#Bees
The Beeholder's Eye -The bee's eye is a marvel of biology. It is covered with hairs that act as a shield against pollen and consists of thousands of small lenses called ommatidia.
These lenses allow the bee to see a range of colors, including ultraviolet, and are highly sensitive to movement. This enables the bee to spot flowers and other sources of nourishment, as well as evade potential threats.
Lots of pollen going into the hive, also guessing the smell from the hive lately is the goldenrod they're working.
Checked the hive today, the second deep box is getting heavy with honey for the winter. Here's a quick video, on youtube, of the hive check in 4k.
A photo of a busy little honey bee sipping nectar and pollinating as he flits from flower to flower. Many people don’t realize how important the honey bee is to our human existence.
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#bee #bees #insects #animals #NaturePhotography #FlowerPhotography #photography #MastoPhoto #BuyIntoArt #fediverse #FediGiftShop
#Australia abandons efforts to eradicate deadly #parasite #varroa #mite after 15 months
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-20/varroa-mite-eradication-efforts-abandoned-australia/102876418
>Resources will be reallocated to slowing the spread of the #pest
>Non-compliance from #beekeepers and illegal #hive movement was a major factor in the failed eradication effort
>#Government and #industry groups made the unanimous decision to move to a #management approach
#bees #bee #Conservation #Sustainability #EnvironmentalEthics #ethics
Butterflies, bees, moths and flies all seem to love our aster in the afternoon sunshine.
"APIPHO IA"
- Teresa Monachino, via #PrivateEye 1606 p36
My #bee friends enjoying the #AutumnalEquinox here in #Maine.
#BloomScrolling #Autumn #Equinox #Bees #Flowers #GardeningForPollinators
Saw this little bumbler at 8 am this morning, out on the trail.
He was sound asleep.
I only learned this year that bees don't go back to the hive at night, especially males. They just sleep where they left off.
On behalf of this little soul, and on behalf of all of us, really, please stop using #pesticides if you still use them.
Even careful use is no longer acceptable.
We need bees. The planet needs them.
#Climate #Nature #Insects #Photography #NaturePhotography #Bees #Goldenrod #Planet
As I was walking at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, Singapore, I suddenly heard loud buzzing, and was surrounded by bees. Looking around, I saw they were Asian Honey Bees (Apis cerana) and they were nesting in a hole in a nearby tree. Spotted on 23 Sept 2023.
#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Bees #Hymenoptera
News of the Hive: Opened it up today, immediately killed 2 hive beetles. Tested for mites, and for the first time, it was positive. Picked up some treatment at Mike's Bees.
I'm doing everything I can to help this hive make it through the winter, and keeping my fingers crossed.
The hive was a bit pissed at me by the time I was done. An angry hum and two stings preceded my exit.
We also have a snake wandering around, hopefully keeping the mouse population at bay.
Busy ivy bees this morning. These are just a few - any bare patch of earth over an area approx 15-20 square metres of shrubby rockery (or rocky shrubbery 🤔) is buzzing. There is also the occasional bee ball which tumbles down the slope. No weeding for me.
I usually go out for walks too early/late to see these little friends awake and active, but I was rewarded for running a little late today
#photography #bees #pollendreams
From Atlas Obscura:
"To Save America’s Native Bees, the Oregon Bee Project Is Mapping Every Single One.
The project aims to make a complete ‘bee atlas,’ detailing every single local pollinator."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/americas-native-bees-oregon-bee-project-atlas
To Save America's Native Bees, the Oregon Bee Project Is Mapping Every Single One
The project aims to make a complete 'bee atlas,' detailing every single local pollinator.#laboratories #longreads #oregon #libraries #library #data #endangeredspecies #climatechange #insects #collections #biology #biodiversity #scientistsatwork #science #honey #nativebees #maps #bees #section-Articles
To Save America's Native Bees, the Oregon Bee Project Is Mapping Every Single One
In my garden: a honey bee visits a tagetes (french marigold) flower.
I don’t use pesticides in my garden, so bees can visit and enjoy my flowers safely.
Took the last lot of syrup up for the bees this evening. Always love seeing this ring of slurpy slurpy bees. They’ve had 8kg of sugar (as 2:1) per colony, but I think they still feel light. The ivy’s out so I’m hoping they stock up well for winter, but I reckon I’ll need to get some fondant on at some point 😟
Note to self: remember to actually do the beesuit up before fiddling with bees 😩
Bee-killing pesticides banned in EU found at unsafe levels in English rivers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/22/bee-killing-pesticides-unsafe-levels-english-rivers-neonicotinoids?CMP=share_btn_tw 🐝 #ToryCorruption #GTTO #VoteThemAllOut #Bees #Pollution #SickManOfEurope #Neonicotinoids #UK
I went out last night to visit the bright lamp at the park hoping for moths. No moths, pretty quiet in general but I found a green sweat bee (Agapostemon sp.) The bee refused to land, but I stood around hoping it would for about 15 minutes and snapped a few phone pics - a few came out ok.
