esiderius: “ A funny thing about introducing a new queen into a hive that has lost its queen (or one that you’ve killed because her brood was too fighty). You have to introduce the new queen into the hive with these special queen cages that are...
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esiderius:

A funny thing about introducing a new queen into a hive that has lost its queen (or one that you’ve killed because her brood was too fighty). 

You have to introduce the new queen into the hive with these special queen cages that are stopped up with candy, and are open enough to let the hive smell the new queen, but not open enough that they can get in there and kill her.

Because they will kill her. 

When you first put the new queen in she smells like an intruder, but by the time it takes the bees to eat through the candy and free the queen, the queen’s pheromones will have had time to work and the hive will have gotten used to her.

From the outside this kinda seems like: 

“Yeh, we were all going to murder you to death before, but we’re full of candy now, so we’re cool. Oh yeh, and how about you be the new queen and stuff. Yeh, that’s cool too.” 

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nirdian: “ ladynovelist: “ The most British PSA you’ll ever read ” And also completely wrong in every way. The Bee: • Not a bee but a bumblebee. • Lives in small colonies (15-20 workers). • Doesn’t produce more honey than is needed for offspring. •...
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nirdian:

ladynovelist:

The most British PSA you’ll ever read

And also completely wrong in every way.

The Bee:

  • Not a bee but a bumblebee.
  • Lives in small colonies (15-20 workers).
  • Doesn’t produce more honey than is needed for offspring.
  • Doesn’t sting at all.

The actual bee:

  • Bees don’t die out of courtesy when they sting, they make sure that whatever they sting stays the fuck away from any bees in the future by leaving the stinger and poison glands behind inside the attacker to keep pumping poison. Also makes sure that the bee only stings if absolutely necessary for the survival of its brethren of the hive.
  • Does not give a toss what you think about it’s “job”.
  • Very endangered. Protect at all costs. Plant ALL THE FLOWERS! Everywhere!
  • Buzzing is a side-effect of staying afloat through magic.

The Wasp:

  • Cleaner. Keeps pests and carrion away by feeding it all to their larvae, or otherwise dispose of it. These guys keep all the other, actually harmful, crawlies at bay.
  • Does bugger all if you don’t fuckin’ sit on them or panic when they go near your jam-crusted lips that smell like high-sucrose liquids that’s their only sustenance. Just wave at them and they’ll buzz off. Or place a jam-filled whatever away from you or something. They’re smart enough to go for that instead of near the giant angry pink mountains of flesh that might kill them.
  • WILL EAT ALL OF YOUR WOODEN FURNITURE! They make their nests out of paper. And unless you want hundreds of lovely straight lines on all of your wooden stuff, treat that shit with something or cover it up when not using it.

(via nirdian)

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scientificphilosopher: “ Gorgeous close-up of a dragonfly’s wing. ‘The Wings have a complex, rigid surface that is maintained by a network of veins. The subtle colors of this immature Black Meadowhawk are caused by sunlight reflecting off the still...
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scientificphilosopher:

Gorgeous close-up of a dragonfly’s wing. 

‘The Wings have a complex, rigid surface that is maintained by a network of veins. The subtle colors of this immature Black Meadowhawk are caused by sunlight reflecting off the still not quite transparent wings.’

via: Mental_Floss

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smithsonianlibraries: “ It’s National Moth week! Tonight, leave the porch light on and see what types of moths live in your neighborhood. (Just don’t let them in if you value your wool sweaters.) If you live in Eastern North America, you may see...
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smithsonianlibraries: “ It’s National Moth week! Tonight, leave the porch light on and see what types of moths live in your neighborhood. (Just don’t let them in if you value your wool sweaters.) If you live in Eastern North America, you may see...
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smithsonianlibraries: “ It’s National Moth week! Tonight, leave the porch light on and see what types of moths live in your neighborhood. (Just don’t let them in if you value your wool sweaters.) If you live in Eastern North America, you may see...
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smithsonianlibraries:

It’s National Moth week! Tonight, leave the porch light on and see what types of moths live in your neighborhood. (Just don’t let them in if you value your wool sweaters.)
If you live in Eastern North America, you may see Actias luna, the luna moth. Adult luna moths have only vestigial mouth-parts and do not feed; this phase of their life cycle is dedicated only to mating and laying eggs.

gif from Biologia Centrali Americana Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera v.3

Actias maenas (large) and Leucophlebia lineata (small) from  The cabinet of oriental entomology

Various species (including Actias luna #7) from The moth book

(via monere-lluvia)

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whitemantis: “ Finally, after four years of hard work, my co-writer Marcotonio and I have the script of Blade Under Mask, fully finished and ready for production! We got a new, physical workplace/office, where we will work together on art from now...
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whitemantis:

Finally, after four years of hard work, my co-writer Marcotonio and I have the script of Blade Under Mask, fully finished and ready for production!

We got a new, physical workplace/office, where we will work together on art from now on. Together we’re The Torigami Team!

Now we just need time to work as much as possible on the comic, and for that, we could use a bit of help!  You can help us through our campaign on Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/BladeUnderMask

With your help, we hope we won’t need to relay on commissions as much as we’ve been needing, which means we’ll have more time to invest on the comic!

We also want to make it clear that our Patreon is not a paywall, as the comic and all finished work will be posted online and entirely for free!

So please, if you like Nae, Kurohasu, Tetsuo, Sayaka and all the other characters as well as their world, consider tipping us so we can bring their stories to life!

We can’t wait to get really busy! Thank you very much for your help and support!