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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 24

Pollination is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma.

Pollinators are animals that facilitate this transfer.

Bees are kick-ass #pollinators.

#bees #nature
#leafcutterbee
#biodiversity #environment
#worldbeesanctuary #science
#education #climate

Gardener fears mystery insect beneath strawberries — others say it’s one of the garden’s best helpers https://www.allforgardening.com/1868796/gardener-fears-mystery-insect-beneath-strawberries-others-say-its-one-of-the-gardens-best-helpers-2/ #BurrowingInsect #garden #gardener #gardening #InsectCommunity #LeafcutterBee #reddit #SolitaryBees

Some Bees on a Warm Summer Day

📷 Canon R10 Mirrorless - Canon EF-S 60 Macro - ISO:200 - Aperture: f/9 - Shutter Speed: 1/320 sec

#Photo #Photography #Macro #Closeups #Insects #Bee #HoneyBee #LeafcutterBee #Chives #Mirrorless #MILC #CanonR10 #CanonMicro #GiMP

Bees sleeping last night and a leafcutter on the rudbeckia this morning. Melissodes agilis and some kind of Megachile.

#LongHornedBee #LeafcutterBee #MelissodesAgilis #bees #sunflower #NativeBee #NativePollinators #pollinators #FlowerWithBee #BloomScrollingWithBee #insects #wildlife #nature #MastodonOnly #CCBYNCND

I think this might be the same species as the first pic above (this is a reply). Maybe it's just a leafcutter bee leaving the other one with the big head unknown.

This was on a daylily.

#wasp #insect #insectid #bugid #NativeBee #NativePollinators #pollinators #LeafcutterBee #bee #bees #MastodonOnly

Leafcutter or miner bee? on the lavender.

#BloomScrollingWithBee #FlowerWithBee #bees #insects #LeafcutterBee #NativeBee #NativePollinators #pollinators #MastodonOnly

I’m interpreting #InsertAnInvert2024 a little loosely again. You won’t necessarily find these bees in leaf litter, though you might as they do make nests in the ground or in hollow twigs, but they definitely can be found near our homes, using leaves, so here we are.

This is one of a series of related prints about leaf cutter bees, each unique. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #nativeBees #leafCutterBee #botanicalArt #leafPrint #entomology #sciart #bees #insertAnInvert #MastoArt

There’s a weekly #invertebrate challenge this year called #InsertAnInvert2024 and January is about insects in and near our homes so I thought I should share my ‘Redbud and the Bees’ #multimedia piece (#linocut #woodcut #printmaking #collage) which I made for a show about urban ecology, climate change and human animal conflict. 🧵1/n

#pollinators #sciart #insects #biodiversity #climateChange #carpenterbees #leafcutterbee #masonbees #Toronto #urbanEcology #MastoArt

No snakes during walk in the woods. Did see a (what’s in a name) Willughby's leaf-cutter bee.

#Nature #Bees #LeafCutterBee

I made 4 more in my series of related prints about leafcutter bees, each unique. Similar to the print in the pollinator garden, but the prints in my shop are on lovely Japanese washi paper & feature different plants. These prints are both about, & a sort of collaboration with leaf cutter bees! These small, but multifarious native bees are important …

#printmaking #linocut #leafPrint #reliefPrint #sciart #bees #leafcutterBee #Megachile #washi #wildBees #nativeBees #botanicalArt #MastoArt

Hey #Mastodon #insects #bees
What is this bee I just snapped in my garden and what is it doing?
I guessed it's a #leafcutterbee carrying a geranium petal. Am I close?

After a slow start this spring, pollinators are emerging in greater numbers this week in SE Wisconsin US. 😍

#pollinators #bumblebee #leafcutterbee #marginedcalligrapher #wisconsin #Milwaukee

EDIT: Corrected bee type (I hope!).

For #PollinatorWeek my ‘Redbud and the Bees’ #multimedia piece (#linocut #woodcut #printmaking #collage) explores how #redbud trees, are increasingly common in Toronto due to their popularity with gardeners and a warming climate. They are popular with our native #bees but this includes the Eastern carpenter bee (whose range is also expanding with climate change) …
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#pollinators #sciart #insects #biodiversity #climateChange #carpenterbees #leafcutterbee #masonbees #Toronto #MastoArt

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.

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

No reason. I just really like this bee portrait. Yet to be ID'd.
https://flic.kr/p/2nALyUT

#Bees #Gardening #HabitatGardening #Pollinators #Megachile #Megachilidae #LeafCutterBee #MacroPhotography

Bee Life.

Bee Domestic.
A series.

She resists but eventually gives in. After all they’re in this together. Only for a very very short while. But still.
He gets that smile. Bingo! Sorted.
Back to the entrance. Now where was I? Little bit of a groom. Get comfy. Back to the zzzzz’s.

We’re not that different are we?

Fin.

5/5

#bees #bee #beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#bumblebees #solitarybees
#naturereserve
#nature #organic #vegan #savingbees
#BeeLife #LeafcutterBee

Bee Life.

Bee Domestic.
A series.

Tentatively he approaches her. Dripping apologies and excuses. All the charm he can muster given his state.

‘Love ya babes. The lads made me stay out. Did you do something with your hair? I’ll put those shelves up. Sorry. Babes. Sorry. Life’s too short…’ (it genuinely is).

4/5

#bees #bee #beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#bumblebees #solitarybees
#naturereserve #pollinators
#nature #organic #vegan #savingbees
#BeeLife #LeafcutterBee

Bee Life.

Bee Domestic.
A series.

She’s having none of it and heads inside pushing by him. He knows he’s in the wrong and backs down - slinks off to the shed, head wrecked, still scrambling to compose himself. Meanwhile she sets about the dishes he didn’t do (all bangs and mutters). He ventures back in.

3/5

#bees #bee #beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#bumblebees #solitarybees
#naturereserve #pollinators
#nature #organic #vegan #savingbees
#BeeLife #LeafcutterBee

Bee Life.

Bee Domestic.
A series.

Herself arrives back, busy busy, having been out foraging since early. Finds him asleep and it’s almost lunchtime. Miffed. Wakes him. He gets a fright (and knows he’s in strife) and reacts all shouty and loud. She gets louder and rips him a new one.

2/5

#bees #bee #beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#bumblebees #solitarybees
#naturereserve #pollinators
#nature #organic #vegan #savingbees
#BeeLife #LeafcutterBee

Bee Life.

Bee domestic.
A series.

Sunday morning. Late July.

Himself, a male solitary leafcutter bee, snoozes by the nest entrance. Warm summer breeze on his face. Hit the nectar a bit hard the night before and a bit worse for wear. Content in his slumber having hazy dreams of flowers.

1/5

#bees #bee #beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#bumblebees #solitarybees
#naturereserve #pollinators
#nature #organic #vegan #savingbees
#BeeLife #LeafcutterBee

A flat tailed leafcutter bee (Megachile mendica) on ornamental milkweed in Carl Schurz Park.

#flattailedleafcutterbee #leafcutterbee #bees #pollinators #MegachileMendica #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #venusoptics #luminarneo