#worldbeeday2026 — Public Fediverse posts
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Just realised it’s World Bee Day.
Artwork by Maggie Taylor from 2004, her ”Girl in a Bee Dress”. A young girl with a short bob, holding a pink flower, wearing only friendly bees. It’s been living in my head for 20+ years and I find it hauntingly beautiful…
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Just realised it’s World Bee Day.
Artwork by Maggie Taylor from 2004, her ”Girl in a Bee Dress”. A young girl with a short bob, holding a pink flower, wearing only friendly bees. It’s been living in my head for 20+ years and I find it hauntingly beautiful…
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Just realised it’s World Bee Day.
Artwork by Maggie Taylor from 2004, her ”Girl in a Bee Dress”. A young girl with a short bob, holding a pink flower, wearing only friendly bees. It’s been living in my head for 20+ years and I find it hauntingly beautiful…
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Just realised it’s World Bee Day.
Artwork by Maggie Taylor from 2004, her ”Girl in a Bee Dress”. A young girl with a short bob, holding a pink flower, wearing only friendly bees. It’s been living in my head for 20+ years and I find it hauntingly beautiful…
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Just realised it’s World Bee Day.
Artwork by Maggie Taylor from 2004, her ”Girl in a Bee Dress”. A young girl with a short bob, holding a pink flower, wearing only friendly bees. It’s been living in my head for 20+ years and I find it hauntingly beautiful…
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@minouette here's some good bee news, for World Bee Day!
Miner bees, millions of them, living innocuously in quiet cemeteries and pollinating nearby orchards!
https://youtu.be/uFxi7YrbNJQ?si=HJ50cKqBDem5Q3Aj
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@minouette here's some good bee news, for World Bee Day!
Miner bees, millions of them, living innocuously in quiet cemeteries and pollinating nearby orchards!
https://youtu.be/uFxi7YrbNJQ?si=HJ50cKqBDem5Q3Aj
#WorldBeeDay #WorldBeeDay2026 -
@minouette here's some good bee news, for World Bee Day!
Miner bees, millions of them, living innocuously in quiet cemeteries and pollinating nearby orchards!
https://youtu.be/uFxi7YrbNJQ?si=HJ50cKqBDem5Q3Aj
#WorldBeeDay #WorldBeeDay2026 -
@minouette here's some good bee news, for World Bee Day!
Miner bees, millions of them, living innocuously in quiet cemeteries and pollinating nearby orchards!
https://youtu.be/uFxi7YrbNJQ?si=HJ50cKqBDem5Q3Aj
#WorldBeeDay #WorldBeeDay2026 -
@minouette here's some good bee news, for World Bee Day!
Miner bees, millions of them, living innocuously in quiet cemeteries and pollinating nearby orchards!
https://youtu.be/uFxi7YrbNJQ?si=HJ50cKqBDem5Q3Aj
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Pour la Journée mondiale des abeilles, #WorldBeeDay2026, #rediff de mon billet sur l'histoire du sceau de @LeMuseum :) 🐝🐚 🐍
https://lignedescience.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/le-museum-national-fait-sceau-neuf/ #histsci #histnat -
Pour la Journée mondiale des abeilles, #WorldBeeDay2026, #rediff de mon billet sur l'histoire du sceau de @LeMuseum :) 🐝🐚 🐍
https://lignedescience.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/le-museum-national-fait-sceau-neuf/ #histsci #histnat -
Pour la Journée mondiale des abeilles, #WorldBeeDay2026, #rediff de mon billet sur l'histoire du sceau de @LeMuseum :) 🐝🐚 🐍
https://lignedescience.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/le-museum-national-fait-sceau-neuf/ #histsci #histnat -
Pour la Journée mondiale des abeilles, #WorldBeeDay2026, #rediff de mon billet sur l'histoire du sceau de @LeMuseum :) 🐝🐚 🐍
https://lignedescience.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/le-museum-national-fait-sceau-neuf/ #histsci #histnat -
Pour la Journée mondiale des abeilles, #WorldBeeDay2026, #rediff de mon billet sur l'histoire du sceau de @LeMuseum :) 🐝🐚 🐍
https://lignedescience.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/le-museum-national-fait-sceau-neuf/ #histsci #histnat -
There are more than 20 THOUSAND species of bees in the world. They all have different habitats, diets, habits, sizes, colours... Some live off a variety of flowers and others are highly specialised.
