Ant queens’ bizarre burial ritual helps prevent deadly disease contamination https://on.rt.com/8prk
Comments From Rense Readers on Disappearance of Bugs, Birds, etc. Killed By Fukushima
In the mid Willamette Valley, I have a raspberry patch. There are some bumble and honey bees on the raspberry blossoms. Very few small birds now using the bird bath, unlike earlier this Spring. Some scrub jays and stellar jays still around. Much fewer swallows than last year. Drove to the coast, very few insects on windshield. Noticed that the tops of fir & evergreen trees around town are dead. A combination of lack of rain, radiation and other factors most likely stressing the trees.
Topographical locations, rain or lack of rain, wind patterns and lots of trees or little flora may account for those areas with die-off and some areas with less effect. GeoEngineering (chemtrails) putting nano particles of aluminum into the environment incorporating into the flora and fauna, as well as a fire accelerant, is making forest fires much, much hotter. Many are arson-caused.
The superstructure of America as designed by the founding fathers via the US Constitution is being dismantled piece by piece. Rense.com has covered quite well this ongoing process of destroying the American Republic and its people. When the White race in America becomes the minority in the nest 30 years, they will receive the South Africa treatment. It was not hard to see that when SA was turned over to the commie Black ANC government, under pressure from the libtards in Britain and the US, that another nail into the coffin of Western Civilization was hammered in.
Thank you, Jeff
Dean
‘Ecological Armageddon’: Plummeting insect populations could ravage life on Earth
The stark decline in insect populations has placed the world on a path to “ecological Armageddon,” according to a study.
Researchers from Raboud University in the Netherlands made the discovery following a decades-long study of nature reserves across Germany.
Since 1989, the team has been collecting insect samples across 63 sites using mesh tents known as malaise traps. After measuring each year’s samples by weight, scientists found that the average fell by more than 75 percent over the 27-year period. During the summer months, the fall was measured at around 82 percent.
Insects are essential for life on Earth as they act as pollinators and prey for other species. Increased urbanization, habitat loss and pesticide use are being blamed for the declining population.
Caspar Hallmann, a member of the research team at Radboud, described the figures as “very alarming.”
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All these areas are protected and most of them are managed nature reserves. Yet, this dramatic decline has occurred,”Hallmann said in a statement.
In recent years, biologists have begun to cite the ‘windshield phenomenon’ as a measure of the decline, noting that they are no longer scraping splattered insects from their car windshields after lengthy drives.
Another member of the Raboud team, Professor David Goulson of Sussex University in the UK, told the Guardian that he believes the phenomenon is a symptom of the vanishing population.
“I think that is real,” said Goulson. “I drove right across France and back this summer – just when you’d expect your windscreen to be splattered all over – and I literally never had to stop to clean the windscreen.”
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6 hospitalized after swarm of bees attacked LA shoppers, firefighters https://on.rt.com/8nfa
‘Gigantic mob’ of bees attack in California, six people hospitalized — RT US News
Six people were hospitalized after a swarm of bees attacked people on the outskirts of Los Angeles on Saturday, forcing authorities to cordon off the area.
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Plummeting insect numbers have been highlighted at various times throughout the last decade.
Numbers of grassland butterflies have plummeted across Europe over the last two decades, according to researchpublished by the European Environment Agency in 2013.
According to a Center for Biological Diversity report published in March this year, more than 700 North American bee species are declining due to habitat loss and pesticide use.
A 2015 report from a United Nations group found that populations are declining for more than 35 percent of bee species, while 9 percent of butterfly and bee populations face extinction.
- From Greg Barnes
8-9-12Hi Jeff…During our trip through Oregon…
The Fernridge Wildlife Area, normally teaming with life, was virtually devoid of animal life.
We counted approximately 20 ducks…that was it! The heartbreak of this trip was our visit to beautiful Yachats, OR just north of where we lived in the U.S. There was zero life in the tide pools we inspected. A wet handkerchief moment for us both.Having been blessed with, and still having 20/20 vision and a falconer since 15, I notice any bird of prey.
