#bees

So the first Irish Pub happens in the #metaverse and asks the first native wild bee sanctuary on the planet if they’d like to advocate for bees there.
So we do…advocate for #bees in the metaverse too!
Check out
https://theirishshebeen.org/the-irish-pub-in-the-sandbox/
and if you do visit look out for our poster there.

I’m ah very ah particular and ah peculiar about the ah company ah keep - he contemplates in a slow purposeful Louisiana drawl.

Didn’t know this was being aired today…will let you know when it’s on player if you’ve an hour to waste. Music’s good.😎

#radio #bees #dublin #savingbees

Happy Spring! Ostara blessings to those who celebrate :)

Bombus griseocollis: Brown Belted Bumble Bee

#bombus #bees #savethebees #native #pollinator #buckeye #ostara #spring

(Again my ability to add alt text for screenreaders is gone, so here it is: red buckeye flowering left middle. About halfway up on the right side is a little bumble bee shoving itself into the little individual flower)

Fun fact: A big #bumblebee queen searches for a nesting place in my #garden for three days. She can't decide which one of the messy places she prefers.🤭
I don't know what the curious dog is telling her either, who is marvelling at her. Earlier, the two of them agreed. She takes a safe distance and probably lives diagonally under the leafcutter #bees. They live right at the entrance to the house. In former times, a #beehive at the house entrance was considered a lucky charm!

My favorite bee, the metallic green sweat #bees, Agapostemon, was just featured in my favorite bee blog, Honey Bee Suite!

Despite the ungainly name, these are common bees throughout North America. Their shiny green bodies glint as they flit from flower to flower. Their abdomen is often striped black and white, or black and yellow. Agapostemon nest in the ground. They also have cousins who nest in logs resting on the ground.

More here:
https://www.honeybeesuite.com/little-green-sweat-bees-a-stunning-surprise-in-your-garden/

#pollinators

Early!
We just couldn’t wait to bring you this clip. What a stunning #bee on such a vivid flower.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 118.

#Bumblebees leave a scent mark (a sticky secretion) behind whenever they land on #flowers and can distinguish between their own scent marks, those left by fellow nest-mates and those left behind by #bees from other colonies.

https://savingbees.ie

#beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #vegan

I'm a proud bee daddy! A bit late cleaning my bee tubes I know... but got 53 cocoons out of them. #masonbees #bees

@NatureMC cool
Make your own bubblebee nest site
#insects #bees

For once, a photo of a bee that isn’t pinned! From my backyard this afternoon. #insects #bees #entomology #photography

Happy Spring! #bees

Back to tagging #bees with #RFID tags to follow their foraging performances following heat stress and other developmental conditions.

#ecology #sience #biology #entomology #globalwarming

More about our methods here:
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4088

Second photo of the day, of another backyard bee from last Friday. These things are EVERYWHERE right now! #Insects #Entomology #Photography #InsectPhotography #Bees #Hymenoptera

Make this March Monday the day you made bees your thing too!
We all need them.
And we’ve made them need us...to care!

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 117.

Leafcutter #bees are #solitarybees that collect and carry #pollen on their ‘pollen brush’ which is made up of stiff hairs located on the underside of their abdomen.

https://savingbees.ie
#beesofmastodon #bee
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #Bumblebees #vegan
#LeafcutterBee

3.5 million #Honeybees are spending the end of winter on central #VancouverIsland while waiting for the weather to warm up on the #Prairies 🐝
The #bees just arrived from #NewZealand & Renato Gallego, along with his team from #Nanaimo & #Saskatchewan were helping the bees into their new #hive homes March 8 on a farm on Code Road in #Ladysmith

https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca/home/3-5-million-bees-keep-warm-in-ladysmith-before-heading-to-prairies

#pollinators #PNW #BritishColumbia #Canada #vanisle #PacificNorthwest #NoBeesNoFood #nature #WeNeedBees #NoBeesNoLife #entomology

Today's warm-up photo: a little nomad bee I collected from the backyard last Friday. I've yet to find a decent key to Nomada bees, so I'll leave the ID there for now. #insects #entomology #bees #photography #InsectPhotography #Apidae #Hymenoptera

You probably don't even know there are Asian, African, and N/S American honeybees, or the many other, often critically endangered pollinating insects that exist on every continent. In a way, they are colonized by Europe and subjected to cultural cleansing. European humans did that I mean, because it's not like it's the bees' fault they were brought here and intensively farmed for honey.

