Monarch Population Status

20 July 2017 | Author: Chip Taylor

I’ve done many things in my career that I’ve enjoyed greatly and among those was teaching a course in honey bee biology. The course incorporated some hands-on lessons in how to manage bees for pleasure and the sweet rewards bees ...

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Monarch Population Status

11 February 2017 | Author: Jim

World Wildlife Fund Mexico in collaboration with SEMARNAT and CONANP and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies. Thirteen (13) colonies were located this winter season with a total area of ...

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Monarch Population Status

14 September 2016 | Author: Jim

It was apparent as early as late May that the migration, and the subsequent overwintering population, was going to be much lower this year than in 2015-2016. The projections outlined in the Blog post of 7 July have largely come ...

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Monarch Population Status

7 July 2016 | Author: Chip Taylor

As most of you know, the summer of 2015 produced a strong migration and a relatively large overwintering population (4.01 hectares). To place this population growth in context, let’s review the last several years. The population declined following each of ...

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Monarch Population Status

4 May 2016 | Author: Chip Taylor

On February 26th, World Wildlife Fund Mexico in collaboration with SEMARNAT and CONANP and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies. Nine colonies were located this winter season with a total ...

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Monarch Population Status

26 February 2016 | Author: Monarch Watch

World Wildlife Fund Mexico in collaboration with SEMARNAT and CONANP and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies today in Mexico City. Nine colonies were located this winter season with a ...

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Monarch Population Status

6 August 2015 | Author: Chip Taylor

It appears that I’ve made another wrong turn. My monarch GPS keeps saying "Recalculating, recalculating." I get tired of hearing that refrain but when the GPS insists that you are off the preselected path, it’s wise to pay ...

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Monarch Population Status

16 July 2015 | Author: Chip Taylor

"Recalculating! Recalculating!" That's what I hear from the GPS system in my car every time I make a wrong turn. The satellite that is tracking my position has detected that I've deviated from the course that my system plotted for ...

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Monarch Population Status

6 May 2015 | Author: Chip Taylor

"Monarch Futures" If there were such a thing as Monarch Futures* on the market right now, I’d buy all I could. The immediate future for monarchs looks bright - there is a good chance the population will increase this year. Last ...

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Monarch Population Status

27 January 2015 | Author: Chip Taylor

World Wildlife Mexico in collaboration with SEMARNAT and CONANP and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) announced the total forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies early this morning in Mexico City. Nine colonies were located this winter season with ...

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