Lee caluan 🏴
@leecaluan.bsky.social
Still ranting about rugby and Welsh independence, hoping to avoid trolls and fascists.
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Unfortunately this is the ‘Happy New Year’ message we need to put out.
2025 ended true to form on the same destructive ignorant note that has been played throughout the year.
This is what it is folks.
We choose not to play along.
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Video in 3 parts
#nature
#ecocide
#trees
#bees
#HappyNewYear
2025 ended true to form on the same destructive ignorant note that has been played throughout the year.
This is what it is folks.
We choose not to play along.
1/3
Video in 3 parts
#nature
#ecocide
#trees
#bees
#HappyNewYear
January 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Unfortunately this is the ‘Happy New Year’ message we need to put out.
2025 ended true to form on the same destructive ignorant note that has been played throughout the year.
This is what it is folks.
We choose not to play along.
1/3
Video in 3 parts
#nature
#ecocide
#trees
#bees
#HappyNewYear
2025 ended true to form on the same destructive ignorant note that has been played throughout the year.
This is what it is folks.
We choose not to play along.
1/3
Video in 3 parts
#nature
#ecocide
#trees
#bees
#HappyNewYear
That's some weather at ravenhill, earning their salary tonight.
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
That's some weather at ravenhill, earning their salary tonight.
Kindred spirits @harrymcnally.bsky.social
Here we go. Happy New Year from Cliff!
Yes, the photo *is* that blurred and grainy; it's not my phone camera (but probably his). Loving the low-effort caption.
Yes, the photo *is* that blurred and grainy; it's not my phone camera (but probably his). Loving the low-effort caption.
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Kindred spirits @harrymcnally.bsky.social
@louiseann.bsky.social this should be up your street and there's a song for pepsi
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9W...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9W...
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@louiseann.bsky.social this should be up your street and there's a song for pepsi
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9W...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9W...
@andylewis.bsky.social I think someone was listening to our conversation with 🤣🤣
Before Thatcherism ruined the benefits system, Britain produced some of the greatest bands of all time thanks partly to many making music in their spare time - while "unemployed."
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
December 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@andylewis.bsky.social I think someone was listening to our conversation with 🤣🤣
Current situation and I'm not complaining
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Current situation and I'm not complaining
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In a world that appears ever more divided, ever more angry, ever more willing to embrace the obvious annihilistic option we refuse to give up on the premise that most #people are #decent. That most people #care deeply.
Maybe we can #unite over #bees?
#repost
14/14 Part 1/n
Maybe we can #unite over #bees?
#repost
14/14 Part 1/n
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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This phenomenon and how to help bees over the #winter I will cover in a separate thread.
Hope this has helped increase your understanding of #bees a little.
Thread is a generalisation and there are variances between species and regions.
Please #share among your crew.
#repost 🙏🏼
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Hope this has helped increase your understanding of #bees a little.
Thread is a generalisation and there are variances between species and regions.
Please #share among your crew.
#repost 🙏🏼
13/14
December 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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…#hibernation sites include inside tree hollows, under bark, beneath fallen #leaves, #compost heaps and even in plant pots - so be vigilant in your #garden!
In the UK and Ireland we are now increasingly seeing ‘winter active’ #bumblebees specifically Buff-tailed bumbles.
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In the UK and Ireland we are now increasingly seeing ‘winter active’ #bumblebees specifically Buff-tailed bumbles.
12/14
December 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
…#hibernation sites include inside tree hollows, under bark, beneath fallen #leaves, #compost heaps and even in plant pots - so be vigilant in your #garden!
In the UK and Ireland we are now increasingly seeing ‘winter active’ #bumblebees specifically Buff-tailed bumbles.
12/14
In the UK and Ireland we are now increasingly seeing ‘winter active’ #bumblebees specifically Buff-tailed bumbles.
12/14
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…days heating the soil over the winter). They will dig down about 4/5 inches into the soil and when comfortable enter a dormant state. During hibernation glycerol in the #bumblebee body acts like antifreeze preventing water in the bee body turning to ice. Other preferred…
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December 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
…days heating the soil over the winter). They will dig down about 4/5 inches into the soil and when comfortable enter a dormant state. During hibernation glycerol in the #bumblebee body acts like antifreeze preventing water in the bee body turning to ice. Other preferred…
11/14
11/14
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…#hibernation (some for as long as 9 months!). They will dig their own hibernaculum usually in loose well drained soil on a north-facing bank (banks are less likely to flood and north-facing means that they are less likely to emerge too early due to unseasonable sunny…
10/14
10/14
December 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
…#hibernation (some for as long as 9 months!). They will dig their own hibernaculum usually in loose well drained soil on a north-facing bank (banks are less likely to flood and north-facing means that they are less likely to emerge too early due to unseasonable sunny…
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10/14
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…which is where they are now.
And finally to the big girls of the bee world - the bumbles.
Towards the end of summer #bumblebee nests come to a natural end - the males, female workers and old queen die leaving just the new queens alive. These queens feed up and go into…
9/14
And finally to the big girls of the bee world - the bumbles.
Towards the end of summer #bumblebee nests come to a natural end - the males, female workers and old queen die leaving just the new queens alive. These queens feed up and go into…
9/14
December 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
…which is where they are now.
And finally to the big girls of the bee world - the bumbles.
Towards the end of summer #bumblebee nests come to a natural end - the males, female workers and old queen die leaving just the new queens alive. These queens feed up and go into…
9/14
And finally to the big girls of the bee world - the bumbles.
