#anthophila — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #anthophila, aggregated by home.social.
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In my opinion the best bee butts belong to wool carder bees (_Anthidium_). They are just so round and cute and completely unmistakable.
Like other bees in the megachilid family, they collect pollen under their abdomens, not on their legs. They also scrape fuzz off the leaves of plants like lamb's ear (_Stachys byzantina_) for their nests, hence the name. They seem to like plants in the mint family in general.
(Inspired by @ater just posting about Megachilidae: https://flipping.rocks/@ater/116940807355074189)
#bugstodon #insects #bees #SolitaryBees #BeeButts #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae
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So I don't think I mentioned this on here, but a couple weeks ago, walking to the grocery store, I was surprised to find a couple of *beautiful* metallic green sweat bees peeking out of burrows in a rather weedy, neglected, half-bare corner of yard, right by the sidewalk. Today I saw them again and was taking pictures when one of the residents was coming home. I was like, "Did you know you have BEES" and pointed them out to her, and she was very excited! She mentioned they make sure to leave leaf litter over the winter for better insect habitat. I went on my way and when I glanced back she was also stooping down to take pictures of them.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Halictidae
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Took a little detour up a residential street on the way to the grocery store today and saw so many different bees!! (Despite the preponderance of traditional neatly manicured Old Italian People lawns.)
Haven't a clue what families/genera most of these are, suggestions welcome!
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #SolitaryBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Halictidae #Apidae #Megachilidae
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Okay, I put off watching the latest ZeFrank video because it seemed to be about honeybees, which are boring (sorry bee people), but it's actually an amazing journey through geometry, evo-devo, the other, cooler Hymenoptera such as wasps, solitary bees, and ants, the evolution of eusociality, "stigmergy" (a new one for me), and more!
#bugstodon #entomology #insects #bees #wasps #ants #EvolutionaryBiology #EvoBio #EvoDevo #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Formicidae
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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New Ant Lab about GROUND BEEEEEEES (_Andrena_, _Colletes_, _Nomada_) https://youtu.be/jje1LPrsHbc
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #SolitaryBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Andrenidae #Colletidae #Apidae
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"It's Okay to Be a Solitary Bee": a free zine all about solitary bees with beautiful watercolour illustrations! https://magaro.net/tles/portfolio/its-okay-to-be-a-solitary-bee/
By Soren Lorenson (https://bsky.app/profile/soren-lorenson.bsky.social); from the wilderness of my unclosed tabs.
#SciArt #bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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"It's Okay to Be a Solitary Bee": a free zine all about solitary bees with beautiful watercolour illustrations! https://magaro.net/tles/portfolio/its-okay-to-be-a-solitary-bee/
By Soren Lorenson (https://bsky.app/profile/soren-lorenson.bsky.social); from the wilderness of my unclosed tabs.
#SciArt #bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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The burrowing bees are so cute. They'll sit right at the entrance of their holes and, when you pass by, immediately retreat. However if you wait patiently they'll come back up again.
I thought I also saw immense bees buzzing around, but they turned out to be furry scarab beetles of some kind!
#InverteFest #bugstodon #insects #bees #beetles #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae? #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
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The burrowing bees are so cute. They'll sit right at the entrance of their holes and, when you pass by, immediately retreat. However if you wait patiently they'll come back up again.
I thought I also saw immense bees buzzing around, but they turned out to be furry scarab beetles of some kind!
#InverteFest #bugstodon #insects #bees #beetles #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae? #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
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the females—there seemed to be only a few, maybe only one very popular one—are golden rather than silver, and very slightly broader in build. periodically one saw a little "bee ball" with a female and at least one male rolling around the dusty, sunny slope.
i don't know what family they are—Andrenidae? Colletidae?—anyway, some kind of solitary ground-nesting bee.
#toronto #bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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the females—there seemed to be only a few, maybe only one very popular one—are golden rather than silver, and very slightly broader in build. periodically one saw a little "bee ball" with a female and at least one male rolling around the dusty, sunny slope.
i don't know what family they are—Andrenidae? Colletidae?—anyway, some kind of solitary ground-nesting bee.
#toronto #bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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stopped by my bee patch in Christie Pits today
#toronto #bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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stopped by my bee patch in Christie Pits today
#toronto #bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 💚 🐛🪲🐝🪰
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_BeinwellEchter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiertWildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera -
Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 💚 🐛🪲🐝🪰
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_BeinwellEchter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiertWildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera -
Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 💚 🐛🪲🐝🪰
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_BeinwellEchter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiertWildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera -
Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 💚 🐛🪲🐝🪰
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_BeinwellEchter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiertWildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera -
Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 💚 🐛🪲🐝🪰
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_BeinwellEchter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiertWildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera -
Lançaram um #livro gratuito (@creativecommons BY-NC-ND 4.0) para identificação de #abelhas de Portugal. Por cá existem 750 espécies de 🐝.