When you say #savethebees, make sure you're trying to save #bees that are actually supposed to be there.

Little metallic green bees: a stunning surprise in your garden

https://www.honeybeesuite.com/little-green-sweat-bees-a-stunning-surprise-in-your-garden/

#bees #nature

Did you know that the #European #honeybee parallels European humans in their #colonialism of the rest of the world? Okay, that claim is giving human traits to brainless insects, but it's kind of true. European #bees out compete and kill native insects like other bee species, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths, etc. They cause the flora to change to what they like (usually invasive European plants) by wiping out all the native plants they don't pollinate, and they also wipe out their pollinators.

The laurel wreath has long symbolized honor & victory. The bee, wealth, good luck, prosperity & power. Both are featured in this painting with a background that resembles honeycomb illuminated from behind.

Art -https://www.etsy.com/listing/757780824/napoleonic-bee-laurel-wreath-art-print

#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #mastodom #mastoart #floralart #savethebees #bees #beesofmastodon #beeart #artist #pollinators #beethechange #beelovers #art #artist #mastodonart #laurelwreath #napoleon #symbolism

Wild heliotrope and honeybee in Arizona. Photo by Mom. #NaturePhotograpny #bees

Honeybees on honeycomb. Still one of my favored pictures of our girls #honeybees #honeycomb #bees #pollinator #macro #macrophotography #foto #fotografie #photograhy #beneficialinsects #insects #honigbienen #bienen #Imker #beekeeping #apiary #beekeeper #ModernArt #ArtistonMastodon #FineArt #MastoArt #Art #SpringForArt #Fediart #Kunst #ArtBooster #AYearForArt #mastoart #Artist #LoveArt #ArtHerocom #ArtCollector #ArtMatters #mastoart #BuyIntoArt

#FediGiftShop
https://www.artheroes.com/en/shopartwork/Honey-Bees-on-Honey-Comp/1145982/132?mediumId=13&size=75x50

Today the vernal equinox, the first day of astronomical spring. Meteorological spring is coming to the Northern hemisphere, and one of the first signs is the appearance of queen #bumblebees waking up and looking for new places to make their homes. If you see one buzzing around, consider getting some photos, and submitting them to Bumblebee Watch. You can help fill in the gaps of knowledge about what flowers they use and where they go.

More here.
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/March-Enews.html?soid=1102968923571&aid=efD7DdGBnQg

#bees #pollinators

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMoment
with
#nature
here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
Take a moment.
#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth

#beesanctuaryireland #bees
#woodland #violet #wildflowers
#naturephotography #savingbees #gentle #consideration #talk
#wellbeing

Welcome to Monday! Bee-positive 🐝 #bees #beepositive #beekind #beehappy #yourthebeesknees #mudhippie #savethebees #ilovebees #beelove

So #InternationalDayOfHappiness did not get off to a good start in our house [water from bathroom through the kitchen ceiling] and it’s raining outside. Here’s a little clip of a bee buzzing in and out of the hellebores taken in my garden on Saturday, to cheer us all up. Sound on 🐝 #bees #gardening #nature #spring

For such a small tree, this #redflowergum (pictured 5 mins ago) in #oakleighsouth #Australia has some impressive bloom.

It’s endemic to the SW of Western Australia. Though is one of the most commonly planted ornamental eucalypts in warmer regions throughout Oz!

#Bees were having a ball too!

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

The honeybees that visit my backyard love onion flowers.

