#beehuggah — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #beehuggah, aggregated by home.social.
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So, I can say that given the observations made by myself, my hubby and my neighbors, the bumblebees have made a HUGE comeback in #SouthernMaine this year (despite the drought)! There were very low #Bumblebee populations last year (more #CarpenterBees and #honeybees and a few smaller #NativeBees). A lot of us are #GardeningForPollnators and #GardeningWithoutChemicals , so I think that's helping!
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So, I can say that given the observations made by myself, my hubby and my neighbors, the bumblebees have made a HUGE comeback in #SouthernMaine this year (despite the drought)! There were very low #Bumblebee populations last year (more #CarpenterBees and #honeybees and a few smaller #NativeBees). A lot of us are #GardeningForPollnators and #GardeningWithoutChemicals , so I think that's helping!
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In other news, the air quality was much better in #Maine today (still not great -- listed as "Fair" rather than "Poor" or "Unhealthy"). Anyhow, I opened up the barn window and heard lots of buzzing coming from outside. I looked down to see TONS of bumblebees (and a few other bees) going to town on the #Burdock flowers (another "weed" that I let grow this year, knowing how much the bees love it). I grabbed my camera and managed to snap a nice close-up of a bumblebee pal and a stray honeybee (maybe from a hive down the road) mostly sharing a flower (there was plenty to go around, so I didn't see much aggression between them).
#Maine #GardeningForPollinators #Rewilding #Bloomscrolling #Beescrolling #Beehuggah
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In other news, the air quality was much better in #Maine today (still not great -- listed as "Fair" rather than "Poor" or "Unhealthy"). Anyhow, I opened up the barn window and heard lots of buzzing coming from outside. I looked down to see TONS of bumblebees (and a few other bees) going to town on the #Burdock flowers (another "weed" that I let grow this year, knowing how much the bees love it). I grabbed my camera and managed to snap a nice close-up of a bumblebee pal and a stray honeybee (maybe from a hive down the road) mostly sharing a flower (there was plenty to go around, so I didn't see much aggression between them).
#Maine #GardeningForPollinators #Rewilding #Bloomscrolling #Beescrolling #Beehuggah
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More #Bloomscrolling -- I love seeing how full my #Bumblebee pals' pollen sacs are after they visit the #Goldenrod we let grow!
#GardeningForPollinators #bumblebees #Bees #Beehuggah #Maine #SolarPunkSunday
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More #Bloomscrolling -- I love seeing how full my #Bumblebee pals' pollen sacs are after they visit the #Goldenrod we let grow!
#GardeningForPollinators #bumblebees #Bees #Beehuggah #Maine #SolarPunkSunday
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#Bloomscrolling break. And hubby wanted to remove the #MilkThistle plant near the rain barrel (we have a couple of plants). I was like, "Nope! The bees love it! It stays! Just watch out for the prickly bits."
#Bees #bumblebees #NativeBees #Beehuggah #Flowers #GardeningForPollinators #SolarPunkSunday
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#Bloomscrolling break. And hubby wanted to remove the #MilkThistle plant near the rain barrel (we have a couple of plants). I was like, "Nope! The bees love it! It stays! Just watch out for the prickly bits."
#Bees #bumblebees #NativeBees #Beehuggah #Flowers #GardeningForPollinators #SolarPunkSunday
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Thank you! For all you do!@thebeeguy
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Thank you! For all you do!@thebeeguy
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Native Plant Database - #WildHydrangea
"Mass or group in shaded area of the mixed shrub border or naturalize in native plant or woodland garden. Flowers can be used in fresh or dried arrangements.
Establishment and Care Instructions
Grow in full sun to partial shade in rich, moist soil. Tolerates deep shade. Blooms on new growth so can be cut back to the ground in early spring to control size. Remove suckers to prevent plant from spreading. A solid generalist."Large clusters of flat, creamy white, flowers open in June and last for many weeks. Plants bloom most of the summer. Pollen-rich flowers attract many insects. Plants form rounded mounds. Flowers can be used in fresh or dried arrangements. Grow in partial shade in rich moist soil. Tolerates deep shade.