Funfact, most european species nest in the ground !
Some of these wild species produce honey, most don't ! Domesticated honey bees are only a few species, mostly Apis mellifera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
In Europe there are about 2000 species, in hexagonal France we have a thousand of them. The US host 4000 :)
Apis mellifera aren't great pollinators and they compete with wild bees for food; so we don't need more honey bees, we need more of wild pollinators, of every kind. Which means : diverse NATIVE plants/flowers to accommodate their various needs (some exotic flowers won't hurt but they can't support the ecosystem the way native species do) and whole preserved habitats, as free of harmful substances as possible.
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There are more than 20 THOUSAND species of bees in the world. They all have different habitats, diets, habits, sizes, colours... Some live off a variety of flowers and others are highly specialised.
Funfact, most european species nest in the ground !
Some of these wild species produce honey, most don't ! Domesticated honey bees are only a few species, mostly Apis mellifera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
In Europe there are about 2000 species, in hexagonal France we have a thousand of them. The US host 4000 :)
Apis mellifera aren't great pollinators and they compete with wild bees for food; so we don't need more honey bees, we need more of wild pollinators, of every kind. Which means : diverse NATIVE plants/flowers to accommodate their various needs (some exotic flowers won't hurt but they can't support the ecosystem the way native species do) and whole preserved habitats, as free of harmful substances as possible.
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There are more than 20 THOUSAND species of bees in the world. They all have different habitats, diets, habits, sizes, colours... Some live off a variety of flowers and others are highly specialised.
Funfact, most european species nest in the ground !
Some of these wild species produce honey, most don't ! Domesticated honey bees are only a few species, mostly Apis mellifera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
In Europe there are about 2000 species, in hexagonal France we have a thousand of them. The US host 4000 :)
Apis mellifera aren't great pollinators and they compete with wild bees for food; so we don't need more honey bees, we need more of wild pollinators, of every kind. Which means : diverse NATIVE plants/flowers to accommodate their various needs (some exotic flowers won't hurt but they can't support the ecosystem the way native species do) and whole preserved habitats, as free of harmful substances as possible.
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There are more than 20 THOUSAND species of bees in the world. They all have different habitats, diets, habits, sizes, colours... Some live off a variety of flowers and others are highly specialised.
Funfact, most european species nest in the ground !
Some of these wild species produce honey, most don't ! Domesticated honey bees are only a few species, mostly Apis mellifera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
In Europe there are about 2000 species, in hexagonal France we have a thousand of them. The US host 4000 :)
Apis mellifera aren't great pollinators and they compete with wild bees for food; so we don't need more honey bees, we need more of wild pollinators, of every kind. Which means : diverse NATIVE plants/flowers to accommodate their various needs (some exotic flowers won't hurt but they can't support the ecosystem the way native species do) and whole preserved habitats, as free of harmful substances as possible.
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There are more than 20 THOUSAND species of bees in the world. They all have different habitats, diets, habits, sizes, colours... Some live off a variety of flowers and others are highly specialised.
Funfact, most european species nest in the ground !
Some of these wild species produce honey, most don't ! Domesticated honey bees are only a few species, mostly Apis mellifera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
In Europe there are about 2000 species, in hexagonal France we have a thousand of them. The US host 4000 :)
Apis mellifera aren't great pollinators and they compete with wild bees for food; so we don't need more honey bees, we need more of wild pollinators, of every kind. Which means : diverse NATIVE plants/flowers to accommodate their various needs (some exotic flowers won't hurt but they can't support the ecosystem the way native species do) and whole preserved habitats, as free of harmful substances as possible.
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Another reminder : insect "hotels" aren't that great. They're mostly a PR device. They're tidy, they display quite a lot of habitats, they seem to do it all in a pretty compact way... to be fair, they can host insects ! They do ! But they force procimity and can lead to conflicts and even spread diseases. It's better to give everyone space. You can collect various materials in a few spots, wet clay in a dish, dry grass cuttings and leaves, a heap of cut branches here, a bundle of hollow stems there... they'll probably be used. If not by bees, by other creatures, which are important too :)
And don't forget to provide water during the hot season - a shallow dish filled with small rocks (or clay beads or other material) and water, so that the bees (and other insects !) can land on the rocks to drink, and aren't in danger of drowning. Change the water regularly, every day ideally.
