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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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On returning to the nest foraging #bumblebees fly back and forth fanning their wings secreting a pheromone which encourages other workers to go foraging on flowers with the same scent as the returning bee.
Scentsational #bees!
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#insects #pollinators
#science #eduaction
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#wildflowers #flowers
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Bumblebees have hearts but they are not ❤️ shaped.
Bee hearts are straw shaped organs and run the entire length of the body.
#bees #environment
#nature #naturephotography
#biodiversity #wildlife
#bumblebees #science
thoughts on beeing...
Schlafendes Bienchen am vietnamesischen Koriander. Man sieht die kleinen Krallenfüßchen sehr schön. #Bees
And bees! There were bees, having their own party.
73 and sunny — I was partying too. Happy Fall!
#NYC #Clinton #CommunityGardens #Manhattan #birds #bees #knees
Always something in bloom at the Community Gardens. The gardeners were sipping cans of flavored seltzer, hugging goodbye.
I held the gate (to the wait list plots) for a woman returning her metal chairs.
They had the perfect weather for their party; I only wish we could keep the blue stools set (see thread).
#NYC #midtown #Manhattan #Clinton #HellsKitchen #gardens #party #flowers #birds #bees
Sunflower with three bees hanging out this morning in the drizzle.
#bloomscrolling #bees
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One ‘correction’ for the pedantic among you.
Technically a QUEEN is not a queen at this stage but rather a GYNE - a female capable of becoming a reproductive queen.
On starting a nest she becomes a FOUNDRESS.
Only when her offspring hatch does she become a bona fide queen!
15/15
#bees
…plants available.
Queens being so crucial to the establishment/survival of a colony tend to forage more cautiously than their female worker sisters - however whilst out foraging these queens may get trapped in growing tunnels, glasshouses, and indeed in your home at windows.
12/15
#windows #bees #greenhouse #help
…the ‘choice’ of mate can be way important as queens mating with non-virgin males seem more successful at founding a colony and then produce more workers and male offspring than queens who settle for a virgin male!
When choosing a place to hibernate they will favour…
8/15
#hibernation #winter #bees
…however eventually disperse far from their birth nest to avoid inbreeding. The queens mate, usually for most species with only one male, and they store the semen ‘collected’ in their bodies until needed the following year. Research suggests that, for some species at least,
7/15
#bees
….female workers out foraging with packed pollen baskets and each subsequent brood likely getting bigger in size.
Then the males appeared - the flower sleepers - often with slightly different colouration and yellow hairs on their faces.
Now in late summer/autumn we have a…
4/15
#bees
You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while.
Why?
Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year.
Deal?
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#insects #biodiversity #science
#wildlife #autumn #education
South Dakota plants to know: Allium species https://www.allforgardening.com/1943400/south-dakota-plants-to-know-allium-species-2/ #AlliumCanadense #AlliumStellatum #AlliumTextile #alliums #bees #butterflies #GardeningSouthDakota #OaheDownstreamRecreationArea #onions #PrairieButterflyGarden #PrairieOnion #SouthDakota #WildGarlic
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm.
To generate the body heat needed for this they will make up to 6000 flower visits per day to collect nectar.
#bees #biodiversity
#bumblebees #environment
#nature #science #vegan
#worldbeesanctuary
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