Bees on a bottlebrush tree

[nibot]

Bees on a bottlebrush tree on my walk to school.

By the way, have you heard about the bees? They are dying. I have only one datapoint: my own backyard beehive in Orange County was discovered dead and eaten by wax moths a couple months ago.

Comments

[kaolinfire.livejournal.com]

So that's what those are called. :)

And ... yeah, it's freaky weird about the bees.

[kaolinfire.livejournal.com]

Half expecting a "So long, and thanks for all the pollen" message.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[aepfelx.livejournal.com]

DUDE. My folks and I have been calling these "bottlebrush trees" (in Russian literal translation) ever since we first saw one 14 yrs ago (actually, now that i think about, this might've even been the same one that you photographed, or at least somewhere really nearby).

I had no idea that's what they're really called!

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia agrees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottlebrush)!

[util.livejournal.com]

It's somewhat comforting that the disappearances have been observed before.

[indomitability.livejournal.com]

I've been reading about the bee issues with interest... Was wondering if your hive had been affected. Bummer that something got it. :-/ Do you know if the bees disappeared and then the wax moths got in, or did you find dead bees when you opened it up?

[janviere.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I'm sorry about your hive.

[chris-acheson.livejournal.com]

"Aww. My bees."

[metamouse.livejournal.com]

The bee problem reminds me of the film Children of Men in an unsettling way.

Damn.

[caerglas.livejournal.com]

That makes me miss California.

CaliiifoooOOOOOOrrrrrnnnnneeeeyyyyaaaaa
(a la Joni Mitchell)

I'll even kiss a sunset pig.

Tobo!

Hey, btw: you know any firms or lawyers looking for a 2L tax person, or a securities person (for me and Justin, respectively)? omg I need a job. Maybe I should finish my resume.