So lovely to see the 🐝👑 emerge from hibernation 💤 and start looking around for food. Red Dead Nettles are important as there aren’t many flowers around.

Queen Carder Bees like to nest in cavities, base of hedgerows, and areas with longer grass.

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Today is #WorldBeeDay 🐝 + Canada has 800+ species of native bees that are critical to our ecosystems, food security, + climate resilience.

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Bumblebee foraging on goldenrod

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Landscape diversity, habitat connectivity, age and size determine the conservation value of limestone quarries for diverse wild bee communities Observed negative effects of high woody vegetation cover on bee communities highlight the importance of local management to reduce shrub encroachment and reset successional processes in limestone qua...

Landscape diversity + habitat connectivity = thriving bees 🐝 Limestone quarries offer vital refuge, but managing woody vegetation is key to sustaining pollinator biodiversity. 🌼 #SaveWildBees #HabitatConnectivity #Biodiversity besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...