Sacred Roots Apothecary

08/06/2025

Id love to participate in this webinar. Hope you all can see it as well!

How are U.S. bee species faring in light of the major threats they are facing? 🐝

What more do we need to know to protect them? There are over 3,600 species of bees in the United States, but we only know the conservation status of about 20% of those species. This makes it difficult to make decisions about how to prioritize bee conservation.

Join Saff Killingsworth, Xerces Endangered Species Conservation Biologist and State of the Bees Initiative, to discuss how conservation biologists decide which bees are imperiled and which bees are safe, highlight some interesting bees of conservation concern, and talk about the Xerces Society’s effort to understand the conservation status of all U.S. bee species.

AUGUST 14
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET

The event is free! You can register now at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TBRZ3M89QnaVthQYQhmN5Q

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

08/06/2025

Id love to see this in person!!!

Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens) flowers in July and August across the eastern US. It grows in hardwood forests where bees pollinate its white flowers. This native orchid has beautiful evergreen leaves with a white, net-like pattern. The “rattlesnake” name comes from how this net-like pattern resembles snake scales and how its brown fruits look like a rattlesnake rattle.

08/06/2025

💚🌳🌲🌿🧚‍♀️Our gardens may be our favourite patches of green.....but look closer to the ground and hidden amongst the greenery.....and you will see that they are home to a multitude of tiny critters. Plant a variety of different plants and trees and keep an area a little bit wilder.....creatures love natural areas and places to hide.....and of course.....the faeries will love you all the
more.....🧚‍♂️🌿🌲🌳💚

~ Artist - Home & Garden Tips ~

08/06/2025

08/06/2025

Big old sea kitties

Orcas are giving humans gifts and seem to be watching to see what we’ll do.

Dead seabirds. Fish. Even seal pups.

Over a 20-year period, scientists documented 54 cases of wild killer whales offering food to humans – placing it beside boats, dropping it near underwater cameras, or surfacing with prey in their mouths before letting it go. In many cases, they paused after the offering, seemingly waiting to see what the humans would do.

Sometimes they retrieved the food. Other times they left it behind – or even tried to offer it again.

What’s even more fascinating? These behaviors weren’t limited to young orcas. Males, females, calves, juveniles, and adults across multiple pods all displayed this behavior. And it doesn’t appear to be driven by hunger, territory, or aggression.

One orca released a dead seabird just inches from a researcher’s underwater camera – then swallowed it again after a long pause. Another dropped a freshly killed harbor seal pup beside a boat. Researchers from around the world began sharing similar stories. It wasn’t just one pod. It was happening in different oceans, across different years.

So why are they doing it?

Some scientists believe orcas are exploring human responses – learning from us the way they learn from each other. Others suggest it could be a kind of cross-species curiosity, or even an echo of social behaviors seen in dolphins and other intelligent animals.

Orcas have some of the largest brains in the animal kingdom, and possess spindle neurons – a type of brain cell associated with empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. They also regularly initiate contact with boats and humans, suggesting an interest in interaction that goes beyond instinct.

Still, no one fully understands the motivation. Is it a message? A ritual? A game? Or just a question we haven’t figured out how to answer yet?

Learn more:
Ronald, Issy. “Orcas Are Bringing Humans Gifts of Food – but Why?” CNN, 9 July 2025

08/03/2025

Nature has long been a provider of avid resources. Science is just now catching up. I love the information this research has provided.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4709506/

07/29/2025

The ground cherries are doing well! I cant waigolden berries dried goldenberries!

07/29/2025

I haven't seen that blck swallowtail caterpillar the last few days. I hope hes in his chrysalis somewhere hidden away, growing into the beautiful butterfly he was meant to be. 🦋✨️