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Another reminder : insect "hotels" aren't that great. They're mostly a PR device. They're tidy, they display quite a lot of habitats, they seem to do it all in a pretty compact way... to be fair, they can host insects ! They do ! But they force procimity and can lead to conflicts and even spread diseases. It's better to give everyone space. You can collect various materials in a few spots, wet clay in a dish, dry grass cuttings and leaves, a heap of cut branches here, a bundle of hollow stems there... they'll probably be used. If not by bees, by other creatures, which are important too :)
And don't forget to provide water during the hot season - a shallow dish filled with small rocks (or clay beads or other material) and water, so that the bees (and other insects !) can land on the rocks to drink, and aren't in danger of drowning. Change the water regularly, every day ideally.
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Another reminder : insect "hotels" aren't that great. They're mostly a PR device. They're tidy, they display quite a lot of habitats, they seem to do it all in a pretty compact way... to be fair, they can host insects ! They do ! But they force procimity and can lead to conflicts and even spread diseases. It's better to give everyone space. You can collect various materials in a few spots, wet clay in a dish, dry grass cuttings and leaves, a heap of cut branches here, a bundle of hollow stems there... they'll probably be used. If not by bees, by other creatures, which are important too :)
And don't forget to provide water during the hot season - a shallow dish filled with small rocks (or clay beads or other material) and water, so that the bees (and other insects !) can land on the rocks to drink, and aren't in danger of drowning. Change the water regularly, every day ideally.
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Another reminder : insect "hotels" aren't that great. They're mostly a PR device. They're tidy, they display quite a lot of habitats, they seem to do it all in a pretty compact way... to be fair, they can host insects ! They do ! But they force procimity and can lead to conflicts and even spread diseases. It's better to give everyone space. You can collect various materials in a few spots, wet clay in a dish, dry grass cuttings and leaves, a heap of cut branches here, a bundle of hollow stems there... they'll probably be used. If not by bees, by other creatures, which are important too :)
And don't forget to provide water during the hot season - a shallow dish filled with small rocks (or clay beads or other material) and water, so that the bees (and other insects !) can land on the rocks to drink, and aren't in danger of drowning. Change the water regularly, every day ideally.
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Another reminder : insect "hotels" aren't that great. They're mostly a PR device. They're tidy, they display quite a lot of habitats, they seem to do it all in a pretty compact way... to be fair, they can host insects ! They do ! But they force procimity and can lead to conflicts and even spread diseases. It's better to give everyone space. You can collect various materials in a few spots, wet clay in a dish, dry grass cuttings and leaves, a heap of cut branches here, a bundle of hollow stems there... they'll probably be used. If not by bees, by other creatures, which are important too :)
And don't forget to provide water during the hot season - a shallow dish filled with small rocks (or clay beads or other material) and water, so that the bees (and other insects !) can land on the rocks to drink, and aren't in danger of drowning. Change the water regularly, every day ideally.
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For #WorldBeeDay2026, a reminder that WILD BEES, (mostly) solitary bees* do ALL THE WORK while Honey Bees (domesticated bees) GET ALL THE CREDIT
*(and not only bees, other pollinators ! Wasps and butterflies and flies and others; but it's Bee Day and bees really do a lot of work)
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For #WorldBeeDay2026, a reminder that WILD BEES, (mostly) solitary bees* do ALL THE WORK while Honey Bees (domesticated bees) GET ALL THE CREDIT
*(and not only bees, other pollinators ! Wasps and butterflies and flies and others; but it's Bee Day and bees really do a lot of work)
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For #WorldBeeDay2026, a reminder that WILD BEES, (mostly) solitary bees* do ALL THE WORK while Honey Bees (domesticated bees) GET ALL THE CREDIT
*(and not only bees, other pollinators ! Wasps and butterflies and flies and others; but it's Bee Day and bees really do a lot of work)
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For #WorldBeeDay2026, a reminder that WILD BEES, (mostly) solitary bees* do ALL THE WORK while Honey Bees (domesticated bees) GET ALL THE CREDIT
*(and not only bees, other pollinators ! Wasps and butterflies and flies and others; but it's Bee Day and bees really do a lot of work)
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For #WorldBeeDay2026, a reminder that WILD BEES, (mostly) solitary bees* do ALL THE WORK while Honey Bees (domesticated bees) GET ALL THE CREDIT
*(and not only bees, other pollinators ! Wasps and butterflies and flies and others; but it's Bee Day and bees really do a lot of work)
