#worldbeesanctuary — Public Fediverse posts

#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

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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.

12.

Some plants make their pollen hard to get.
#bumblebees and some #solitarybees release this pollen by vibrating their flight muscles.

This is BUZZ POLLINATION.

Honey bees can’t do this.

‘The earth laughs in flowers’
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#bees #nature #pollination
#education #science #wildlife
#worldbeesanctuary

If anybody’s looking for me I’ll be low in the long grass with the BFT…
Strictly on a need to know basis though!🤫
Wild Flower Hour.

#wildflowerhour
#BirdsFootTrefoil
#wildflowers #July
#summer #nature
#worldbeesanctuary

Just a quick snapshot of bumblebee life.
Nothing more.
Nothing less.

Nature at her purest here on World Bee Sanctuary during the week.

No AI.
No CGI.
No deceit.
No lies.
No egos.
No kings.

#bumblebees #wildflowers
#fieldscabious #meadows
#summer #nature #wildlife
#worldbeesanctuary #bees
#environment #insects #biodiversity #beesofmastodon

People often enquire about the landscape around us here at World Bee Sanctuary.

Well…if you send a drone up directly above us and do a 360° (which we did) this is what you get…

Farmland and commercial forestry.
Absolutely nothing of permanence for #nature.

#wicklow #ireland
#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

11.

Keeping honey bees does NOT help our declining native wild bee populations.
In fact keeping honey bees means more bees competing for ever more precious forage.

‘Bees are for life not just for honey.’

- The Bee Guy

#bees #honeybees #nature
#truth #facts #education #science
#worldbeesanctuary #environment

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

10.

Some bee species carry #pollen collected from #flowers back to their nest or hive in pollen baskets - #corbiculae - located on their hind legs.

‘Everything in excess is opposed to nature.’

- Hippocrates

#bees #bumblebees
#nature #wildlife
#environment #biodiversity
#education #science #vegan
#insects #pollinators
#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

9.

Bees are a #vegan evolution of wasps - feeding on #nectar and #pollen collected from #flowers rather than on prey.

‘Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.’
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#bees #bumblebees
#nature #environment
#worldbeesanctuary #wildflowers
#biodiversity #wildlife #insects
#education #science #summer

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

8.

Only about 10% of bee species are social. The other 90% are solitary #bees. They live in individual nests, don’t have a queen and don’t make honey.

‘The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude’

- Voltaire
#nature #worldbeesanctuary
#education #science #biodiversity
#vegan #environment
#worldbeesanctuary