"Part of our Pollinator Buffet plant tag series. The eastern bumble bee and other insects pollinate wild hydrangea. It is one of the most widespread and abundant bumble bees in the eastern US. Also attracts azures and hairstreaks and serves as larval host for hydrangea sphinx moth (Darapsa versicolor) and hydrangea leaf-tier moth (Olethreutes ferriferana)."
Source:
https://grownative.org/native_plants/wild-hydrangea/#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlants #Gardening #Bumblebees #Beehuggah
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Native Plant Database - #WildHydrangea
"Mass or group in shaded area of the mixed shrub border or naturalize in native plant or woodland garden. Flowers can be used in fresh or dried arrangements.
Establishment and Care Instructions
Grow in full sun to partial shade in rich, moist soil. Tolerates deep shade. Blooms on new growth so can be cut back to the ground in early spring to control size. Remove suckers to prevent plant from spreading. A solid generalist."Large clusters of flat, creamy white, flowers open in June and last for many weeks. Plants bloom most of the summer. Pollen-rich flowers attract many insects. Plants form rounded mounds. Flowers can be used in fresh or dried arrangements. Grow in partial shade in rich moist soil. Tolerates deep shade.
"Part of our Pollinator Buffet plant tag series. The eastern bumble bee and other insects pollinate wild hydrangea. It is one of the most widespread and abundant bumble bees in the eastern US. Also attracts azures and hairstreaks and serves as larval host for hydrangea sphinx moth (Darapsa versicolor) and hydrangea leaf-tier moth (Olethreutes ferriferana)."
Source:
https://grownative.org/native_plants/wild-hydrangea/#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlants #Gardening #Bumblebees #Beehuggah
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Spent some much-needed #GreenTime in the enclosed backyard space, just sitting and watching bees (well, I took some pictures with my DSLR camera as well). They are digging the patches of catnip, lemon balm and oregano -- which are all in bloom! There was one Japanese beetle sighted as well (time to set-up the traps).
#Bloomscrolling #Nature #Flowers #Herbs #Bees #Beehuggah #Maine #GardeningForPollinators #SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime
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Spent some much-needed #GreenTime in the enclosed backyard space, just sitting and watching bees (well, I took some pictures with my DSLR camera as well). They are digging the patches of catnip, lemon balm and oregano -- which are all in bloom! There was one Japanese beetle sighted as well (time to set-up the traps).
#Bloomscrolling #Nature #Flowers #Herbs #Bees #Beehuggah #Maine #GardeningForPollinators #SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime
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The itty bitty bees were digging the #BlackEyedSusans, but were a little camera-shy...
#Gardening #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Bees #BeeHuggah #Maine #Flowers
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The itty bitty bees were digging the #BlackEyedSusans, but were a little camera-shy...
#Gardening #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Bees #BeeHuggah #Maine #Flowers
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#Bumblebees along with the #Sweatbees were also digging all the flowering #Milkweed! Some of my neighbors must think I'm mad, but my next door neighbor loves it!
#Gardening #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Bees #BeeHuggah #Maine #Flowers #NativeFlowers
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#Bumblebees along with the #Sweatbees were also digging all the flowering #Milkweed! Some of my neighbors must think I'm mad, but my next door neighbor loves it!
#Gardening #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Bees #BeeHuggah #Maine #Flowers #NativeFlowers
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Dusted off the camera today. It wasn't too hot, the sun was out, and my #bumblebee friends were digging the #WildHydrangea flowers! I'm glad I gave them more space and light last year -- it paid off this year!
#Gardening #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Bees #BeeHuggah #Maine #Flowers #NativeFlowers
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Dusted off the camera today. It wasn't too hot, the sun was out, and my #bumblebee friends were digging the #WildHydrangea flowers! I'm glad I gave them more space and light last year -- it paid off this year!