#Honeybees #Bees #Insects #Pollinators #Wildlife #Photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Late on another level!😂
Late and late.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 116.

In the time it takes to blink your eyes flying #bees will beat their wings approximately 65 times.

‘Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings’
- Magee

https://savingbees.ie

#beesofmastodon #bee
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #solitarybees #savingbees #organic #naturephotography #organic
#Bumblebees #vegan

#gardening #nature #insects #bees #pnw #vancouverIsland

My first sighting of bees this year. It was their buzzing sound that drew me in and let me know they were there. Sound on!

Early #bees today in #Bath #Somerset #UK - a male Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) and a queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). Both were nectaring on Red Dead-nettle flowers.
#Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureCommunity #Bee #Insect #Insects #Entomology #Hymenoptera

Robotic Bees.
Apparently, superior to nature.

Are they photogenic?

I read this book years ago. “The Glass Bees.” (published 1957)

**Unfortunately robots capable of manufacturing robots do not exist. That would be the philosopher’s stone, the squaring of the circle.

— Ernst Jünger, The Glass Bees**

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/tinkerbell-robots-fairy-crops-pollinate-fly/

#Bees #Books #Nature #Science #Environment #Biodiversity #Trees #Flowers #Culture #ScienceFiction #Wildlife #Birds #Technology #Insects #Photography #naturephotography

Free the Bees 🐝 #bees

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/10000-irish-people-call-for-synthetic-pesticides-to-be-phased-out/

If you have a lawn, and would like it to help #bees, there are a few things you can do less. Don't use pesticides. Don't use herbicides. Don't mow for the first few weeks when the grass begins to grow. This will allow wildflowers such as clover, violets, and self-heal to feed #pollinators. In England, and many parts of the US, this time is May. So this practice is commonly known as #NoMowMay.

Watch this and learn much more about No Mow May:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihXAwIcBoJ4

Just been to check up on the #bees we look after. Both colonies going strong. The smell of #honey when we opened the lids of the #hives was nearly overpowering.🤞for the spring and summer.

@skinnylatte
The hive is moving. If you can locate a bee keeper they will try to catch the queen. All the workers follow her.

#bees

Some 1.75 million #bees from #NewZealand are #acclimatizing to #Canada 's #climate on a farm in #NorthOyster #Vancouver Island.
The #imported bees have been added to a range of domestic #hives in the #CowichanValley , bringing the total to number of bees in the region to 3.5 million.

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/vancouver-island/2023/3/17/1_6318589.amp.html

#vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #pollinators #NoBeesNoLife #NoBeesNoFood #SaveBees #BritishColumbia #Canada #beekeepers #BeesAreImportant #LoveBees #HelpBees #PlantAPollinatorGarden

NEW POST

Moving hives in winter, the reduced (or not) longevity of honey bees and the benefits of sunflowers. Surely there’s something that interests you here?

https://theapiarist.org/memory-longevity-and-sunflowers/

#Beekeeping #localhoney #memory #sunflowers #longevity #bees

‘Bees need flowers need bees need flowers’
- The Bee Guy
…and you can quote me on that!

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 115.

Forage Basics 101:

Nectar = Carbohydrates = Sugar = Energy.

Pollen = Protein + Nutrients + Fats.

https://savingbees.ie

#beesofmastodon #bee #bees
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #solitarybees #savingbees #organic #naturephotography #flowers #forage
#Bumblebees #vegan #socialenterprise
#nature #nectar #pollen #wildflowers

#BEES #Oprah

From jimmytried @ Insta

https://www.instagram.com/jimmytried

#Comics #BEES

'Empathy Bee'
Spring is almost here, the smaller creatures are hatching and waking up. An illustration to remind myself of the importance of taking care of all of us
#MastoArt #mastodon #bees #spring #illustration #art #ArtGallery #empathy #kindness #drawing #ArtMatters

#FollowFriday recommendations for the #Philadelphia area:

