Nature Enthusiasts

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20552909

The fruit is edible, but there's not much food on it, so probably not worth planting outside of its native range.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32967490

The World Beekeeping Awards will not award a prize for honey next year after warnings of widespread fraud in the global supply chain.

Apimondia, the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations, says it will showcase honey from around the world at its congress in Denmark, but for the first time make no awards for the product.

The decision came as beekeepers and importers face a mounting crisis over the scale of fraud, with warnings that genuine products are bulked out with cheaper sugar syrup. Some common tests to detect fraud can easily be defeated, and beekeepers say there has been a failure by food watchdogs and the industry to combat the fraudsters.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/31680768

Flood Hub’s AI uses diverse, publicly-available data sources, such as weather forecasts and satellite imagery. The technology then combines two models: the Hydrologic Model, which forecasts the amount of water flowing in a river, and the Inundation Model, which predicts what areas are going to be affected and how deep the water will be.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/31670913

More photos on pixelfed!

https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/731645515845491178

Kawuneeche Valley in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Lake, CO, USA. I still don't know that peak's name, but I will figure out soon.

More on pixelfed: https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/729701334736943497

It's incredible to me that those microscopic creatures can assemble into such colorful and beautiful patterns! Seen today while hiking.

I was photographing the flowers when this cute little fellow landed there and made the scene a thousand times better!

More photos on pixelfed!

https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/710716844312163942

Bear peak and some portion of the Flatirons as seen from the flatter parts of Boulder CO, USA. Photo taken yesterday evening.

Pixelfed post: https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/705587106532867949

Pic taken in the Altmühl valley in Bavaria, Germany

Little-appreciated, semiaquatic, and cute-as-hell, muskrats can survive almost anywhere. So where are they?

Member of the Bombylius genus are a flies mimicking a bumblebees and are parasitic on solitary bees.

You can tell this is specifically a Bombylius discolor because it has dark spots on the wings

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12901877