セイヨウタンポポの花で採餌するセイヨウミツバチ Dandelion - Bee My Guest!

[BotanyVideo]

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[yanman1586]

Busy busy!

[sigma1920]

thx for watching.

there is a dark side story behind the scenes.

both of the honeybees and dandelions shown here are in fact introduced species.

japanese native species have been outnumbered by foreign invaders nowadays....

[yanman1586]

Yikes! I was not aware of the situation. Are these two species harmfully invasive? The issue of invasive species is always a touchy one. I learned that in my area, in Texas, we have been invaded by the Giant Reed (Arundo Donax) originating in the meditereanean area.

[sigma1920]

yikes, i may have exaggerated a bit.

i am simply grumbling here at the dwindling biodiversity of native species and introgression.

the western dandelion was introduced as a vegetable from north america.

they have rapidly become rampant weeds throughout jpn due to the ability to reproduce by parthenogenesis (asexual propagation).

plus, the hybrid dandelion was recently found.

[sigma1920]

the western honeybee was introduced by beekeepers.

fortunately, they are kept at bay by notorious japanese hornets.

as u know, the japanese native honeybee has evolved to acquire an ultimate tactics of collective defence against hornets.

watch?v=lUQt6TP2ank

[carrierform]

nice dandylions u got there

[Filipinoidol]

i heard bees are not making there way home due to cell phones

[sigma1920]

so did i.

but some researchers are trying to find responsible pathogens, as shown in the discovery news;

watch?v=WkGqMETmMSY