#Gardening #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Bees #BeeHuggah #Maine #Flowers #NativeFlowers
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Lots of bee action around the yard today. Clover, tomatoes, milkweed flowers (which smell heavenly) -- and even the lettuce flowers! #Bumblebees and little bees! (Not shown -- flowering white oregano blooms and purple Thai basil flowers in containers. Full of bees). And yes. My gardens are messy -- just the way the bees like them!
#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #Gardening #Bloomscrolling #Bees #Beehuggah
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Lots of bee action around the yard today. Clover, tomatoes, milkweed flowers (which smell heavenly) -- and even the lettuce flowers! #Bumblebees and little bees! (Not shown -- flowering white oregano blooms and purple Thai basil flowers in containers. Full of bees). And yes. My gardens are messy -- just the way the bees like them!
#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #Gardening #Bloomscrolling #Bees #Beehuggah
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My own #BeeWateringStation! Though there isn't much action there today, since the flowers and leaves have lots of rainwater on them!
#SolarPunkSunday #BeeWatering #GardeningForPollinators #Gardening #BeeHuggah
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My own #BeeWateringStation! Though there isn't much action there today, since the flowers and leaves have lots of rainwater on them!
#SolarPunkSunday #BeeWatering #GardeningForPollinators #Gardening #BeeHuggah
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So, in other news, my #bumblebee friends are back! I only sighted a few on the rhododendron, but that's more than what I've seen in the past few weeks! I managed to catch a photo of one in flight with full pollen sacs! There were lots of little green #SweatBees there as well, but they are so tiny, it's hard to get a photo of them (and my camera battery had died, so I had to use my cell phone).
#BeeHuggah #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #Bees #Maine #PollinatorDiary #Pollinators
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So, in other news, my #bumblebee friends are back! I only sighted a few on the rhododendron, but that's more than what I've seen in the past few weeks! I managed to catch a photo of one in flight with full pollen sacs! There were lots of little green #SweatBees there as well, but they are so tiny, it's hard to get a photo of them (and my camera battery had died, so I had to use my cell phone).
#BeeHuggah #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #Bees #Maine #PollinatorDiary #Pollinators
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Some good news... I just saw a #bumblebee friend buzzing around the snapdragons. I hope more of them show up soon.
#GardeningForPollinators #BeeHuggah #bumblebees #Bees #Maine #MaineClimateDiary #WildlifeDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiary
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Some good news... I just saw a #bumblebee friend buzzing around the snapdragons. I hope more of them show up soon.
#GardeningForPollinators #BeeHuggah #bumblebees #Bees #Maine #MaineClimateDiary #WildlifeDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiary
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Has anyone in #Maine / #NorthernNewEngland seen any #bumblebees yet?
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Has anyone in #Maine / #NorthernNewEngland seen any #bumblebees yet?
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So, May 27th, and no #bumblebee sightings here in my little acre of York County #Maine. I thought I heard one or two buzzing around before the latest round of rain, but now it's been a few days of warm, dry weather, and all I'm seeing are little bees. Usually the bumblebees are all over the lilacs, which are now past peak. I hope they show up soon, but I'm a bit worried about my little friends.
Photos are from the past two years -- the first one is from May 21, 2024 , and the second one is from May 11, 2023.
#BeeHuggah #Bees #ClimateDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiary #GardeningForPollinators #Extinction?
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So, May 27th, and no #bumblebee sightings here in my little acre of York County #Maine. I thought I heard one or two buzzing around before the latest round of rain, but now it's been a few days of warm, dry weather, and all I'm seeing are little bees. Usually the bumblebees are all over the lilacs, which are now past peak. I hope they show up soon, but I'm a bit worried about my little friends.
Photos are from the past two years -- the first one is from May 21, 2024 , and the second one is from May 11, 2023.
#BeeHuggah #Bees #ClimateDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiaryMaine #WildlifeDiary #GardeningForPollinators #Extinction?