- @stumblewyk - GM running #TTRPGs, #Philly sports, cute dog
- @joni - brand design, #SVG, #bees, weight lifting, the tippy top of DE
- @stephstephking - education and children, #writer, #publicTransit
- @nicolewolverton - Horror, #elections, globetrotting

#Bees don't just wiggle wiggle, they learn — the newly discovered complex social behavior behind the ‘waggle dance’ (via @cookiesinheaven ) #dancing #wiggles https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/bees-dont-just-wiggle-wiggle-they-learn-newly-discovered-complex-social-behavior-behind-waggle

#FieldOfDreams #Wildflowers It won't be long...arroyo lupine, poppies and red maids are in bloom. Lots more to come. Encouraging our natives and helping the #bees #nature #fridayflowers @gardening

Late?
Yep!
Do I care?
About bees - yep!
About the planet -yep!
About punctuality - nope!

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 114.

#Bees consume large amounts of oxygen but don’t breathe through noses or mouths.
Instead they draw oxygen in through holes along their bodies known as spiracles and deliver it directly to tissue and muscles.

https://savingbees.ie

#beesofmastodon #bee
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #solitarybees #savingbees #organic #naturephotography

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

From the only native wild bee sanctuary on the planet.
Another reason to be proud to be Irish.

Have #fun.
Be #good.

#StPatrickDay #PaddysDay
#StPatricksDay2023 #stpaddysday #rain #dandelion #ireland #irish #beesanctuaryireland #nature #bees #savingbees

It's #BeeFactFriday ! 🐝​

#bees #savethebees #biodiversity #insects #pollinators #wildbees #nature #animals #wildlife #conservation #ireland #stpatricksday #garden #authorsofmastodon

#Bee stings hurt and can give people #AnaphylacticShock resulting in death. Approaching a beehive to extract honey is a perilous process that requires specialized equipment. Beehives are usually kept far away from people’s homes — unless you are a member of a #Maya #beekeeping family living in the #Yucatán peninsula. For generations these families living in the Yucatán peninsula have kept #bees in their homes, sharing the space #harmoniously .
https://thegauntlet.ca/2023/03/16/u-of-c-researcher-explores-maya-beekeeping-practices/

#Indigenous #coexisting

Just late.
No excuse.
Time and I don’t see eye to eye.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 113.

#Bumblebees made history when over 130 years ago they were brought from England to New Zealand to pollinate red #clover for farmers - the first insect to be introduced to a country to #pollinate a specific plant.
🙁

https://savingbees.ie

#beesofmastodon #bees #bee
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #solitarybees #savingbees #naturephotography

Really exciting #citizenscience project right here in #melbourne #australia If you have a beehive come bee part of some sweet science and help EPA Vic and us #scientists understand the potential impacts of #PFAS in #bees Register by 17 March at http://ow.ly/VCSq50N4bcG
#ecotoxicology #impact #ozchem

New to #NativePlants #gardening or know a novice pollinator gardener who could use a little guidance? The North American Native Plant Society is offering a new guidebook.

How to Create a Pollinator Garden

is designed to help someone without previous experience to plan, design, solarise, plant, and maintain a successful pollinator garden.

https://nanps.org/wp-content/uploads/NANPS-How-to-Create-a-Pollinator-Garden.pdf

#bees #pollinators

An #aster or form of #daisy - gorgeously healthy and popular with the #bees!

An eager #bee coming into land on pic 1.

📸 - #surreyhills #Australia

🐝

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

Barn Owl Update!

Folks,
We give you not just one,
Not just one…
But two.
Yes two beautiful barn owls spotted just before dusk by @thebeegirl flying out of the nest box which was only installed this month!
Absolute result.
Here’s hoping for barn owl babies soon!
We’ll keep you posted.

Proof that if you are gentle enough to allow it nature will thrive.

#barnowl #barnowls #birdsofmastodon
#birds #nature #naturereserve #beesanctuaryireland #bees #organic #vegan #gentle #owls

If you have time tomorrow afternoon, Bee City USA is presenting a discussion of how much good #NoMowMay does for #bees and other #pollinators.

