstairs residence within the 700-block of Illinois Avenue and unfold to a number of properties on the block, officers stated.

Authorities say the flats above the companies had been additionally destroyed. No residents had been harm.

A number of vacant storefronts had been broken, and a pet store on the block was most affected. It was a complete

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Pets in need of homes

Animal Tracks: Pets in need of home

There are lots of dogs and cats at the Dothan Animal Shelter in need of good homes.

To find out more about these or other animals, call the shelter at 334-615-4620. Ask about sponsorships, volunteer opportunities and the shelter’s ongoing wish list.

Save-A-Pet helps find homes for animals at the Dothan Animal Shelter and can also provide information on how to be a sponsor, volunteer, donate items, or how to foster animals. Contact [email protected]. Save-A-Pet hosts regular adoption events at PetSmart in Dothan.

Asia is a pretty girl with a shiny black coat.

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Noem taps impeachment prosecutor to replace attorney general

PIERRE, SD (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has appointed the lead prosecutor in the Senate impeachment trial of former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to fill the remainder of Ravnsborg’s term.

Noem’s interim appointment of Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo was effective Tuesday.

She pushed for Ravnsborg, a first-term fellow Republican, to step down days after he was struck and killed a pedestrian with his car in 2020, and later pushed for his impeachment. Ravnsborg was ultimately successful last week of two impeachment counts and was removed from the office.

“Mark Vargo returns integrity, experience and stability to

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Sarah McLachlan spoofs her animal cruelty prevention commercials in new Super Bowl ad

Sarah McLachlan has poked fun at her viral and emotional commercials to prevent animal cruelty in a new Super Bowl ad for Busch Light Beer.

The 30 second ad, which was released two weeks ahead of this year’s Super Bowl, began with the brand’s “Busch Guy” explaining a guide for surviving life out in the wilderness.

“Three things are required in the great outdoors: food, drink and shelter,” the company’s spokesperson said with a can of beer in his hand.

Right after the man said “shelter,” the commercial quickly showed McLachlan sitting in a tent while her song “Angel” began

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