Pollinator Advocacy stands at the core why Flying Tongue Pictures exists. Yes, I love taking very detailed photos of insects, but pollinator advocacy came way before the skills and confidence acquired to bring this idea to life. I launched Pollinator-Plus at Beacon Food Forest to continue the work of Eli Bloom, who surveyed the bee population there and other sites in Seattle ~2014. 2021, I joined Washington Native Bee Society and now sit on its board. I also direct much of the activity on their Education committee and help some on their website. Through them, I have spoken to hundreds of people about the things we all can do for pollinator health and well being. I’ve also introduced a few grade school classes to the wonders of pollinators and pollination.

Enough of my resume. My point is that though my aim is to derive income from helping pollinators, I came to this challenge because I find it fulfilling. Public adoption of simple practices in the long run benefit all of us. We cannot survive without the foundational tasks pollinators bring to the world of food for all living beings.

What Advocacy Looks Like at Flying Tongue Pictures

Mostly, advocacy looks like speaking new to ways the community can consider their relationship with animals of all kinds, particularly the small ones. The world of flies, wasps, flowers, birds, weevils, flower bugs, beetles, thrips, spiders and of course, bees, is one that is so close to us, yet still remote. Flying Tongue Pictures works from the premise that a universe that may bring endless joy can and should surround all of us. I spend numeral hours, day after day, exploring this world through a lens. I know and understand only small parts of that world. Flying Tongue Pictures hopes to deliver the same feeling to a public that seems ready to absorb the experience.