It will be 1pm EDT Thursday, March 16.

Information and registration here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrce6vrT4pH9WNC0BA-pr7rNTbfr9Xlj5d

we busy ourselves
until our souls glaze over
Just bee still and breathe...

#DailyHaikuPrompt bee
#MastoPrompt glaze

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mandala-honey-bee-art-color-buzz-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #artistsofmastodon #mastoart #fediart #selflove #selfhelp #selfcare #spirituality #health #spring #springtime #seasons #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #follow #nature #poets #poems #writer #writers #fun #cute #bee #bees #honeybee #honeybees #nature

Everybody..
“Oh we’re so pretty
Oh so pretty
We’re vacant
Oh we’re so pretty…”

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 112.

#Bumblebees love #thistles (as do many other #insects and #birds ).
Forget boyband bedding plants (pretty but ultimately useless) and have these kickass #punks of the #wildflower world in your patch.
Sunflower family.
#bees

https://savingbees.ie

#beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #solitarybees #savingbees #naturephotography #sexpistols

“Without them there is no us.” Travel deep into Slovenia’s landscape to learn how beekeepers and farmers are nurturing ancient threads of relationship with pollinators in the face of climate change and habitat loss. “The Pollinators of Slovenia.” https://emergencemagazine.org/feature/pollinators-of-slovenia/ #Pollinators #Slovenia #Bees

#Bees land on blossoms
Pollinating and Buzzing
Time to land now - Sting!

#DailyHaikuPrompt - #Bee

👇#SharePamsArt👇
https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/buzz-pamela-williams.html

♥️#ArtMatters♥️
Please support Independent Artists they depend on kind people that support us! Thanks for your Boosts & Follows!!

#TheArtDistrict #Haiku #Poetry #SmallPoems #Prompts #Poem #WritingCommunity #Writing #PoetryCommunity #AYearforArt #BuyIntoArt #MastoArt #POTD #Photography #FediGiftShop #smile #follow #sting #flower #garden #spring

bee butt

#bees #BeeButt #BumbleButt #bumblebees #insects #bugs

i've been looking for the original file of this picture for a while and finally found it so now i can share my own phone wallpaper! i love this bee so much and i love how this picture turned out. this one is cropped to 9:16 so it should work for most phones i believe!

https://ko-fi.com/s/03f1181c18

#bees #bugs #insects #art #photography #wallpaper

We have ways of making you flower!
This is mad!

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 109.

Recent research suggests that if food is scarce hungry #bumblebees will chew on plant leaves - not to eat them - but to stress the plant causing it to #flower thus providing earlier #pollen for the bees.
Chew on that! 🤯

https://savingbees.ie

#beesofmastodon #bees
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #solitarybees #savingbees #science #naturephotography
#nature #organic #vegan

Bees are volunteers
Treat them kindly.
That is all.

#Pampered #Bees #AltText #Alt4You Added

https://halifaxsocial.ca/@mapache_tico@mastodon.world/110008444469694334

A disturbing new study documents a >50% decline in bee and butterfly populations over 15 years in a remote, relatively wild area of northern Georgia (USA). This suggests something other than habitat loss is behind the collapse.

#InsectDecline #environment #bees #insects #science

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00170-7

Current Science cover: Young #bees learn the #waggledance from experienced "hivemates".
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1702

#bees #culture

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/bumblebee-puzzle-study-1.6773641

Social learning plays a massive role in our lives – and the lives of honeybees.

🍯 New research has explored how bees learn the waggle dance from one another, but that doesn't mean they're born without it.

#Bees #Biology #Science #Research #AcademicMastodon #Nature

https://theconversation.com/is-the-honeybees-iconic-waggle-dance-learned-or-innate-new-research-provides-the-answer-201297?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1678395009-1

The Xerces Society is looking for two field technicians to help with western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis) life history studies in central #Oregon. Please see below for more details.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1583065.