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#FalmouthMaine! Saturday, May 10th! Pollinator Parade Celebrates 10 Years!
by Molly Woodring, May 7, 2025
"Local families, including pollinator enthusiasts of all ages, will gather at #MaineAudubon’s #GilslandFarm on Saturday, May 10, 10 am to 1 pm, for the 10th annual Pollinator Parade and Picnic, to honor the winged species essential to our #ecosystems.
"Since 2015, Birth Roots and Maine Audubon have partnered to raise awareness about the vulnerability of the pollinator species that are critical to ecosystem health and our food systems, and the ways that people can support pollinator habitat. Many pollinator populations are in decline, and Pollinator Parade addresses this serious concern with a dose of family-friendly whimsy: families dressed as Monarch Butterflies can play and celebrate together, and then take home a milkweed plant that will support the real Monarchs due to arrive in Maine later this summer. That’s hundreds of new native plants spread across the landscape and even more photos shared that feature adorable costumes and a call to action, all before naptime.
"The event is inspired by festivals that honor the Monarch’s arrival in Mexico each fall, at the southern tip of the 3,000 mile migration that butterflies have completed annually for an estimated 20,000 years. The colorful parade, which starts at 11:30 am, invites young children, parents, and grandparents to embody a myriad of beautiful bugs, birds, and flowers—while calling attention to the urgent need for habitat protection and restoration.
" 'The #PollinatorParade is more than a picnic, parade, or dance party—it’s a call to action,' says Leah Deragon, Birth Roots’ co-founder and Director of Mission and Impact. 'We hope to capture the public’s imagination and inspire hearts and minds to take steps toward preserving pollinators for our grandchildren’s grandchildren.'
"Organizers aim to generate more substantive conversations about policies and the everyday actions people can take to care for pollinators—from planting #NativeSpecies and pollinator-friendly gardening, to reducing #pesticide use.
"This festival is one of hundreds like it nationwide, a growing movement since the late ‘90s to recognize and prioritize the role pollinators play to sustain all life.
"The Pollinator Parade is a ticketed event to buffer the impact on the Gilsland Farm #wildlife sanctuary during soft springtime soil. Gilsland Farm Audubon Center is located at 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth." [See below for registration link]
Source: https://maineaudubon.org/news/pollinator-parade-celebrates-10-years/
Registration link: http://www.hisawyer.com/birth-roots/schedules/activity-set/1386337
More info: https://maineaudubon.org/events/pollinator-parade-tenth-anniversary/
#MaineEvents #BeeHuggah #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Pollinators
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#FalmouthMaine! Saturday, May 10th! Pollinator Parade Celebrates 10 Years!
by Molly Woodring, May 7, 2025
"Local families, including pollinator enthusiasts of all ages, will gather at #MaineAudubon’s #GilslandFarm on Saturday, May 10, 10 am to 1 pm, for the 10th annual Pollinator Parade and Picnic, to honor the winged species essential to our #ecosystems.
"Since 2015, Birth Roots and Maine Audubon have partnered to raise awareness about the vulnerability of the pollinator species that are critical to ecosystem health and our food systems, and the ways that people can support pollinator habitat. Many pollinator populations are in decline, and Pollinator Parade addresses this serious concern with a dose of family-friendly whimsy: families dressed as Monarch Butterflies can play and celebrate together, and then take home a milkweed plant that will support the real Monarchs due to arrive in Maine later this summer. That’s hundreds of new native plants spread across the landscape and even more photos shared that feature adorable costumes and a call to action, all before naptime.
"The event is inspired by festivals that honor the Monarch’s arrival in Mexico each fall, at the southern tip of the 3,000 mile migration that butterflies have completed annually for an estimated 20,000 years. The colorful parade, which starts at 11:30 am, invites young children, parents, and grandparents to embody a myriad of beautiful bugs, birds, and flowers—while calling attention to the urgent need for habitat protection and restoration.
