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Sustainability: Solitary Bee House
A while ago, I made a post about solitary bee houses and I’ve decided to share my own! This mofo is made of maple and bamboo, lacquered for weather resistance. Note the sizes of the holes: different sizes allow different species of solitary bees like mason bees or carpenter bees to make their homes, so any passerby can stop in to reproduce. (that means RAUNCHY BEE SEXXX). I also put it right above a no-till raised bed with flowers for added support. Right now the daffodils are in bloom, next up are my azaleas (not shown). Then, I plant morning glories around the base of the lattice at different intervals throughout the summer. This way, the bees have nutritional support throughout the seasons.
P.S. Put this shit in shaded areas in your yard to support pollinators because otherwise, our crops will fail and we will be forced to purchase even more food from other countries in order to fulfill our needs!
(via Hannah Steinberg obituary | Science | The Guardian)
Pioneer of psychopharmacology who was one of the first researchers to test systematically how psychoactive drugs affect the mind
The development of drugs to treat mental afflictions was historically a hit-and-miss affair, without much understanding of their actions on brain pathways, and even less of their wider psychological impact. Hannah Steinberg, who has died aged 95, was one of the first researchers to test systematically how psychoactive drugs affect the mind.
Steinberg grasped that the brain produces its own pharmacopoeia of psychoactive substances in response to the challenges of daily living, and argued that the psychological consequences of adding drugs to the mix could not be reliably predicted. “Whatever you administer, you may disturb something else as well,” she said, adding that: “The drug companies on the whole don’t like that concept.”
During the 1960s, she and her colleague Ruth Rushton were among the first to set up rigorous experiments to test the effects of combinations of drugs, such as stimulants and antidepressants, on the behaviour of laboratory rats as well as human subjects, carefully recording responses at different doses.
One example was Drinamyl, a combination of barbiturates and amphetamines, which was then widely prescribed to “tired housewives” as it appeared to relieve depression. Colloquially known as purple hearts, it was also abused as a party drug. Steinberg looked at how it affected the level of activity or capacity to learn in laboratory animals, giving greater insight into what the drugs were actually doing to the brain.
Her research showed that combinations of drugs produced effects that could not be predicted from the actions of either drug alone. She also showed that the effect of a drug could be crucially dependent on the emotional state of the subject. Rats that were stressed by a change in their environment responded differently from those that were not. This led to a sideline in the welfare of laboratory animals, and much of Steinberg’s work informed the increasingly stringent guidelines that govern the use of animals in research.
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