Abeja Melifera

@melrup.bsky.social

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Professor. Climate policy nerd. Non-motorized transportation enthusiast. Artist. Caregiver. Grower of food. Waste makes me anxious. Kindness is critical.

Silhouette of pollinators buzzing in and out of Wild Bergamot blossoms, as seen through a white canvas Tipi at Gibbs Farm in St Paul MN. Birds are calling in the background.
Black and white pen and ink drawing with squiggles, dots, lines
Photo of circular window with a spider web crack on a black door. The head of someone in a blue cap is just visible through the window.
Big crowd of Aurora fans in Blackhart bar.
A barefoot and bespectacled man in shorts dons a gold corduroy jacket with “St Paul” across the front in dark blue letters topped by a name patch that reads “Brian”. He shows how the hand pockets have zippers. A World Cup game is playing on Telemundo on a TV the background.
There is some yellow and black thing hanging on the exterior wall of a stucco house next to the back door. It is too far away to discern exactly what it is.
7 shoots of Blazing Star flowers at various heights and phases of bloom poke above an 18” high wall of chicken wire on a residential corner.
Round steel building with green plants and a round table in front, distorted and with some soft blurring due to the fact that it is viewed through a glass stem.
Round steel building with a beautiful native garden and artful pavers in front. Lavender colored Minerva and Orange Butterfly Weed are in peek bloom in the garden.
Two smiling women - a mother and her daughter- are standing against a blond brick wall wearing matching straw bucket hats.
complicated spider-web like patterns of white and red tendrils on a black patio bench
Model wearing a navy blue soccer jersey with a white pointed collar, which looks impractically formal for a soccer match
Beautiful blue sky with picture perfect puffy clouds and a soccer score board
An orange fox is waving a flag with a fox on It on a soccer field and it is the cutest thing ever. Lol. Period.
Two astonished MN Aurora soccer fans are pointing up at a very dark and ominous stormy sky. They are getting ready to leave the stadium.
Cottonwood fluff floating across a backdrop of a large tree and a clear blue sky
Garden bed with chicken wire around it
View of river gushing that pans to a smiling human at the end
Message from t-mobile saying welcome to Canada
Video of a ginormous waterfall with a rainbow in front of it that pans to the right to reveal an adorable human waving hello.
Photo of a dappled grey granite boulder with a small circular hole carved into it that is filled with multiple red stones
Silhouette of a seagull atop a gas station canopy with a sun setting sky backdrop.
Video of Lake Superior stretching into the distance with the sound of gentle waves crashing
Video of gentle waves crashing on a red rocky Lake Superior shoreline.
A paper mâché bee or wasp that is stinging a black labeled “ICE” rolls down Bloomington Avenue in Minneapolis as part of the annual May Day parade
Multiple bikes topped with colorful creatures of different shapes and sizes pedal down Bloomington Avenue in Minneapolis as part of the annual May Day parade
Ginormous red paper mâché heart, topped with flowers and butterflies and flanked by vessel tendrils held my marchers, makes it’s way down Bloomington Avenue in Minneapolis as part of the annual May Day parade
Ginormous loon float passes by the videographer to reveal that the flapping wings are powered by a person rowing on the back of the float
A ginormous loon float, complete with flapping wings, articulating beak, and characteristic call, rolls down Bloomington Avenue in Minneapolis on a beautiful sunny day as part of the annual May Day parade
Black and white drawing showing silhoette of winter trees against a lake and sky. The horizon of the lake divides the visual field in half vertically.
Drawing of four pears lined up on a granite counter with a white background. The pears' yellow and orange bodies are reflected on the counter.
Woman stands with arms raised under an arch made of pvc pipe and garden fencing, which will serve as a trellis for squash.
Colorful drawing with light turquoise background, a purple sun, pumpkin vines, a pumpkin, echinacea flowers, and a squirrel surveying the scene from a branch
A very busy ceiling at the Creekside Supper Club has an overwhelming chorus of upside down umbrellas, large eggs, bees, white string lights, and a disco ball dangling all over the place. It’s like a full-on spring assault
A colorful butterfly kite playfully dips and swerves against a backdrop of a beautiful blue sky.
White writing on a black background in Laurie Anderson’s immersive exhibit at the Hirshhorn reads: “Ah yes - the world before it burned…such a beautiful place”.
White lettering on a black wall in Laurie Anderson’s immersive exhibit at the Hirshhorn reads: “If you think technology will solve your problems then you don’t understand technology AND you don’t understand your problems.”
Quote written in white paint on a black wall at Laurie Anderson’s Hirshhorn installation reads “It’s a democracy but with the humidity it feels like an oligarchy”
Multicolored fabric with a lot of orange in the design is hanging from a bridge railing and is covered in yellow duct tape that reads “DEPORT TRUMP”
Video of Washington monument with cherry blossoms in the foreground and a cloud-filled sky that is moving in such a way in the background that gives an illusion that the monument is shrinking
A Betsy Ross US flag is partially visible through a complex metal structure that encases the African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington DC
Screen shot of your 2026 word that reads “compassionate “
Three photos of woman wearing a brown and beige flowered long sleeve, crew neck sweater. The photos show the right side underarm gusset, the front view, and the left side underarm gusset. The triangular gussets are in solid beige.
Photo of brown and beige flowered crew neck sweater. The sweater is inside out to show how the seams have been finished with a serger.
Photo of grey-haired woman wearing a long sleeved brown and beige sweater with striped sleeves. She is holding her left arm up to reveal a ripped seam from the wrist to the waist.
Long-sleeved scoop new sweater with brown and beige floral pattern on the body and colorful stripes on the sleeves and lower border
Muddy river flows through autumn brush somewhere in Colorado
Man in grey pants and maroon fleece stands on a pedestrian bridge flanked by 360 black chain link fence. There is graffiti on the wall to his left and puddles reflecting a sunset at the ground on his right. The fence and bridge recede into the distance and end in the setting sun.
Photo of dessert brush and autumn colors from the Amtrak California Zephyr window somewhere in Nevada
Red and green ivy covering the bottom of an old brick building in a triangle shape
Green and orange ivy dripping down an old building on the waterfront in Petaluma CA
Photo of wire fence with a line of padlocks attached to it fading into the distance. Prairie grass is on the left of the fence. Lake Superior is in the distance. A moody, cloudy sky is above.