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#theBeeAt3

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

#theBeeAt3

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
#education #flowers #pollinators

#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
#education #worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3
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

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer #august
#bees #flowers
#naturephotography
#health #wildlife

About as good as it gets for me timing wise!🙄

Little wins folks, little wins.
Big picture…but little wins…

Ashy Mining Bee on dandelion wildflower by the way.

Have a great day!

#bees #nature #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

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer
#life #health #hoverfly
#cosmos #flowers #august

#theBeeAt3
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
#naturephotography

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer
#bees
#bumblebees
#health #food

#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

#theBeeAt3
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
#wildlife #naturephotography

#theBeeAt3
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
#science #pollinators

‘There's a bright, golden haze on the meadow
There's a bright, golden haze on the meadow…

Oh, what a beautiful Mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I've got a beautiful feelin'…’

#morning #meadow
#worldbeesanctuary
#beautiful #nature

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#health
#wildflowers

#theBeeAt3
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

#nature #sunday #worldbeesanctuary

If you appreciate the content I provide here and want to help ensure that I can continue to caretake and maintain the first and only true native wild bee sanctuary on the planet - World Bee Sanctuary - please consider becoming a patron - link to website in bio.
Thanks folks.
We appreciate you being here with us.
#bees #help #worldbeesanctuary

Hope this provides a little bit of insight and creates a little more #empathy towards these wonderful creatures.

Thank you for reading.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for caring.

Please #share to spread further the knowledge.

#repost

Likes are nice but reposts impact!

And please do still dream of sleeping in #flowers.

Have a great one!
#worldbeesanctuary
#bees

16/16

…(although fed better as larvae and then not tasked with contributing to the nest as adults) live a lonely homeless life constantly seeking a mate which most never find.
And the final kicker - they never produce sons and never get to meet the daughters they do help produce.
15/16
#worldbeesanctuary #vegan

…for themselves.
Once mature they leave the nest. Unlike workers and queens on leaving the nest they don’t perform learning flights to memorise its location but fly directly away never looking back and never to return. They will disperse far from the nest - up to 6 miles -
7/16
#bees #bunblebees #worldbeesanctuary

Good afternoon, good morning and good evening folks!

Notice #bumblebees asleep on #flowers recently?

Want to know what’s going on with them?

Well here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining the bumblebee flower-sleeping phenomenon.

Please #ShareAndRepostEverywhere
#share #repost
so more people are more informed.
Thank you.🙏🏼🐝
1/16

#bees #nature #education
#science #biodiveristy
#education #worldbeesanctuary
#insects #pollinators #environment #vegan #summer

Swallows, ever busy, over the yard here this evening.
Sweet sound of summer.
A great year for them here this year.
#birds #swallows
#worldbeesanctuary
#birdwatching #summer
#clouds #nature #evening

#theBeeAt3

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
#environment #science

Sorry, busy till late.
#theBeeAt3 will be along shortly.
#summer
#wicklow
#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3
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
#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

16.

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

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer #health
#life #meadows
#wildlife #naturephotography

Centaury stands quietly in summer rain by a pathway through Front Meadow here on World Bee Sanctuary today. Sounds of a local gathering drift across the valley as buzzards call from high.
#wildflowerhour
#sunday #nature
#worldbeesanctuary
#summer #meadows
#wildflowers

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

13.

Bees have five eyes.
Two compound eyes on the side of the head and three simple eyes in between.

‘Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher’
- Wordsworth

#bees #wildlife
#nature #biodiversity
#solitarybees #pollinators
#science #education
#worldbeesanctuary

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer
#life #health
#bees #wildflowers
#monday

#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

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 287

Research suggests that around one in five #bumblebee queens perish during winter #hibernation.
Heavier queens, having greater reserves of fat and glycogen, are more likely to survive than their lighter counterparts.
#bees

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

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 286

Before entering hibernation in the autumn #bumblebee queens build up reserves of fat and glycogen in their bodies.
These queens will lose up to 80% of their fat reserves during #hibernation over the winter period.
#bees

#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
#environment #biodiversity
#insects #science #education
#vegan

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 263
# 262 contd.

Researchers found that Evening Primrose plants responded to the sound of a flying bee by immediately producing sweeter nectar!
This indicates that plants can sense and respond to airborne sounds.
They hear!
#bees #love
#nature #education
#wildlife #bumblebees
#pollinators #valentinesday
#biodiversity #saturday
#environment #valentines
#worldbeesanctuary
#marigold #science

#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

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.

#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#environment
#monday
#gorse
#wildlife
#resilience

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Red Arsed Bumblebee.
Packed pollen baskets.
Gorse.
A stiff breeze.
Irish Summer.
#bees
#nature
#gorse
#bumblebee
#worldbeesanctuary