" 'The #PollinatorParade is more than a picnic, parade, or dance party—it’s a call to action,' says Leah Deragon, Birth Roots’ co-founder and Director of Mission and Impact. 'We hope to capture the public’s imagination and inspire hearts and minds to take steps toward preserving pollinators for our grandchildren’s grandchildren.'
"Organizers aim to generate more substantive conversations about policies and the everyday actions people can take to care for pollinators—from planting #NativeSpecies and pollinator-friendly gardening, to reducing #pesticide use.
"This festival is one of hundreds like it nationwide, a growing movement since the late ‘90s to recognize and prioritize the role pollinators play to sustain all life.
"The Pollinator Parade is a ticketed event to buffer the impact on the Gilsland Farm #wildlife sanctuary during soft springtime soil. Gilsland Farm Audubon Center is located at 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth." [See below for registration link]
Source: https://maineaudubon.org/news/pollinator-parade-celebrates-10-years/
Registration link: http://www.hisawyer.com/birth-roots/schedules/activity-set/1386337
More info: https://maineaudubon.org/events/pollinator-parade-tenth-anniversary/
#MaineEvents #BeeHuggah #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Pollinators
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I went to dig up my garden bed and saw that it was the only place that had blooming wild strawberries and dandelions -- so no digging for now (until some other plants are blooming). I heard, but did not see, my first bumblebee of the season. I made sure the bee watering station was clean and ready to go!
#Gardening #GardeningForPollinators #BeeHuggah #SpringInMaine
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I went to dig up my garden bed and saw that it was the only place that had blooming wild strawberries and dandelions -- so no digging for now (until some other plants are blooming). I heard, but did not see, my first bumblebee of the season. I made sure the bee watering station was clean and ready to go!
#Gardening #GardeningForPollinators #BeeHuggah #SpringInMaine
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@thebeeguy I've rescued quite a few bee friends. But thank you for all the information!
#BeeHuggah #SaveTheBees #BeeKind #Bees -
@thebeeguy I've rescued quite a few bee friends. But thank you for all the information!
#BeeHuggah #SaveTheBees #BeeKind #Bees -
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The bees learning to fight off invasive #hornets
9 February 2024
Katherine Latham"The buff-tailed #bumblebee, one of Europe's most common bumblebee species, is adapting to fight back – thanks to a remarkably successful defence strategy it already has in their evolutionary arsenal.
"The tactic is simple: when attacked, the bumblebees drop to the ground, taking the hornets down with them. This either causes the hornet to lose its grip, or the bee raises its sting and tussles until the hornet gives up.
"The buff-tailed bumblebee did not evolve alongside Asian hornets – their native predators include badgers, birds, wasps and spiders – so O'Shea-Wheller describes this as 'an evolutionary coincidence'.
" 'This defence that already works against their natural predators also works against the hornets,' he says. European honeybees, on the other hand, have no such 'co-evolved system' to protect themselves from these new predators."
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240206-the-bees-learning-to-fight-off-invasive-hornets
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The bees learning to fight off invasive #hornets
9 February 2024
Katherine Latham"The buff-tailed #bumblebee, one of Europe's most common bumblebee species, is adapting to fight back – thanks to a remarkably successful defence strategy it already has in their evolutionary arsenal.
"The tactic is simple: when attacked, the bumblebees drop to the ground, taking the hornets down with them. This either causes the hornet to lose its grip, or the bee raises its sting and tussles until the hornet gives up.
"The buff-tailed bumblebee did not evolve alongside Asian hornets – their native predators include badgers, birds, wasps and spiders – so O'Shea-Wheller describes this as 'an evolutionary coincidence'.
" 'This defence that already works against their natural predators also works against the hornets,' he says. European honeybees, on the other hand, have no such 'co-evolved system' to protect themselves from these new predators."
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240206-the-bees-learning-to-fight-off-invasive-hornets
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A closer shot of the bee hive box.
