2023/08/12 - an Eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) and a European honeybee (Apis mellifera) sharing a flower for a moment.
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Can you tell us more about Blizzardwing and Holly's toxic marriage?
Sure! I'll leave the meta reasons for why I feel so strongly about the changes out of this, and just focus on the new HollyBlizzard dynamic
There is brief periods of peace in their mateship, but they're increasingly rare.
Sometimes it seems like Hollyflower is looking for reasons to take out her frustration on Blizzardwing. You can 'feel' it coming.
The kits quickly learn when things are about to get loud, and begin walking on eggshells around their parents
But, there's always a spark that sets off chaos.
Blackkit often feels like it's his fault. He'll do something 'wrong', and then Blizzard is paying for it, and as a result Blizzard makes him pay for it back.
Black dreads Blizzard's visits to the nursery, he wishes they would just stay apart because he can "handle" Holly on her own.
Flintfang and Fernshade were in the older litter, with Blackfoot slightly younger. About one year apart or so.
They were always huge reliefs to him. They would often show up just in time and whisk him away to do fun activities. They showed him how to hunt frogs. They taught him how to skin a vole. Blizzard and Holly would have left him without basic skills otherwise.
But at the end of the day, he would have to go back to the nursery.
Flint and Fern know what it's like growing up in that kind of environment, but at least they had each other you know?
Never, NEVER suggest to Holly or Blizzard that maybe they shouldn't be together. They will unite just to turn their anger onto you.
Blizzard: "She's my mate. I made a promise that I'd always be there for her. You think I'd just play a game with her love? Are you trying to tell me I'm not loyal?"
Holly: "Yeah sure we fight, but that's because I love him. I've never loved anyone else and I never will, how dare you try to drive a wedge between us!"
We're Drowning Together
Coming out of that environment, Blackfoot was a bit of a bully. He wanted to prove his worth to ShadowClan, and sometimes lashed out just to throw his weight around. He was a big boy that came out of the union of The Vicious Hollyflower and Son/Grandson-of-Snowtuft Blizzardwing, and that made a lot of people afraid of him.
That desperation, loneliness, and sadistic streak made him a favorite of the deputy Brokentail, who soon became Brokenstar. He wasn't his first deputy; but it was clear that Brokenstar was preparing him for the role by providing him lots and lots of opportunities for advancement at a young age.
But, I'm getting ahead of myself. The Holly/Blizzard dynamic has been OVERHAULED for BB.
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every european in chat fighting for their life against phils UK/european bee misinformation (help my streamer thinks theres only one kind of bee in the uk)
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"save the bees" domesticated european honeybees don't need to be saved and aren't important to our environment, you should actually help our native bees, wasps, and butterflies by planting native wildflowers and stop building suburbs and shit. but that doesn't sell mass produced honey so we can't advocate that instead.
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Follow me closely: honey bee waggle dances
Honey bees (Apis species) appear to be unique, in that they are the only social bees which can recruit other members of their hive to come and join them in foraging at a specific resource site, say a patch of flowers. Individual foragers are able to communicate the location, odour, and presence of high-quality food, or potential nest sites, to their nestmates. As explained below, they can…
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Varroa mites are so cute and pretty, what a perfect little shape. Sucks for beekeepers and domestic european honeybees but I am neither of those things so I say Varroa can do whatever it wants
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