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mrmhead On March 27, 2024




NE, Ohio
#9346New Post! Jun 01, 2021 @ 23:50:49
@chaski Said

A thought... perhaps for perspective:

There are over 20,000 known bee species in the world. Of these 4,000 are native to the United States. Of these about 1600 are native to California. Julia and I have photographed about 48.

Comparatively, there are over 350,000 (some say over 400,000) known species of Coleoptera in the world.

That is beetles, not female rulers of ancient Egypt... and not rock-n-roll bands with odd names.

Coleoptera are by far the largest group of animals on planet earth, in terms of number of species, not in volume of members. That is, beetles makeup 25% of all known animal life-forms. Julia and I have photographed about 94.

(Side note: There is a story from 'back in the day', possibly apocryphal, where a somewhat famous naturalist suggested to a clergyman that God has an “inordinate fondness for beetles”. This is not a theological discussion, so let us address that idea at a later time.)

Perhaps more in contrast than comparison, there are only five great primates; Orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo and human.

Then there are the ants.

While there are only 12,000 species of ant, there are something like a million billion of the individual little 'hormigas' running around our planet.

The ant's number is dwarfed by bacteria, of which there are 30,000 species and something like five million trillion trillion individuals.

The number of bacteria is, not surprisingly, dwarfed by the quadrillion quadrillion viruses on Earth.

We could go on and on, but then we would be playing the game of statistics.

So, back to the bees... 70% nest in the ground. 90% are solitary bees, that is, they don't live in hives like honey bees.

The end.

For now.

😎



And are you including wasps and hornets?
chaski On about 13 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#9347New Post! Jun 02, 2021 @ 01:16:46
@mrmhead Said

And are you including wasps and hornets?



No.

But I can if you’d like.


Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones.... bees, wasps, ants, etc..
Darkman666 On March 27, 2024




Saint Louis, Missouri
#9348New Post! Jun 03, 2021 @ 21:25:41
i guess you heard about the two sadines in the ocean. they saw an submarine coming toward them. one said to two other, " look, it's can of people! "
chaski On about 13 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#9349New Post! Jul 04, 2021 @ 23:02:12
Darkman666 On March 27, 2024




Saint Louis, Missouri
#9350New Post! Jul 05, 2021 @ 00:38:41
@chaski Said




look at that size of that gas pipe on that buick!
Darkman666 On March 27, 2024




Saint Louis, Missouri
#9351New Post! Aug 04, 2021 @ 18:26:36
there was a bum found a penny on the sidewalk. he was standing in front a parking meter. he decide to put the penny in the meter. he look at the meter, and all sudden, he was really happy and said, " hot damn, i been standing here for 12 minutes! "
chaski On about 13 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#9352New Post! Aug 12, 2021 @ 17:48:11
I saw this Halloween ornament on FB...

It looks X rated to me...


Na On February 27, 2024




, Florida
#9353New Post! Aug 24, 2021 @ 03:48:28
I found out how baby cows are made. Exodus 32:24
Darkman666 On March 27, 2024




Saint Louis, Missouri
#9354New Post! Sep 13, 2021 @ 21:35:15
my ex mother in law is soo fat, that when i took to the airport. she walking to the plane from the gate. she lost balance, and people that taking the plane stepping all over her.

they thought she was 747, they taking today!
Mouse1988 On September 25, 2023




Troy, New York
#9355New Post! Sep 19, 2021 @ 02:45:29
Hi..
Mouse1988 On September 25, 2023




Troy, New York
#9356New Post! Sep 19, 2021 @ 02:46:39
Darkman666 On March 27, 2024




Saint Louis, Missouri
#9357New Post! Oct 12, 2021 @ 21:15:49
this woman rush in a bar stark naked. this old drunk in the bar, look at her, and said, " my wife wears the same costume at home! "
Mouse1988 On September 25, 2023




Troy, New York
#9358New Post! Oct 15, 2021 @ 03:36:36
mrmhead On March 27, 2024




NE, Ohio
#9359New Post! Oct 16, 2021 @ 13:46:24
I just heard it's "Sober October"

... well... missed that bus
Na On February 27, 2024




, Florida
#9360New Post! Oct 17, 2021 @ 05:29:07
I am reminded of the time when Kevin Spacey took a man held him captive for about a year starved him but kept him alive through fluids chopped off one of his hands.

Police found him on a mattress looking as if he were dead but he started coughing so he was taken to the hospital. Health was very poor.

Paraphrasing the comment was “all of this and hell too.” I’m sure that’s a misquote.

Kevin Spacey was hiding in plain sight. Took another 10 years at least for them to figure out that he was practically the man he played on the screen. But he actually thought he could get away with hurting all of those people. Why?
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