Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.
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I do not wish to offend sensitive people. My apologies if I have done so. I would like to ask this question: Is it possible for a very dead tree (as shown in the picture) to still produce sap?
It depends on how long the tree “died”.
The pictured tree looks long dead, parts broken off, bark long gone, crown gone & round holes probably made by Carpenter bees (Xylocopia spp.). I can understand that a recently died tree will continue to produce sap but this one?
Some dead trees preserve their sap in the form of damar, etc. This may be one of those trees and the woodpecker may be pecking at the crystallised sap to line its feathers. I suppose the word “sap” here is used liberally and does not confine to what we normally term as the free flowing exudate.