Given the #Tories callous disregard for the wellbeing of other #keyworkers (except to piously clap for them, of course), it can be no surprise they'd show a similar disregard for the key workers of pollination - #bees!
things i did not know:
there are over 7,000 bee species in san diego county, about a third of the world's known species.
Range of pesticides, including neonicotinoids, found in pollen of different bee species #bees #environment #pesticides https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230919154921.htm
Ban Bee Killing Pesticides NOW #environment #wildlife #bees #pesticides https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ban-bee-killing-pesticides-23
Also numerous ivy bees (Colletes hederae), first recorded in the UK in 2001, spreading northward & now very common locally
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#ivy #pollinators #bees #autumn
Smaller bee: scoot over
Larger bee: buzzzzzz
Hiiiii
I'm new here, so I guess it's time for a #introduction
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Range of pesticides, including fungicides & neonicotinoids, found in pollen of different bee species #bees #nature https://phys.org/news/2023-09-range-pesticides-neonicotinoids-pollen-bee.html
As summer draws to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, here is a bee to remind us of what we'll be missing for the next several months.
In Ancient Egypt, bees were believed to have been created from the tears of Ra, the Sun God.
In many cultures, bees are considered to be messengers carrying news to the spirit world. It's not hard to guess what message their current plight might be carrying.
Le grand coléoptère des ruches est un scarabée qui se nourrit de larves d'abeilles à l'état adulte. C'est une menace potentielle de plus pour les abeilles et l'apiculture dans le monde, en particulier avec le réchauffement climatique.
https://www.myrmecofourmis.fr/Grand-coleoptere-de-la-ruche-biologie-et-comment-les-controler
Et un cousin assez éloigné du petit coléoptère de la ruche, déjà en France:
https://www.myrmecofourmis.fr/Le-petit-coleoptere-de-la-ruche-biologie-et-controle
#abeilles #apiculture #apiculturefrance #abeille #apismellifera #beekeeping #bees
Photo B. Oldroyd.
Looked at the hive this morning and they were having trouble removing the deceased due to a puddle at their entrance. I decided since I've been doing roof repair this past week to build a roof for the bees.
It fits the spacing of the screws in the china-hives, which is 2 inches. I had it at the top of the deep (3rd photo) at first but when I looked at the photos it seemed too high so I moved it to the bottom. Sealed with beeswax along the top edge.
Australia is moving away from the eradication of varroa and will try to manage the parasite.
Arthropod Photo of the Week: September 20, 2023
Carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee
Megachile sp.
Hymenoptera: Megachilidae
By Joseph Clark, Florida, USA
#arthropodPOTW
#entomology #insects #photography #bees
🐝 Pollination by more than one bee species found to improve cherry harvest
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-pollination-bee-species-cherry-harvest.html
#insects #bees #agriculture #agronomy #food #environment #trees #fruit
The cosmos & the zinnias really brought in the bumblebees this year which is what I was hoping for w/ the expansion of my garden & an increase in plants & flowers. I've run across quite a few sleeping in my flowers in the early morning🐝 🛏️ 🌼.
This one was just up to its regular 9-5.
(09/01/23)
#bee #bees #bumblebee #pollinators #FlowerPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #NaturePhotography #macro #MacroPhotography #MastoArt
#photography #AltText
19-SEP-2023
Range of #pesticides, including #neonicotinoids, found in pollen of different bee species
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001967 #science #ecology #bees #pollinators
A small Lasioglossum sweat bee visits a spring spiderwort in Austin, Texas.
I like to imagine that this is a pollen-hunting duo, seeking out the best flowers for the right price. No sunflower too big, no forget-me-not too small.
#photography #bees
Hard at Work Part 2
📷 Canon M50 Mirrorless - Tokina AT-X Pro D 100mm Macro - ISO: 400 - Aperture: f/10 - Sutter Speed: 1/200 sec
#photo #photography #flowers #chives #ButterflyBush #bees #fall #closeup #macro #GiMP #mirrorless #CanonM50 #TokinaMacro
@plants
@nature #SixOnSaturday Still lots of green but it's more fun to look at #AutumnColour ! There's more of it every day (especially with some frosts).
Plus: there are still #flowers for #pollinators lots of #mushrooms and the year-round #birds are in the yard more with chicks grown up (and kitty gone ☹️ )
#BloomScrolling #insects #bees #florespondence #gardening #mushtodon #fungi #FallColor #September #Alberta
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Speaking of honey bees, I got a couple more nice shots on the tree I stopped by the other day, and while I was photographing a baby wattlebird, a honey bee flew into my shoulder and then stopped to rest on some grass
#photography #bees
While I've seen european honey bees all winter (yikes), I hadn't seen these native sleepy friends (lasioglossum cognatum as best I can identify) since April
They're very cute, and there's a thread over here with some observations from earlier in the year https://mastodon.social/@Cheeseness/109939444723574438
#photography #bees #pollendreams
Pollinating
#PhotoADay2023 (trying to get back on my groove after a rough summer)
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#HeldersPAD2023
#Monochrome
#FujifilmX100v
#LeicaM10 simulation
#Bees
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#NaturePhotography
#Photography
here have some wild #bees ...
