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Conservation Corner: Stories From Our Grounds
On April 25th, Kris spent some time with one of our volunteers or as the staff at FRNC calls him the bee keeper, Henry King. Henry was on the grounds for the day to open one of our beehives and release the queen bee, who had been purposefully kept in a ‘queen cage’. In this video, Kris asks Henry some buzzing questions!
Understanding the Rut Could Save Your Life
In the days between Halloween and Thanksgiving, whitetail movements peak. Driven by hormones, bucks that normally live secretly lose all fear. Their sole focus becomes finding whitetail does in estrus, and they sprint throughout their range, testing the wind to locate breedable does. Once a buck finds one, he will chase her until she acquiesces, demonstrating his physical and evolutionary fitness to breed.