Spring has come to the nordic countries and like most cold places it comes with exuberance. Here are a few shots from the forests. This one is of Hvitveis (Anemone nemorosa). I am currently in Uppsala, Sweden studying bees, apiculture and pollination as my final course for my Master's. Today we studied bumble bees and tomorrow it will be solitary bees. Pretty amazing stuff.
Anemone nemorosa.
Some sort of Pulsatilla found near the castle in Uppsala, Sweden.
Bombus pascuorum?? I took the shot before I started this bee course so my identification might be a little off. Bumble bees are some of the earliest pollinators and can handle pretty low temperatures. Today on our field excursion we caught 8 different species. The colder climes have a higher diversity of these bees.
This is the apple cedar rust fungus (
Gymnosporangium sp.). Part of its amazing life cycle is on juniper or cedar and part of its lifecycle is on apple or hawthorn trees.
Oxalis sp. one of the first bloomers in Norwegian spruce forests. Some sort of springtail can be seen feeding on the pollen. The plant can be eaten by humans as well.
Spring has come to the nordic countries and like most cold places it comes with exuberance. Here are a few shots from the forests. This one is of Hvitveis (Anemone nemorosa). I am currently in Uppsala, Sweden studying bees, apiculture and pollination as my final course for my Master's. Today we studied bumble bees and tomorrow it will be solitary bees. Pretty amazing stuff.
Anemone nemorosa.
Some sort of Pulsatilla found near the castle in Uppsala, Sweden.
Bombus pascuorum?? I took the shot before I started this bee course so my identification might be a little off. Bumble bees are some of the earliest pollinators and can handle pretty low temperatures. Today on our field excursion we caught 8 different species. The colder climes have a higher diversity of these bees.
This is the apple cedar rust fungus (Gymnosporangium sp.). Part of its amazing life cycle is on juniper or cedar and part of its lifecycle is on apple or hawthorn trees.
Oxalis sp. one of the first bloomers in Norwegian spruce forests. Some sort of springtail can be seen feeding on the pollen. The plant can be eaten by humans as well.
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glad to hear you're gettin to study what you're super excited about! =)
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