Towards the end of summer #bumblebee nests come to a natural end - the males, female workers and old queen die leaving just the new queens alive. These queens feed up and go into…
9/14
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…these pods with food before sealing them up. The males and females will have died off shortly afterwards leaving the kids to ‘fend for themselves’. The eggs hatch and the larvae will eat the food provided and develop into adults while overwintering in their pods/cocoons…
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8/14
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
…these pods with food before sealing them up. The males and females will have died off shortly afterwards leaving the kids to ‘fend for themselves’. The eggs hatch and the larvae will eat the food provided and develop into adults while overwintering in their pods/cocoons…
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8/14
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After mating in spring/summer the female will have prepared a nest into which she will have laid her eggs in individual pods/cells - fertilised eggs will become females and unfertilised eggs often laid nearer the nest entrance will become males. She will have provisioned…
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7/14
December 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
After mating in spring/summer the female will have prepared a nest into which she will have laid her eggs in individual pods/cells - fertilised eggs will become females and unfertilised eggs often laid nearer the nest entrance will become males. She will have provisioned…
7/14
7/14
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…around 6 weeks during the summer to up to 6 months over #winter due mainly to the lower work load. Male honey bees don’t do winter - dying off before the colony retreat to the hive! In warmer climes the colony works all year round.
Next up we have the solitary #bees.
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Next up we have the solitary #bees.
6/14
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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…packed ‘outer shell’ of #bees surrounding a less tightly packed inner core and requires a lot of honey and body vibrating to maintain the heat required for survival - up to 100ºF in the centre. #Honeybee worker life expectancy increases greatly during the #winter from…
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December 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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#Honeybees don’t hibernate. They reduce the colony numbers but stay active within the hive.
As temperatures drop (below 50ºF) they form a cluster (ball of #bees) in the #hive in order to use body heat primarily to keep the queen alive. This cluster will have a densely…
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As temperatures drop (below 50ºF) they form a cluster (ball of #bees) in the #hive in order to use body heat primarily to keep the queen alive. This cluster will have a densely…
4/14
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
#Honeybees don’t hibernate. They reduce the colony numbers but stay active within the hive.
As temperatures drop (below 50ºF) they form a cluster (ball of #bees) in the #hive in order to use body heat primarily to keep the queen alive. This cluster will have a densely…
4/14
As temperatures drop (below 50ºF) they form a cluster (ball of #bees) in the #hive in order to use body heat primarily to keep the queen alive. This cluster will have a densely…
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And they do need better from us!
Spoiler alert!
Bumbles - new queens in hibernation.
Solitaries - kids in cocoons.
Honeys - small ball of hot hive-bound bees.
So let’s start with honey #bees and get them out of the way as you know they’re not really our thing here.
3/14
Spoiler alert!
Bumbles - new queens in hibernation.
Solitaries - kids in cocoons.
Honeys - small ball of hot hive-bound bees.
So let’s start with honey #bees and get them out of the way as you know they’re not really our thing here.
3/14
December 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
And they do need better from us!
Spoiler alert!
Bumbles - new queens in hibernation.
Solitaries - kids in cocoons.
Honeys - small ball of hot hive-bound bees.
So let’s start with honey #bees and get them out of the way as you know they’re not really our thing here.
3/14
Spoiler alert!
Bumbles - new queens in hibernation.
Solitaries - kids in cocoons.
Honeys - small ball of hot hive-bound bees.
So let’s start with honey #bees and get them out of the way as you know they’re not really our thing here.
3/14
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So after a relatively good summer (here at least) for #bees what are they up to now you’ve probably been wondering?
Okay then, let’s take a broad look at our little #friends at this time of year.
Again please #repost / #share.
The more informed more folks are the better for bees. 2/14
Okay then, let’s take a broad look at our little #friends at this time of year.
Again please #repost / #share.
The more informed more folks are the better for bees. 2/14
December 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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It’s #winter. The buzzing has stopped - mostly.
So what’s happened to all the #bees?
Let me explain.
Please #repost this thread.
Don’t just like/look.
It literally takes you a second. Costs you nothing.
Bees are in trouble and need you good people to help.
Thank you.
#share
#nature
#education
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So what’s happened to all the #bees?
Let me explain.
Please #repost this thread.
Don’t just like/look.
It literally takes you a second. Costs you nothing.
Bees are in trouble and need you good people to help.
Thank you.
#share
#nature
#education
1/14
December 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Bridget Bardot was convicted for inciting racial hatred six times in France, which in itself an achievement.
December 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Bridget Bardot was convicted for inciting racial hatred six times in France, which in itself an achievement.
What a game and friend phoned me from the stadium 😂😂. Great game of rugby
December 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What a game and friend phoned me from the stadium 😂😂. Great game of rugby
Racing 92 V Montauban and Montauban need a new coach, never seen players totally given up before they've even walked on the pitch. They are in a bad place
December 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Racing 92 V Montauban and Montauban need a new coach, never seen players totally given up before they've even walked on the pitch. They are in a bad place
I think @bsrg1.bsky.social has got his Christmas present #hibsvhearts. Hopefully he won't go overboard on the nettle tea in celebration.
December 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I think @bsrg1.bsky.social has got his Christmas present #hibsvhearts. Hopefully he won't go overboard on the nettle tea in celebration.
This is a Christmas album, I will take no questions.
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is a Christmas album, I will take no questions.