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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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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.
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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.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.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.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.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.# 311
A recent Finnish study which exposed #bumblebees to field realistic doses of the #glyphosate based #herbicide Roundup found that the bumblebees' fine-color discrimination and long-term memory were significantly impaired.
#bees #nature
#environment #biodiversity
#worldbeesanctuary
#science #education