UMary Allen
Ooqongqothwane ngamaxolo liqela looqongqothwane. Uninzi lwamaxolo oqongqothwane lutya ngamaxolo omthi we-coniferous ngaphandle kwaye luzala apho. Ziyaziwa ngenxa yokuba zinokubulala amahlathi ephela.
Kukho malunga nama-6,000 eentlobo ze-bark beetle emhlabeni jikelele. Zimdaka okanye zimnyama. Uhlobo ngalunye lungaphezulu kancinci kwe-intshi ubude. Unokubona iindawo ezintathu zomzimba wakhe ukusuka phezulu: i-elytra ezimbini kunye ne-pronotum. Ngaphantsi kukho intloko, engenakubonwa ukusuka phezulu. Ooqongqothwane bayinxalenye yendalo yehlathi. Bancedisa ekususweni kwemithi efileyo ukuze kudalwe i-humus entsha kubo. Xa zivela ngobuninzi, abantu bazibala phakathi kwezinambuzane.
Phantse kukho uhlobo olunye kuphela olukhethekileyo lwebhungane elibizwa ngokuba ngumshicileli weencwadi. Ikhula malunga neemilimitha ezintlanu ubude. Igama livela koku: imibungu igrumba iitonela phantsi kwexolo. Ukuba ususa ixolo emthini, uya kufumana isiqabu esifana neepleyiti zokushicilela ezazisetyenziswa kushicilelo lweletterpress kwixesha elidlulileyo. Abasebenzi basehlathini kwanamahlathi maxa wambi babethetha ngamaxolo oqongqothwane yaye maxa wambi ngabashicileli beencwadi yaye babesoloko bethetha ngoqongqothwane omnye.
Kukho elinye ibhungane lebhungane elibangela umonakalo ofanayo. Ngumkroli. Imalunga neemilimitha ezintathu kuphela ngobukhulu. Akwenzeki njalo kuthi.
Uphila njani umshicileli?
Umshicileli unokubhabha ukuya kwiikhilomitha ezintathu. Kodwa umoya unokuwuthwala nangakumbi. Emva koko ukhetha ukuhlala kwi-spruce, i-fir yesilivere, okanye ipineyini. Apho igqobhoza ixolo. Lo mthi uzama ukuzikhusela kumhlaseli ngencindi yawo, intlaka. Inokukwenza oku kuphela ukuba azininzi kakhulu iibugs eziyihlaselayo.
Inkunzi yemba umqolomba phantsi kwexolo, kwindawo ekungquzulana kuyo. Emva kokuqhama, imazi ibeka amaqanda phantsi kwexolo. Malunga nemibungu emalunga namashumi amane emva koko igrumbe eyayo indlela. Ziya kubhabha kwaye zibhabhe ziphume. Oko kubizwa ngokuba sisizukulwana. Malunga neshumi leemazi zikwazile ukuqhubeka ziphindaphindeka. Ngoko ekupheleni kwesizukulwana sesibini, kukho malunga nekhulu lamabhinqa. Emva kwesizukulwana sesithathu, kukho iwaka. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku inokuza ngonyaka ukuba ifanela abashicileli.
Iinkunzi ziyawazi amaqhinga akhethekileyo: Ziyakwazi ukuguqula inxalenye yentlaka ibe ngamavumba. “Babiza” amanye amadoda kubo. Ngale ndlela, imithi efanelekileyo ihlaselwa ngokukhawuleza. Xa izinto ziqala ukuqina, iinkunzi zivelisa ivumba elahlukileyo elibonisa isiphelo. Emva koko akusayi kubakho bhungane kwaye umthi awusayi kufa ngaphambi kokuba amantshontsho asabe.
Kutheni ooqongqothwane besenza umonakalo ongaka?
Amaxolo oqongqothwane axhaphaza ubuthathaka bemithi. Izaqhwithi ziyabanceda kule nto. Xa imithi isemhlabeni, iqalisa ukubuna. Oku kukuvumela ukuba uvelise i-resin encinci kwaye uyisebenzise ukulwa nezinambuzane. Iminyaka eyomileyo nayo ithanda oku. Ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu, iminyaka yembalela iyanda kwilizwe lethu.
Kwiindawo ezininzi, abantu baye batyala amahlathi angengowamvelo. Ziyi-monocultures, ezibandakanya kuphela i-spruces. Ngokuqhelekileyo la mahlathi akakwazi ukunyamezela. Ispruces ngokukodwa ziwela ngokulula kwizaqhwithi kunokuba, umzekelo, iibhichi okanye i-oki. Ngeengcambu zayo ezimfutshane, imithi yespruce ayinakukwazi ukumelana nembalela.
Umshicileli uneentshaba ezimbalwa ezinje ngeenkuni ezithile. Kwakhona akukubi kwindalo ukuba ihlathi lonke liyabhubha. Emva koko abashicileli bayakufa nabo. Iintaka zizisa imbewu okanye imbewu eyayisesemhlabeni ihlume. Uhlaselo olukhulu lubi kakhulu kubanini bamahlathi. Ukuba ufumana imithi eyonakalisiweyo iphuma ehlathini ngokukhawuleza, usenako ukuyithengisa. Kodwa amaxabiso aphantsi kunemithi esempilweni.
Ngamanye amaxesha unokubona imigibe enomtsalane kumshicileli wehlathi. Kodwa awunakumoyisa ngaloo nto. Unokwazi kuphela ukuba zininzi okanye zimbalwa endleleni. Izitshizi zemichiza zikhona, kodwa azifane zisetyenziswe ngenxa yetyhefu yazo.