Few animals scare full-grown African elephants. -- But bees are among them.

So it was to bees that
#Iain #Douglas-#Hamilton looked when he sought to draw a line between the pachyderms’ domain and humanity’s.

The farmers of Samburu, the Kenyan county where his research was based,
bore elephants no ill will as long as the beasts kept out of their smallholdings.

But the elephants did not know that.

#Bee #fences—hives established at regular intervals on a farm’s perimeter—not only deterred the interlopers, they also yielded a mellifluous profit.

https://www.economist.com/obituary/2025/12/18/iain-douglas-hamilton-fought-to-save-the-beasts-he-loved

For all who have ever lost a beloved pet

#Pet #Pets #PetsAreFamily #Dog #Dogs #Cat #Cats #Bird #Birds #Hamster #Hamsters

By #Iain Welch - one of my favorite artists.

https://iainwelch.co.uk/

#hoorayfordogs #boops

Celestial Encounters in the Twilight Realm

Explore a breathtaking realm forged by the unseen forces of twilight Where beings of shadow and light coexist among mystical starships and ancient magic

See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/993

#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #eternal #twilight #shadow-beings #luminous-spirits #mystical #starships #magic #beings #Iain-McCaig #visionary

Start the week happy: court says it’s REASONABLE to call Iain Duncan Smith ‘Tory scum’ | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/11/26/start-the-week-happy-court-says-its-reasonable-to-call-iain-duncan-smith-tory-scum/

If the #ToryScum fits.....

#Tory scum #Iain Duncan Smith #judicial review #reasonable #High Court