"será extremamente útil não só para investigadores que trabalham no estudo e conservação de polinizadores, mas também para estudantes, naturalistas e para todos os que tiverem interesse em aprender sobre a identificação de abelhas"
#entomologia #ecologia #insectos #Anthophila #Bees #Hymenoptera
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Lançaram um #livro gratuito (@creativecommons BY-NC-ND 4.0) para identificação de #abelhas de Portugal. Por cá existem 750 espécies de 🐝.
"será extremamente útil não só para investigadores que trabalham no estudo e conservação de polinizadores, mas também para estudantes, naturalistas e para todos os que tiverem interesse em aprender sobre a identificação de abelhas"
#entomologia #ecologia #insectos #Anthophila #Bees #Hymenoptera
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@kristiedegaris "drystone also provides a home for many animals, insects and plants, with each wall containing a diverse ecosystem." – so true. One of my favourite pastimes is to walk along drystone walls in a Mediterranean island on a fine Summer day and spot the many solitary native bees that make their homes there into the little cracks. A few examples from Crete, Greece:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=35.60859259288748&nelng=23.828046067471583&swlat=35.4767366919973&swlng=23.690716965909083&taxon_id=630955&user_id=albertcardona#iNaturalist #Anthophila #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees #insects
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@kristiedegaris "drystone also provides a home for many animals, insects and plants, with each wall containing a diverse ecosystem." – so true. One of my favourite pastimes is to walk along drystone walls in a Mediterranean island on a fine Summer day and spot the many solitary native bees that make their homes there into the little cracks. A few examples from Crete, Greece:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=35.60859259288748&nelng=23.828046067471583&swlat=35.4767366919973&swlng=23.690716965909083&taxon_id=630955&user_id=albertcardona#iNaturalist #Anthophila #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees #insects
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Bees still up and about in Cambridge's Botanic gardens, UK.
Heriades sp., a small mason bee. These bees transport pollen under their abdomens rather than on leg baskets.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239341832Colletes sp., a celophan bee.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239258494Bombus sp., a bumblebee. This likely aged individual has lost its coloration and appears black and white.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239342271Unknown bee, possibly in the family of sweat bees.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239342380#CambridgeBotanicGarden #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #nativebees #entomology
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Bees still up and about in Cambridge's Botanic gardens, UK.
Heriades sp., a small mason bee. These bees transport pollen under their abdomens rather than on leg baskets.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239341832Colletes sp., a celophan bee.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239258494Bombus sp., a bumblebee. This likely aged individual has lost its coloration and appears black and white.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239342271Unknown bee, possibly in the family of sweat bees.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239342380#CambridgeBotanicGarden #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #nativebees #entomology
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At least I saw a lot of cool bugs. Here are 4 orders of insects:
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, etc.)
- Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
- Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Hymenoptera (ants, wasps, bees, sawflies)iNat is being a butt right now so can't narrow it down much.
#bugstodon #insects • #Orthoptera #Lepidoptera #Hemiptera #Auchenorrhyncha #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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At least I saw a lot of cool bugs. Here are 4 orders of insects:
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, etc.)
- Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
- Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Hymenoptera (ants, wasps, bees, sawflies)iNat is being a butt right now so can't narrow it down much.
#bugstodon #insects • #Orthoptera #Lepidoptera #Hemiptera #Auchenorrhyncha #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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The Autumn Joy sedum (_Hylotelephium telephium_) at Christie Pits is positively mobbed by all kind of bees! Most just feeding, but _Anthidium_ wool carder bees were also mating.
#bugstodon #insects #bees • #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae
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The Autumn Joy sedum (_Hylotelephium telephium_) at Christie Pits is positively mobbed by all kind of bees! Most just feeding, but _Anthidium_ wool carder bees were also mating.
#bugstodon #insects #bees • #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae
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Last day/hours for City Nature Challenge!
I'm not attending any scheduled events today. But I'll be bopping by Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1. Perfect weather for a Bee Quest for Habropoda laboriosa, Blueberry Digger Bee.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bee-quest-habropoda-laboriosa-blueberry-digger-bee
#CityNatureChallenge #CNC2024 #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #Bees #Anthophila #BrooklynBridgePark #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #AmNaturizing
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Last day/hours for City Nature Challenge!