#SilentSunday #BeeHuggah #SaveSmilingHillFarm
#SaveThePollinators #Maine #SmilingHillFarm -
A closer shot of the bee hive box.
#SilentSunday #BeeHuggah #SaveSmilingHillFarm
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#SmilingHillFarm in the news -- for safely relocating #bees!
Hive with more than 40,000 bees removed from house at Smiling Hill Farm
by Russ Reed
September 19, 2024WESTBROOK, Maine — "The family that owns Smiling Hill Farm is doing its best to protect a #BeeColony that has occupied a farmhouse for decades.
"The Knight family said a hive with more than 40,000 bees grew within the walls of a home on their property.
"The farmhouse is in need of renovation but instead of killing the bees, the Knight family wanted to save the colony.
"'For sixty-plus years, there's been bees in this house and it might be longer than that. It might be seventy or eighty,' said Michael Knight.
"On Thursday, Andrew MacDonald of Bee Huggah came to Smiling Hill Farm to safely relocate the bees from the farmhouse.
"'I believe that these bees are worth saving for a number of different reasons,' MacDonald said. 'They have medicinal value and they pollinate our crops.'
"MacDonald moved the bees to a hive outside of the farmhouse."
https://www.wmtw.com/article/maine-smiling-hill-farmhouse-large-beehive-removed/62284417
#BeeHuggah #SaveTheBees #SaveSmilingHillFarm #Pollinators #Maine
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#SmilingHillFarm in the news -- for safely relocating #bees!
Hive with more than 40,000 bees removed from house at Smiling Hill Farm
by Russ Reed
September 19, 2024WESTBROOK, Maine — "The family that owns Smiling Hill Farm is doing its best to protect a #BeeColony that has occupied a farmhouse for decades.
"The Knight family said a hive with more than 40,000 bees grew within the walls of a home on their property.
"The farmhouse is in need of renovation but instead of killing the bees, the Knight family wanted to save the colony.
"'For sixty-plus years, there's been bees in this house and it might be longer than that. It might be seventy or eighty,' said Michael Knight.
"On Thursday, Andrew MacDonald of Bee Huggah came to Smiling Hill Farm to safely relocate the bees from the farmhouse.
"'I believe that these bees are worth saving for a number of different reasons,' MacDonald said. 'They have medicinal value and they pollinate our crops.'
"MacDonald moved the bees to a hive outside of the farmhouse."
https://www.wmtw.com/article/maine-smiling-hill-farmhouse-large-beehive-removed/62284417
#BeeHuggah #SaveTheBees #SaveSmilingHillFarm #Pollinators #Maine
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These are still being painted in #PortlandME! #Bee the Revolution!
Is the hive at work? These bees keep popping up around Portland
It's not clear who is painting the bees, if it's one person or many, or what their motivations are. Some Portlanders are delighted by the latest trend in #StreetArt, others are worried about the cost of cleanup.
by Daniel Kool
August 31, 2024Article [may be behind a paywall]:
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/31/is-the-hive-at-work-these-bees-keep-popping-up-around-portland/Archive:
https://archive.md/ym8Dp#WorldBeeDay #Graffitti #HiveMind #BeeTheRevolution #DandelionRebellion #ExtinctionRebellion #PrivateRevolution #XR #Beehugger #Beehuggah
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These are still being painted in #PortlandME! #Bee the Revolution!
Is the hive at work? These bees keep popping up around Portland
It's not clear who is painting the bees, if it's one person or many, or what their motivations are. Some Portlanders are delighted by the latest trend in #StreetArt, others are worried about the cost of cleanup.
by Daniel Kool
August 31, 2024Article [may be behind a paywall]:
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/31/is-the-hive-at-work-these-bees-keep-popping-up-around-portland/Archive:
https://archive.md/ym8Dp#WorldBeeDay #Graffitti #HiveMind #BeeTheRevolution #DandelionRebellion #ExtinctionRebellion #PrivateRevolution #XR #Beehugger #Beehuggah