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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Foraging #bumblebees gather nectar into their honeystomachs to carry it back to their nest.
The honeystomach can hold up to .20 ml and the equivalent of up to 90% of the body weight of the bee.
#bees #insects
#nature #biodiversity
#science #education
#environment #vegan
#pollinators #wildlife
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
31.
Bumblebees beat their wings at up to 240 beats per second and they fly at speeds around 4.5 metres per second/16 kms per hour.
Foraging #bumblebees have been recorded flying at speeds of up to 14 metres per second!
#bees
#nature #biodiversity
#environment #wildlife
#insects #worldbeesanctuary
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
31.
Bumblebees beat their wings at up to 240 beats per second and they fly at speeds around 4.5 metres per second/16 kms per hour.
Foraging #bumblebees have been recorded flying at speeds of up to 14 metres per second!
#bees
#nature #biodiversity
#environment #wildlife
#insects #worldbeesanctuary
#eduaction #science -
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
31.
Bumblebees beat their wings at up to 240 beats per second and they fly at speeds around 4.5 metres per second/16 kms per hour.
Foraging #bumblebees have been recorded flying at speeds of up to 14 metres per second!
#bees
#nature #biodiversity
#environment #wildlife
#insects #worldbeesanctuary
#eduaction #science -
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
31.
Bumblebees beat their wings at up to 240 beats per second and they fly at speeds around 4.5 metres per second/16 kms per hour.
Foraging #bumblebees have been recorded flying at speeds of up to 14 metres per second!
#bees
#nature #biodiversity
#environment #wildlife
#insects #worldbeesanctuary
#eduaction #science -
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
31.
Bumblebees beat their wings at up to 240 beats per second and they fly at speeds around 4.5 metres per second/16 kms per hour.
Foraging #bumblebees have been recorded flying at speeds of up to 14 metres per second!
#bees
#nature #biodiversity
#environment #wildlife
#insects #worldbeesanctuary
#eduaction #science -
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
30.
Bumblebees have to learn how to get nectar from flowers.
They will usually visit the same flowers every day as long as they keep finding nectar and pollen.
This is called flower or #pollinator constancy.#bees
#bumblebees
#nature #biodiversity
#science #environment
#worldbeesanctuary #insects
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.29.
28 contd.If a single raised middle leg doesn’t warn you off a bumblebee will often raise her other middle leg too.
Persist and she may go belly up to reveal her stinger.
Males do likewise but are bluffing - they have no stinger!
#bees #bumblebees #nature
#wildlife #biodiversity #environment #science
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.27.
Bumblebees get all of their food from flowers.
Nectar is usually found deep inside flowers - which come in all shapes and sizes.
Bumblebee tongues vary in length and this can determine which flowers they forage upon.
#bees#bumblebees #nature
#wildlife #environment
#biodiversity #science
#education #vegan #worldbeesanctuary -
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.26.
Solitary Bees:
Account for over 90% of bee species.
Don’t live in colonies.
Don’t have a queen.
Don’t make honey/wax.
Aren’t aggressive.
Don’t swarm.
Rarely sting.
Vary in size but are usually smaller than #bumblebees.
#bees #pollinators
#nature #environment
#science #education
#wild #wildlife #biodiversity
#worldbeesanctuary #vegan
#summer #August #dandelion -
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.25.
During hibernation #bumblebee queens avoid freezing to death by producing glycerol which acts like antifreeze preventing water in their bodies turning into ice crystals.
‘Nature never breaks her own laws.’
- da Vinci#bees #nature #biodiversity
#environment #science #education
#climate #insects #pollinators
#worldbeesanctuary #willow
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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
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.23.
Bumblebees leave a scent on flowers they visit which can be recognised by other bees thus saving them time and energy foraging already ‘empty’ flowers.
‘There are always flowers for those who want to see them.’
- Matiss
#bees #bumblebees
#nature #biodiversity
#science #education
#environment #climate
#saturday #worldbeesanctuary
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.22.
Solitary Bee Lifecycle.
Quick Version!
Adults emerge in spring/summer.
Mate.
Male dies.
Female starts nest.
Lays up to 30 eggs in individual pods stocked with pollen and nectar.
Female dies.
Young pupate over winter.
Emerge in spring.
#bees #nature#biodiversity
#climate #environment
#worldbeesanctuary #education
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.20.
Foraging #bumblebees return to the nest with on average 25% of their body weight in pollen/nectar. Some #bees carry up to 75% of their body weight per trip!
‘Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.’
- Newton -
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
18.Leafcutter #bees: solitary bees that do exactly what they say on the tin. The female cuts pieces from leaves to make individual nest pods for young.
‘And softly through
the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf’
- Emily Dickinson#nature #wildlife
#solitarybees #education
#biodiversity #worldbeesanctuary
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Sorry, busy till late.
#theBeeAt3 will be along shortly.
#summer
#wicklow
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.17.
#Dandelions are vital to bees.
Vast flowering season - February to November around here.
Nectar/pollen for hungry #bees/#hoverflies/#butterflies among others.
Cherish them.‘A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees’
- Blake#nature #bumblebees
#biodiversity #wildflowers
#environment #insects
#education #science #wildlife
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Bees visit #flowers for nectar and pollen.
Nectar provides energy and nutrients. Pollen is a source of protein that is mostly fed to their young.‘Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.’
- Henry Adams
#bees
#bumblebees #nature
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #environment
#summer #biodiversity
#science #education