#bees #bumblebees #pollinators

Heeeyyy, it's my first byline for @cnn! Bees pick up "waggle dance" steps when they're novice workers, by checking out the dances of more experienced hivemates. If they miss that chance, their dances are riddled with errors—some of which never get fixed 🐝 https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/world/bees-waggle-dance-scn/index.html #SciComm #science #bees #entomology

Sweet dreams are made of bees
They have the world's coolest knees
Round of applause for these creatures please
They do so much more than just making honey

#Bees #SaveTheBees 🐝

A small, fuzzy bee investigates the tiny blooms of peppergrass.

#bee #bees #hymenoptera #insects #nature #photography #macrophotography

Not a good day for men in the #Nytspellingbee. #Hivemind #nytsb #spellingbee #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordplay #wordnerds #SamEzersky #Batman #Mrbean #bees #RichardAvedon

#bees #puzzles #thinking #insects #CulturalTransmission

'In a new PLOS Biology study, researchers used a gold-standard test that’s been applied to species such as chimpanzees and great tits to reveal that bumblebees are capable of cultural transmission from one insect to another.'

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-show-off-their-own-puzzle-solving-culture/

i've been told my whole life that bugs are weird or scary or gross. i took it to heart, rarely sharing my interest in them. hiding that i find them beautiful and fascinating. but being on here, seeing so many share my excitement has really helped me fully embrace my love for all things creepy and crawly. i love your bug pictures and i love your appreciation for them. thank you for that, even if no one else in your life appreciates bugs, i do.

#bugs #insects #beetles #spiders #invertebrates #bees

subjects to the Queen
pupils of pollination
Bees get no Spring break...

PHOTO:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/floral-art-spring-fever-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#photos #photo #photography #photomonday #Fotomontag #art #artist #haiku #poetry #writing #smallpoems #micropoetry #mastoart #poet #writer #poem #writers #poets #AYearForArt #photographer #bee #bees #honeybee #honeybees #spring #springtime #flower #flowers #garden #gardening #gardener #macro #macrophotography #purple #insects #bugs #entomology

Look at those honeybees going to town on the crocus pollen #ModernArt #honeybees #beekeeping #bees #pollinators #insects #crocus #floral #ArtistonMastodon #FineArt #MastoArt #SpringForArt #Fediart #Kunst #ArtBooster #SonyA1 #AYearForArt #Art #Artist #LoveArt #IrisRichardsonArtist #ArtCollector #ArtMatters #mastoart #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop https://www.pictorem.com/729184/Honeybees%20on%20white%20crocus%20flower.html

Pesticides kill. They’re designed to.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 103.

An important reminder as we get active in our gardens this time of year:
Most store bought plants contain a cocktail of insecticides/fungicides that kill and are harmful to bees, #insects and #soil.
This needs to change.

https://savingbees.ie
#bee #beesofmastodon #bees
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #solitarybees #savingbees #science #naturephotography
#nature #organic #vegan #bumblebees

#SilentSunday #florespondence #bees

Mornin’.

#dandelions are vital early forage for queen #bumblebees emerging from hibernation.
Often times the only forage available in a degraded landscape.
And if you pause to look, really look, they’re gorgeous little bombs of yellow.
Bullied by those in the business of selling poisons and aspiration.
So don’t be an arse.
Don’t mow or spray.
Leave them grow.
Celebrate them!
Be #beepeople.
Pass it on.
Retoot for the #bees!
🙏🏼

savingbees.ie

#nature #wildflowers
#spring #beesanctuaryireland

Moonlight cactus flower series

I’ve processed some more of the macro shots from the other day. The focus stacking wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped, but the extravagant forest of stamens and the flower-like stigma are captured. Also a heavily pollen-laden bee.

#photography #flowers #FlowersOfMastodon #cactus #MoonlightCactus #macro #insects #bees #pollen #stamen #stigma #art #AYearForArt #ArtMatters

😭 bees 🐝

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thinking about this extremely cute bee

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My own personal favourite Bee photo, such an important little thing and beautiful with it.

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