We were looking at the giant peony flower under our front window today and observed the buds to be teeming with ants. Ants are attracted to the sugary moisture exuded by the plant. An old gardeners tale suggests that ants are essential for peonies to bloom (they are not). I expect the ants also keep other nuisance insects like aphids away.
All of this led to a general discussion about how ants really own the world, not us. Be sure to check out the photo gallery too.
About Me
- VOKL - Voice Of Ken Lawton
- VOKL is my self-assigned nom-de-blog in the format of a Newfoundland radio call sign. It gives me a name for my voice. And when you say it out loud it's vocal. See? VOKL. This may also reveal a subconcious desire to punnish my readers. I hope you understand. Anyway it's my blog. Start your own blog.
WUWT World Climate Widget
Looking at this graph how can we believe temperature is driven by CO2? We can't.
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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." ~ Henry Louis Mencken
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
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