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The Brooklyn Bee

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Animals, Bees
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...ution wishes that we could end this story musing about a bright future for urban beekeeping, a future in which each neighborhood has a beekeeper to pollinate the many fruit trees that should grow on our city’s streets, but sadly bee news these days is on the depressing side. If the Albert Einstein quote is correct we’re in trouble since bees have been disappearing in the past year due to a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder, in which the...

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Bike Lane Blocking, An Angry Rant and Something You Can Do

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Bikes, Transportation
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...xy and often politically unpalatable work of installing bus only lanes and making the city more pedestrian and bike friendly, seems to think that the future lies in a techno-optimist future of flying cars and private tubes as peddled by Elon Musk. Instead of improvements we could have right now (all a bus lane takes is a line of paint) we’re waiting for a future that will never come. I’ve held off writing this post for years but I can’t stay silen...

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016 The Urban Bestiary with Lyanda Lynn Haupt

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Animals, Chickens, Gardening, Pests, Podcasts
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...nary Birds. During the podcast Lyanda covers: The effect of the drought on urban wildlife Invasive species How to get along with wildlife such as skunks, possums, raccoons and coytes The problem with relocating animals (except rats!) Moles and gophers Seeing raccoons during the day Root Simple’s CritterCam Possums! Preventative measures How to encourage wild animals and increase diversity by planting native plants and trees Lyanda also answers lis...

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Saturday Tweets: Peppercorns, Fig Trees and Your Inner Cleveland

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Why Bury Fig Trees? A Curious Tradition Preserves A Taste Of Italy http://t.co/wmFQIZBmoh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 A Tablet for Africa? http://t.co/vsCls4QyTe — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 Flooded Crypt of San Francesco: Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water http://t.co/CJPiv46xpq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 The “Inner Cleveland” of Trendy Cities http://t.co/HNrH9pmlEW...

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Saturday Tweets: Tanning Fish, Trees and Dealing with Medieval Mansplainers

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...prepper #tanning #fishing #Inuit #salmon #Alaska — TheUrbanAboriginal (@TheUrbanAbo) April 27, 2018 A study shows Seattle's poorest neighborhoods have less than one-fifth the tree canopy of the city's wealthier areas. https://t.co/MxHaIbBI3N — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) April 26, 2018 When you want a small base for a $26 LED light and things get out of control. The classic posable desk lamp design is really fun to make out of plywood....

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