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  1. #theBeeAt3
    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 292
    # 291 contd.

    Option 2: Queens lay UNFERTILISED eggs late in the nest cycle which develop into MALE #bees with chromosomes from the queen only. Males have no father.
    Laying male eggs signals the start of the end for the nest!

    #nature #science
    #bumblebees #education
    #wildlife #biodiversity
    #knapweed #environment
    #worldbeesanctuary

  2. #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    # 253

    Keeping with the male bumblebee theme:
    Male #bumblebees do not forage for #pollen and #nectar for the colony but rather forage exclusively for nectar for themselves to maintain energy for mating flights and mating!
    #bees

    #nature
    #knapweed
    #environment
    #biodiversity
    #insects
    #worldbeesanctuary
    #wildlife