Thank you for reading and caring.
PLEASE #repost.
Don’t just like, #share.
The more informed, the more queens survive and the more #bumblebees we have.
Simple.
Our native wild #bees are in serious trouble and we need to be there for them every way we can.
Thanks again for helping!
For caring.
For sharing.
A little bit of good in a world that so needs it.
9/9
These ‘between flight stopovers’ can last for up to an hour and #bees are not always careful about where they take them - sometimes the middle of a footpath can be the ‘ideal’ spot! So if you see a big #bumblebee chilling on the ground don’t always presume she needs rescuing!
5/9
It’s that time of year - people asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain what they’re up to.
Please #repost.
Every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year!
So this is important to share.
Thank you.
1/9
While walking in the woods, I came across dozens of Frigid Mining Bees (Andrena frigida), making their homes in the dirt of the trail! They were sunning themselves on tree trunks, and buzzing along the ground looking for promising locations to dig, or for mates.
This one was basking by what I presume was its nest. Unlike cellophane bees, they apparently do not leave open entrances, but fill their doorways with dirt that they "swim" through.
https://lone.earth/videos/watch/61e04197-a225-4100-99a6-30ad7a37f0f1
My first @peertube video!
A short recording in slow-motion of the activity of a nesting aggregation of ground-nesting bees, Colletes thoracicus, the Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee, along my driveway at the end of April 2024. I have been monitoring and observing this population since 2008.
#Bees #Nature #Habitat #Pollinators
@xris@lone.earth - Rufous-backed Cellophane Bees (Colletes thoracicus) nesting aggregation (Slow Motion)
https://lone.earth/videos/watch/ab7b783a-b212-4135-9d33-0558f1f53cb4
Mother's Day UK - Sunday 30 March
Give original art this year - I have lots of affordable small drawings in a variety of nature subjects that will make thoughtful and unique Mother's Day gifts.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWeeOwlArt
#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Bees #hare #Landscape #Flowers #seascape #OriginalArt #Drawing #PenAndInk #ColourPencil #MixedMedia #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #GiftIdeas #MothersDay
Bees and flowers in pastel colours. A lovely gift idea for Mother's Day or Easter...or you could just treat yourself!
https://theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/1877954009
#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#bees #Flowers #OriginalArt #Drawing #PenAndInk #ColourPencil #MixedMedia #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ShopIndy #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #MothersDay #MothersDayGift
I can tell it's spring because the Unequal Cellophane Bees (Colletes inaequalis) are out and about in my neighbor's yard! Please enjoy this bee investigating a crocus. (Sadly these flowers are introduced and may not help this native bee, but this bee is determined to find out.)
If you're wondering why they're "Unequal", inaequalis in Latin apparently also means "impermanent"; they only emerge briefly.
Late?
Have you seen the pollen baskets on this hard working bumble?
Who cares about late when I bring you such wonders. On a regular basis. A very regular basis. All the time. Every day. For free…for free?…wait a second…
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 70
Bumblebees transport pollen in ‘baskets’ on their hind legs and nectar in their honeystomach. They can carry their body weight in nectar and up to 90% of their body weight in pollen. What they carry affects how they fly.
#bees
Sinds gister komt de #GehoorndeMetselbij op bezoek in onze #EigenKleineTuin #naturephotography #bees #insects #Photomonday #FotoMontag
Playing some of this cool in-browser bee colony management game 'Monarchies of Wax and Honey'. I discovered it on itch, but it's also at https://monarchies.io to play in browser for free. It's so cool - simple, and cool. What is it that I like so much about insect simulation games..