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  1. If these plants are growing in your yard, leave them be! For the bees!

    #NativePlants for rusty patched #bumblebees

    Fall Blooming (September - October)

    Native field #thistle (Cirsium discolor)
    Native swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum)
    Native gentian species (Gentiana spp)
    Showy #goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
    Native goldenrod species (Solidago spp)
    New England #aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

    Learn more:
    fws.gov/story/planting-rusty-p

    #SolarPunkSunday #EndangeredBees #RustyPatchedBumblebee #Gardening #GardeningForPollinators #USFWS #US #FWS #FishAndWildlifeService

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

    6.

    Male bumblebees can’t sting. (No stinger).
    They’re primarily here to do the wild thing!

    ‘Let me tell you about the birds and the #bees
    And the flowers and the trees
    And the moon up above
    And a thing called love’

    - Herb Newman

    #nature #bumblebees
    #environment #thistle
    #education #fifa #biodiversity
    #worldbeesanctuary #summer
    #science #pollinators #wildlife

  3. #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    5.

    Bumblebees will forage up to three miles from their nest - but prefer to feed closer to home conserving energy.

    ‘Leave the road, take the trails’
    - Pythagoras

    #bees #wild
    #bumblebees #nature
    #thistle #worldbeesanctuary
    #environment #biodiversity
    #education #science #wildlife
    #vegan

  4. #theBeeAt3

    Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

    4.

    At least 1 in 3 species of bee in Ireland are endangered/threatened with extinction.
    Ponder that.
    Gone.
    Forever.
    Extinct.

    ‘Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the edge of extinction.’
    #bees

    #nature #wildlife
    #bumblebees #thistle
    #flowers #environment
    #worldbeesanctuary #education
    #science #extinction #pollinators