by beewisefarm | Apr 23, 2014 | Native Ecology, Place, Pollinators, Uncategorized
A Syrphid fly visits Pasque Flower on a windy spring afternoon. What can you do, in a seasonal desert, but search for perfection, means of living or dying, not by illness, or natural selection, but the economists...
by beewisefarm | Apr 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
1. When the snow melts, and daylight hours begin to cast a warm light, Pasque Flowers (Anemone patens) surface to welcome another year. 2. An American couple pause to reflect on a coal fired power plant below. 3. The most sacred grounds, of the rarest beauty, traveled...
by beewisefarm | Mar 2, 2014 | Industrial Ag, Native Ecology, Pollinators, Uncategorized
Neonicotinoids (neo-nih-CAH-tin-oids) are systemic chemicals, which are absorbed into the plant’s vascular system, leaving the entire plant toxic to both target and non-target insects. Systemic chemicals affect the central nervous system of insects, resulting...
by beewisefarm | Jan 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
by beewisefarm | Jul 2, 2013 | Native Ecology, Uncategorized
The connections around us are seemingly endless. Without acute awareness the transmissions of understanding are squandered. Every relationship tells a history, native or forced. We must keep our eyes and ears tuned to the truth.
by beewisefarm | May 20, 2013 | Native Ecology, Uncategorized
May 20th, 2013 The recently proposed changes to the Wisconsin DNR endangered species list are a troubling distortion of wildlife vigor. The proposed removal of species such as Blanding’s Turtle, American fever-few and Prairie Indian-Plantain, among others,...