The Old Fart's Garden became a thriving Bee Sanctuary this summer. #bees #bee #insect #beecolony #beecolonies #savethebees #ecology #ecologicalcollapse #pumpkin #pumpkinflower #garden #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #sanctuary #beesanctuary #saveourbees #savethebees
Dusk.
Here.
This evening.
It ain’t quiet.
#nature
#dusk
#beesanctuary
#wicklow
#ireland
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 72
Arctic #bumblebees have adapted to (up to now!) a short cool flowering season.
They have large first broods of about 16 female workers that forage continuously all day and overnight during bright #arctic nights.
#bees
#nature
#beesanctuary
🐝🌍
Early.
Just sayin’.
It’s the sunshine.
Has me in a positive demeanour.
Things starting to move about the place.
Colours returning.
Birds singing.
The odd hum of wings on the breeze.
It’s life Jim, but not as we know it…much anymore.
Go easy folks.
#spring
#beesanctuary
🌍🐝😎
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 66
Pollen ‘safe sites’ exist on bee bodies which bees can’t reach when grooming (waist & dorsal area of thorax/abdomen).
The anthers/stigmas of #flowers regularly come into contact with these parts ensuring #pollination.
#bees
#beesanctuary
🌍🐝
Felt a bit like spring down by Hidden Pond on the sanctuary this morning.
A little bit of warmth in the air. A few insects breaking the winter curfew. And that subtle change in the light.
Definite stirrings.
Yes definite stirrings.
#ponds
#beesanctuary
#spring
#nature
Got myself a new image capturing communicaty type device thingy so that I can bring you better quality imagery from the sanctuary.
Tried it out today…so expect a glut of self-indulgent shots over the coming days.🙄
Front meadow under clear skies this morning.
#nature
#beesanctuary
#wicklow
🌍🐝
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 8
Only about 10% of bee species are social. The other 90% are solitary #bees. They live in individual nests, don’t have a queen and don’t make honey.
‘The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude’
- Voltaire
#nature
#beesanctuary
🌍🐝
View across a large pond reflecting surrounding trees and white clouds in a blue sky.
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
#wellbeing
#beesanctuary 🌿🐝🪰
