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  1. 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! 4/8

    #bumblebees #beesofmastodon
    #nature #beesanctuaryireland #hibernation #savingbees #vegan #organic #spring #share #bee #help
    #naturephotography #pollinators #boost

    savingbees.ie

  2. Hence you will observe queens flying low to the ground zig-zagging across the landscape - they’re house-hunting. Stopping to explore in long grass and vegetation, hollows in trees, stone walls, under sheds and even compost heaps. During this time bumblebee queens spend a lot of their time resting between flights. 3/8

    #bees #bumblebees #beesofmastodon
    #nature #beesanctuaryireland #hibernation #savingbees #vegan #organic #spring #share #bee #help
    #naturephotography

    savingbees.ie

  3. Bumblebee queens emerge in early spring from hibernation and immediately need to feed - that’s why early flowering plants are so important. Apart from feeding, their mission at this time is to find a suitable site to establish a nest. 2/8

    #bees #beesofmastodon
    #nature #beesanctuaryireland #hibernation #savingbees #vegan #organic #spring #share #bee #help
    #naturephotography #pollinators #boost

    savingbees.ie

  4. Mornin’.

    Many people asking us about #bumblebees at the moment - why they’re seeing them on the ground - so what follows is a quick series of toots to explain what they’re up to. Please #boost as every #queen bumblebee that survives means a new colony that gets to exist and produce new queen bees for next year! 1/8
    🙏🏼🐝

    #bees #beesofmastodon
    #nature #beesanctuaryireland #hibernation #savingbees #vegan #organic #spring #share #bee #help
    #naturephotography #pollinators
    savingbees.ie

  5. Bees be chillin’ with the Buddhists!
    Have a great weekend.
    Be good!

    #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 128.

    The place on the planet with the richest diversity of #bumblebee species?
    Tibet.
    The highest highland on earth - the Tibetan plateau (and the surrounding mountains) is home to many of the world’s 250+ species of bumblebee.

    #bees #beesofmastodon
    #pollinators #nature #fun #science #beesanctuary #beesanctuaryireland
    #solitarybees #gwynnes #naturereserve #vegan #organic

  6. Another day.
    Another bee fact.
    A reassuring constant in a fickle world.

    #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 127.

    In the UK an army sniffer dog trained to locate #bumblebee nests was able to very accurately find nests of a range of bumblebee species - suggesting that colonies of different bumblebee species emit a similar smell.

    savingbees.ie

    #beesofmastodon #bees #bee
    #beesanctuaryireland #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #vegan
    #bumblebees #nature

  7. School’s Out!
    The kids rock.

    Best question: who looks after the baby eggs when the queen is out foraging? Genuine caring and thoughtfulness!

    @thebeegirl smashed it!🏟
    The Bonnie and Clyde of bee advocacy!😎😂 Bad but loveable.

    #bees #bumblebees #outreach #advocacy #beesanctuaryireland
    #savingbees #nature #vegan #organic

  8. Not to be outdone by the bumbles showing up yesterday this little guy put in an appearance today. Hanging around in the cold and rain waiting for the girls to show up he seemed happy for the warmth of human skin for a while.
    #solitarybees #miningbees
    #bees #beesanctuaryireland
    #beesofmastodon #nature #savingbees
    #bee #naturephotography #beesanctuary #wild #pollinators

  9. Not to be outdone by the bumbles showing up yesterday this little guy put in an appearance today. Hanging around in the cold and rain waiting for the girls to show up he seemed happy for the warmth of human skin for a while.
    #solitarybees #miningbees
    #bees #beesanctuaryireland
    #beesofmastodon #nature #savingbees
    #bee #naturephotography #beesanctuary #wild #pollinators

  10. Not to be outdone by the bumbles showing up yesterday this little guy put in an appearance today. Hanging around in the cold and rain waiting for the girls to show up he seemed happy for the warmth of human skin for a while.
    #solitarybees #miningbees
    #bees #beesanctuaryireland
    #beesofmastodon #nature #savingbees
    #bee #naturephotography #beesanctuary #wild #pollinators

  11. Not to be outdone by the bumbles showing up yesterday this little guy put in an appearance today. Hanging around in the cold and rain waiting for the girls to show up he seemed happy for the warmth of human skin for a while.
    #solitarybees #miningbees
    #bees #beesanctuaryireland
    #beesofmastodon #nature #savingbees
    #bee #naturephotography #beesanctuary #wild #pollinators

  12. Keeping it real this week!
    Don’t spray chemicals in your space.

    #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 119.

    In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company and producer of #grass seed, in order to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white #clover a weed.
    It wasn’t.
    It isn’t.
    Chemical weed killers are #poison
    PR that.

    savingbees.ie

    #beesofmastodon #bees #bee
    #beesanctuaryireland #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #vegan
    #bumblebees #whiteclover

  13. Keeping it real this week!
    Don’t spray chemicals in your space.

    #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 119.

    In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company and producer of #grass seed, in order to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white #clover a weed.
    It wasn’t.
    It isn’t.
    Chemical weed killers are #poison
    PR that.

    savingbees.ie

    #beesofmastodon #bees #bee
    #beesanctuaryireland #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #vegan
    #bumblebees #whiteclover

  14. Keeping it real this week!
    Don’t spray chemicals in your space.

    #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 119.

    In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company and producer of #grass seed, in order to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white #clover a weed.
    It wasn’t.
    It isn’t.
    Chemical weed killers are #poison
    PR that.

    savingbees.ie

    #beesofmastodon #bees #bee
    #beesanctuaryireland #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #vegan
    #bumblebees #whiteclover

  15. Keeping it real this week!
    Don’t spray chemicals in your space.

    #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 119.

    In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company and producer of #grass seed, in order to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white #clover a weed.
    It wasn’t.
    It isn’t.
    Chemical weed killers are #poison
    PR that.

    savingbees.ie

    #beesofmastodon #bees #bee
    #beesanctuaryireland #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #vegan
    #bumblebees #whiteclover

  16. Keeping it real this week!
    Don’t spray chemicals in your space.

    #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 119.

    In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company and producer of #grass seed, in order to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white #clover a weed.
    It wasn’t.
    It isn’t.
    Chemical weed killers are #poison
    PR that.

    savingbees.ie

    #beesofmastodon #bees #bee
    #beesanctuaryireland #savingbees #naturephotography #organic #vegan
    #bumblebees #whiteclover

  17. 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.

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

  18. 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.

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

  19. 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.

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

  20. 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.

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

  21. 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.

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

  22. 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.
    🙁

    savingbees.ie

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