In the 2500 miles we traveled in Oregon, we counted one (1) Sparrow Hawk. On an average two-hour round trip for years, from the coast to Eugene every week, we could usually count over a hundred Redtailed, Sparrow, Red-shouldered and a few Cooper’s hawks. And during our entire visit, our car had a total of 8 windshield bug strikes.Strange Things Along The Washington Coast
- Wildlife Extinction Catastrophe In The Florida Everglades
The Fukushima ELE Continues To Wipe Out LifeFrom Scott
8-2-18Have spent a good deal of time down in the Everglades of Florida. We are now having red and blue tides with thousands of dead fish and manatees washing up around here, too.
The Everglades, once loaded with wildlife, has virtually NONE now where we visit. Not one squirrel, not one bird, no raccoons…NOTHING.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife doesn’t know what to make of it.
Scott Berlin – No Birds, Insects, Flies, Mosquitos Or Moths
Southeast Ohio…A Small Exception
- From Sabrina
8-1-18Hi Dear Reader,
When I googled ‘no birds, no insects, no flies, no mosquitos, no moths’, I landed on your site https://rense.com/general96/birdsbugs.htm and saw where you ask for Confirmation – Reports Of Bugs And Birds Nearly Gone.
I live in Berlin, next to a few big trees. My windows are open, It’s summer. It has never, ever – in recorded history – been as hot as it has been these days… 35°-36°C (95°-97° Fahrenheit). There are NO birds, no insects, no flies, no mosquitos, no moths. There is just SILENCE. I could never ever have the windows open at night because too many insects would fly in. Not this year. I am witnessing a BIIIIG catastrophe…
Sabrina
North Carolina 2300-2700 Feet
From Bob
Western North Carolina Mountains
8-3-18Hi Jeff,
I spend summers in the mountains of Western North Carolina, elevation 2300 ft to 2700 ft.
Last summer we noticed that there were fewer birds than normal, but this summer there are plenty of birds of varied species: cardinals, pileated woodpeckers, goldfinches, redbellied woodpeckers, nuthatches, twohees, bluebirds, titmice, mourning doves, crows, robins, hummingbirds, swallows, thrushes, wrens and warblers. Their numbers are not huge, but we see or hear each of these species on or near our heavily-treed lot almost every day, as opposed to last year, when their numbers were noticeably smaller. (No, we don’t have bird feeders; they attract not just birds but raccoons, which are a nuisance, and bears, which are dangerous.)
As for bugs, this year there seem to be fewer mosquitoes, no-see-ums, and biting flies (hooray!). I especially notice these because I get big welts when bitten and do everything to avoid these devils–not so much need to avoid them this year because there simply aren’t as many of them. Wasps and bees are fewer than last summer. As for more agreeable bug species, there were noticeably fewer lightning bugs this summer than last summer but numbers of butterflies are at or slighly below normal this summer.
For several years we have had a bat (maybe more than one) living under our upper deck and, based on the number of bat droppings, he/she/they are catching enough insects to survive. Our largest mammals, black bears, are breeding OK, with new cubs every year. Rabbits have an up and down cycle, as do foxes; rabbits are plentiful now and foxes are scarce, so it would be expected to take a few years for the cycle to reverse in favor of more foxes.
While it is plausible that radiation from Fukushima could be adversely affecting sea life (both flora and fauna) in the Pacific Ocean, it is hard to imagine that Fukushima radiation is impacting the flora and fauna of inland America 2 or 3 thousand miles from the West Coast. On the other hand, anecdotal comments like those assembled here can serve a useful function by identifying concerns and areas where more thorough and scientific investigation is warranted.
Bob – Western North Carolina Mountains
No Bugs Around Indiana House Yard Light At Night
From John Clark
7-27-18In central Indiana, I have not seen one mosquito this year. Very strange. Also no crickets and very few toads and no frogs. And when it rains hard, I normally see many earthworms on the driveway and sidewalk…but this year NONE! Crap. We still have flies but not nearly as many as we normally have.
This is where I live. I hear a a few crickets but there are NO BUGS attracted to my outdoor light and now that I think about it, there are very few moths. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. There is not ONE bug flying around my light tonight. See below…
No bugs!