(I don't know what they're doing, probably settle on the ground for the winter ? they come back every year or two)
> this is what can happen if you leave your garden unattended for years (and it's very good for Nature ;) ) #gardening #ecology
Bumble bee on a marigold, likely Bombus vagans.
#nativepollinators #bees #bumblebee #bombusvagans #marigolds
I have this little oil pastel artwork available. It uses a limited palette of mostly green and white with little touches of yellow and gold.
https://theweeowlstudio.etsy.com/listing/1003489953
or you can search for 'TheWeeOwlStudio' on Etsy.
#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#flowers #bees #OilPastel #painting #artwork
A busy brooklyn bee visits Salvia ‘Black & Blue’…
#flowers #gardening #blue #bees #Brooklyn #UrbanGardens #BloomScrolling #MyJoyfulPlace #PayingAttention
Our original #hive has made what we think is a queen cell. 🤔😆 It was not there when we did hive inspections and introduced a frame of brood from the swarm hive. Interestingly, this creation is not on that frame! The plot thickens. Still a mystery. We were thinking, timing wise, that this queen cell must be very close to hatching between today and tomorrow as it wasn't there on Labor Day. #beekeeping #bees
Bee floof.
A leafcutter bee, unsure of species, drying itself on the edge of a flower petal.
Handheld focus stack of 2 images.
It was a beautiful day today; blue skies, light breeze, temperature around 72F/22C. Some flowers, some insects and a bird for you. #birding #birdphotography #insects #insectphotography #bees #yellowjacket #aphids #sparrow #wildflowers
Playing with some busy bee motifs for today's #inkyDays drawing.
And that's a wrap for this week of daily drawings. All the in-progress and finished drawings are now posted for my supporters in the posts on my Patreon and Ko-fi. I'll be starting new posts tomorrow.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/88764067
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-090423-X8X2OX2N8
The #SciArtSeptember prompt gossamer made me think of the wings of this Megachile brevis leafcutter bee.
Unlike the better known, and imported honeybee, the Leafcutter bees are solitary and make no honey, but they are vital pollinators who play an important role in the ecosystem. They are found throughout the US and southern Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 🧵1/2
#bees #MastoArt #nativeBees #Megachile #linocut #printmaking #sciArt #pollinators #washi
When Bees Were Bees - an improvised poem
#improv #poem #poetry #bees #hope #community
https://muz4now.com/web-stories/when-bees-were-bees-an-improvised-poem/
A bi-colored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) sips a bead of rainwater from a black-eyed susan.
When Bees Were Bees - an #improv #poem
#improvised #poetry #bees #community
https://muz4now.com/2023/when-bees-were-bees-an-improv-poem/
Xylocopa sonorina, the 'valley carpenter bee' a large buzzy bee covered in fur.
The males a striking yellow-orange with olive green eyes. The females melanistic and black from mandible to gaster. I wonder how the dimorphism evolved?
They nest in old unpainted fence posts. Females sometimes share nests.
Males are described as "aggressive" but... uh what is he going to do exactly? Boys can't sting! (true of all hymenopterans) I guess he could give you a dainty nibble with his mandibles. #bees
When Bees Were Bees - an improvised poem
#improv #poetry #poem #bees #community #SpontaneousComposition #improvised #WebStories #WebStory
https://muz4now.com/web-stories/when-bees-were-bees-an-improvised-poem/
Sonoran bumblebee (Bombus sonorus) visiting a salvia in the pollinator garden.
#nature #wildlife #bees #bumblebees #inaturalist #naturephotography #pollinator #pollinatorgarden
There’s a new chill in the air, and many of the flowers are starting to show their age. The bees are still doing their work though. #cambridgema #bees #flowers
Performed inspection on our original #beehive. Lots of stored pollen, very little nectar/honey, & a few capped drone cells. #Bees must have eaten their stores during the #HeatDome. Put a trough of nectar in. Pondering putting a frame of eggs in from swarm hive.🤔 #Beekeeping
This weekend I managed to take some ok pictures of bees with my new camera :)
This is also how I learned that bees don't just wait for a flower to bloom, they WILL force it open to dive in for some sweet sweet pollen.
#Photography
#bees
#Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces https://phys.org/news/2023-08-butterflies-sizeable-spaces.html
Long-term #SpatialMemory across large spatial scales in #Heliconius butterflies: Priscila Moura et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223007595
"Spatial learning is known in #insects, but much of the research has focused on #ants, #bees which live socially. This study provides the first direct evidence of spatial learning in butterflies or #moths, and suggests that complex learning skills may be more common in insects"