Rarely has it bloomed and buzzed so early this year. February has never been this warm since 1768. Everything is now on average two to three weeks earlier and this year even a whole month earlier. What do ancient nature observers say about the phenomenon? Who are the winners and who are the losers?
At the beginning of the month, as soon as the last remnants of snow had melted, the first bumblebees – they are considered much less sensitive to cold than bees and are therefore important pollinators – buzzed in the unusually warm air. The moles were also awakened by the inner impulse and threw the first mounds into the gardens. Fine sulfur butterflies, known to survive the winter, frozen by some sort of internal antifreeze, were and are being freed from the ice.
In Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, in the heart of Salzburg, farmer and experienced weather observer Horst Nöbl (82) recorded an unprecedented phenomenon:
Source: Krone
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