Bumblebees are out in droves here in the Great Lakes, buzzing low around old logs and grass tussocks. These are the queens, the would-be and welcome colonizers. Check out my thoughts: www.understorytales.com/post/long-li...
#pollinators #bees #bumblebees #nature
After several glimpses of just this bee’s bottom poking out of the bluebells I think it’s an early bumblebee #WildWebsWednesday #bumblebees @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
just opened the window to say...paper accepted! yay! "Rapid disruption of pollination function by the invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera" is coming soon! #impatiens #invasions #pollination #bumblebees
Oh sure go ahead and laugh. But look, she’s a queen. This foraging nonsense is for underlings. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [Alameda, CA 4-18-26] #bees #bumblebees #nativebees
#bluesky #biologist s, please help!
Do we know how #bumblebees and #honeybees navigate? I find it astonishing to realize they must have some kind of memory AND a sense of spatial organization!
I know ants find their way through pheromones, but how do bees find their nest?
A lovely Sunny day awaits here in Devon
Happy Monday x
#Sunshine #watercolour #birds #bumblebees #flowers
#StunDay #onlybeautifulthings
#OceanHammock #GolfNuts
#bumblebees #BeeCareful
I love this video, mostly because I was being dive bombed by 3 bees ... Excuse the shaky camera, I was dodging bees!! 😄✨🐝🐝🐝
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Despite the small size of their brains #bumblebees are really really good at navigation.
They navigate on a par with vertebrates and in certain aspects their sense of direction is better than that of humans.
#bees
#nature
#insects
#saturday
A bumblebee on a budding tree branch.
Den första humlan jag fångat på bild i år. 😊
#photography #sverige #vingåker #photo #photoart #foto #fotokonst #sweden #pixelfedsweden #naturephotography #naturelovers #flower #blommor #flowers #flowerpower #spring #vår #vårkänsla #bumblebee #bumblebees
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#pollinators #KSBees #bumblebees #BeeAtlas
The Bumble Bees are officially out and thriving in my yard!
#bumblebees #bees #Connecticut #nature #wildlife #bloomscrolling
Blight of the Bumblebee... =:-(
New paper:
Even brief exposure to the #insecticide used in #mosquito #repellents can significantly impair #bumblebees’ ability to find their way back to the nest.
#Thermacell #prallethrin @uniturku.bsky.social
Hoping our mild winter and abundant spring flowers has given our neighbourhood a decent population of bumblebees. There sure are a lot setting up shop. This fat queen wandered into our house last week, shown here before we put her back outside. #bees #bumblebees
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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The research indicated that a two week gap in the availability of forage to a bumblebee colony during March/April could result in up to a 90% reduction in numbers of daughter queens subsequently produced.
#bees
#nature
#bumblebees
These are my queen #bumblebee brooches, part of my Brooches With Benefits range. 🐝
£1 from every purchase goes towards @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social, dedicated to securing the future of our wild #bumblebees.
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#handmadeUK #HandmadeGift
Skipper butterfly (small tan/brown color) on Mealy Blue Sage flowers
Red Admiral Butterfly resting on rocks with wings extended
Sonoran Bumblebee foraging on Mealy Blue Sage flowers
A few pollinators spotted yesterday on a trip to Pedernales Falls State Park Tx. Two butterflies (a skipper-Julia's vs Dun, and a Red Admiral Butterfly) plus a Sonoran Bumblebee.
Look at that heart shape on the bumblebee. 🐝 Bee love❤️ y'all!
#bumblebees #butterflies #pollinators #nativeplantmonth
Sonoran Bumblebee🐝 foraging on Mealy Blue Sage at Pedernales Falls State Park Tx for a hummingbird class trip. Video from park area with lots of native plants and bird blinds. Love bumblebees! ❤️
Birdsong background🐦
#bumblebees #pollinators #nativeplantmonth #stateparks #texasstateparks
#Bacteria from #bumblebees can produce #vitamin B₂ in #soya drinks ...
| #fermentation | #microbiology | #microbiome | #riboflavin | #Lactococcus | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
Colorful spreading #phlox bloom on dry hillsides, providing early food for #bumblebees while bringing joy through their vibrant summer displays. #napowrimo #napowrimo26 #poetry #poetry26 #clmooc #NationalPoetryMonth #haiku
Colorful spreading #phlox bloom on dry hillsides, providing early food for #bumblebees while bringing joy through their vibrant summer displays. #napowrimo #napowrimo26 #poetry #poetry26 #clmooc #NationalPoetryMonth #haiku
Sleepy bees keeping themselves warm in the lab 💤 🐝
In the first phase of my next PhD project investigating interactions of cold snaps and pesticides on colony growth and recovery - watch this space!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bumblebees #bumblebeeresearch #pesticides #climatechange
This is of some purple flowers towering upward & a bumble bee up hight above. In between is all blue sky..how appropriate!
Flying so high! A little out of focus but I love it.
#bumblebees #bees
#flowerreport #flowers
#dailyflowers #bloomscrolling
#naturephotography
#pollenators
#prideofmadeira
A bumble bee which appears to be black all over apart from bright orange pollen baskets.
A bumble bee which appears to be black all over apart from bright orange pollen baskets.
A bumble bee which appears to be black all over apart from bright orange pollen baskets.
A bumble bee which appears to be black all over apart from bright orange pollen baskets.
A question for @ianbeavis.bsky.social
Is this a melanic form of something like Bombus ruderatus?
An iPhone photo of a very busy bee so not as clear as I would like.
#bumblebees
#bees
#entomology
Still playing around with my watercolour inks
Happy Thursday x
#watercolour #pencil #bumblebees #flowers #artist
I adore #bumblebees
Only seen them on south Island of nz
I love how slowly 🐌 they do indeed "bumble"
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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A recent study utilising computer modelling and focusing on two common European #bumblebees indicates that #bees need food up to a month earlier than when many recommended ‘pollinator friendly’ plant species actually flower.
#nature
#education
Some #Bombus suckleyi collected from 1969-2002. It is a #cuckoo of the western B. occidentalis which makes its presence on #Newfoundland so unusual, but it likely also attacks nests of B. terricola. It is seemingly very #rare in Canada, especially in the east #bumblebees #beesofcanada
One of the largest bees I’ve ever seen, a female Bombus vestalis (Southern or Vestal Cuckoo Bee) in the garden yesterday. #bees #bumblebees @ecorecord.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Recent research analysing trends in virus and parasite transmission in bees, by season, indicates that honey bees likely play a role in increasing virus levels in wild #bumblebees each spring.
#bees
#nature
#education
#science
#biodiversity
