This year would be remembered as one of the warmest spring in the decades. The spring annuals are already withering with rising temperature which has also affected the ecological balance as the adverse effect can be seen with the absence of butterflies and bees from spring garden.
These are the few glimpses from spring from past years when bees and butterflies were spotted hovering over the flowers.
We had reached almost at the end of spring season this year with rising temperatures and presence of bees and butterflies is almost negligible this spring. The possible reasons of vanishing of bees in spring is still uncertain to me but the warmer and shorter winter period that induced warmer spring season could be one of the reasons for their non survival till spring season.
The presence of bees and butterflies in spring is prominent as they are pollinators to ensure production of seeds, fruits and flowers vital to maintain ecological balance. I had already discussed the vitality of presence of bees and bugs in Importance of bees and ladybugs in garden post.
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Beautiful as always. Hoping the bees and butterflies make their return soon and the garden buzzes back to life.
ReplyDeleteMarch hasn’t gotten off to a good start here. Lots of rain we had reviece. today is it with some sun but this evening it shall rain agan. And there aren’t many insects around here either. The insect population in the Netherlands is declining at an alarming rate (a 76% drop in biomass over 30 years), with serious consequences for pollination and biodiversity. Possible causes include intensive agriculture, nitrogen pollution, and the use of pesticides. There are simply too few pollinators. I really hope that when next month comes, I’ll see more of them.
ReplyDeleteI hope the pollinators return to you soon. We have seen quite a decline here as well and it worries me. I am feeling hopeful for our spring to arrive. I did see a spring robin the other day, so that is a start!
ReplyDeleteI'll get back to you a little later with a proper comment 😊.
ReplyDeleteDear Arun, what you're reporting about the absence of bees and butterflies in your country is very worrying. I'm quite sure climate change has something to do with it, and perhaps too many pesticides have been used in agriculture? We can only hope that this year is an exception... (even though many scientists have a different opinion 😢).
ReplyDeleteAll the best from Austria,
Traude
When I read about the missing of bees I must think of an old song: "Where have all the flowers gone". It´s about the nonsense of war...but I think also the bees are struggeling a war against men and his pollution of nature. Have a good time and all the best
ReplyDeleteVioletta
Too many chemicals around us. I hope this situation is only temporarily.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, as usual!
Happy WW, Arun!