I'm not attending any scheduled events today. But I'll be bopping by Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1. Perfect weather for a Bee Quest for Habropoda laboriosa, Blueberry Digger Bee.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bee-quest-habropoda-laboriosa-blueberry-digger-bee
#CityNatureChallenge #CNC2024 #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #Bees #Anthophila #BrooklynBridgePark #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #AmNaturizing
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Last day/hours for City Nature Challenge!
I'm not attending any scheduled events today. But I'll be bopping by Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1. Perfect weather for a Bee Quest for Habropoda laboriosa, Blueberry Digger Bee.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bee-quest-habropoda-laboriosa-blueberry-digger-bee
#CityNatureChallenge #CNC2024 #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #Bees #Anthophila #BrooklynBridgePark #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #AmNaturizing
cc: @darwin -
Last day/hours for City Nature Challenge!
I'm not attending any scheduled events today. But I'll be bopping by Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1. Perfect weather for a Bee Quest for Habropoda laboriosa, Blueberry Digger Bee.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bee-quest-habropoda-laboriosa-blueberry-digger-bee
#CityNatureChallenge #CNC2024 #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #Bees #Anthophila #BrooklynBridgePark #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #AmNaturizing
cc: @darwin -
Last day/hours for City Nature Challenge!
I'm not attending any scheduled events today. But I'll be bopping by Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1. Perfect weather for a Bee Quest for Habropoda laboriosa, Blueberry Digger Bee.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bee-quest-habropoda-laboriosa-blueberry-digger-bee
#CityNatureChallenge #CNC2024 #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #Bees #Anthophila #BrooklynBridgePark #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #AmNaturizing
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Stopped by Christie Pits on my way back from a dentist appointment today. Wasn't really expecting to find much given how much foot traffic and how little "wild" space there is, but to my astonishment there were a few different kinds of bees making burrows in sandy patches on the sunny hillside!
There were fluffy white-and-black mining bees (skittish, hard to get photos) and smaller, more docile metallic olive-green sweat bees.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Andrenidae #Halictidae
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Stopped by Christie Pits on my way back from a dentist appointment today. Wasn't really expecting to find much given how much foot traffic and how little "wild" space there is, but to my astonishment there were a few different kinds of bees making burrows in sandy patches on the sunny hillside!
There were fluffy white-and-black mining bees (skittish, hard to get photos) and smaller, more docile metallic olive-green sweat bees.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Andrenidae #Halictidae
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Right now, the sunny, sandy slopes in High Park, Toronto are dotted with the burrows of cellophane bees (_Colletes_). The bees are shy and will duck back into their burrows when they see you approach, but after a few minutes they will poke their heads out again.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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Right now, the sunny, sandy slopes in High Park, Toronto are dotted with the burrows of cellophane bees (_Colletes_). The bees are shy and will duck back into their burrows when they see you approach, but after a few minutes they will poke their heads out again.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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to quote a wise bee expert, "bee cute furry face" (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/15622597785/in/photostream/)
iNaturalist's machine learning suggestion thing thinks it's _Andrena_, if you know for sure weigh in here: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/207441173 :inaturalist:
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #macro
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to quote a wise bee expert, "bee cute furry face" (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/15622597785/in/photostream/)
iNaturalist's machine learning suggestion thing thinks it's _Andrena_, if you know for sure weigh in here: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/207441173 :inaturalist:
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #macro
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The cellophane bees (_Colletes_) are out! Taken last week in High Park.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae
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The cellophane bees (_Colletes_) are out! Taken last week in High Park.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae
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A disturbing observation: The first bumble bee of the year. This is a month earlier than the previous earliest I've seen in my garden.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200426670
#iNaturalist #Bees #Anthophila #BumbleBees #Bombus #NaturePhotography
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A disturbing observation: The first bumble bee of the year. This is a month earlier than the previous earliest I've seen in my garden.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200426670
#iNaturalist #Bees #Anthophila #BumbleBees #Bombus #NaturePhotography
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Now up, the keynote I've been waiting for:
Dr. Kevin C. Matteson on "Pollinator Conservation in Cities". Living in NYC, this is a subject to which I myself am devoted.
#Bees #Anthophila #YorkUniversity #Event #Conference #UrbanBees #UrbanEcology #Ecology
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Now up, the keynote I've been waiting for:
Dr. Kevin C. Matteson on "Pollinator Conservation in Cities". Living in NYC, this is a subject to which I myself am devoted.
#Bees #Anthophila #YorkUniversity #Event #Conference #UrbanBees #UrbanEcology #Ecology