{"id":1355,"date":"2018-08-27T04:56:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T10:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:14","slug":"no-need-to-kill-them-theyre-just-doing-their-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2018\/08\/27\/no-need-to-kill-them-theyre-just-doing-their-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"No need to kill them, they&#8217;re just doing their thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After dropping by <a href=\"http:\/\/riversidediscoverycenter.org\/\">the zoo<\/a> on Saturday, August 25, 2018, to cover a story about raptor recovery (link will be here once it&#8217;s published), I got sidetracked on the way to my car. Outside the gift shop is are several boxes with flowers for pollinators. Here are a few of the photos I took of the bumblebees flying around.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1356\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1356\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8768-955x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"674\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bumblebee lands on a flower in front of the gift shop at the Riverside Discovery Center in Scottsbluff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8813.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8813-996x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"647\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1357\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8796.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1357\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8796-1024x926.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bumblebee makes a brief stop on its search for nectar outside the Riverside Discovery Center in Scottsbluff.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1358\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1358\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8805-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bumblebee approaches a flower as it searches for nectar in the flowerbed outside Riverside Discovery Center.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bee-IMG_8842-1024x950.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"584\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1361\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bees-IMG_8817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/bees-IMG_8817-1024x974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"598\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This one creeps me out.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After dropping by the zoo on Saturday, August 25, 2018, to cover a story about raptor recovery (link will be here once it&#8217;s published), I got sidetracked on the way to my car. Outside the gift shop is are several boxes with flowers for pollinators. 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