#worldbeesanctuary — Public Fediverse posts
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Experiments have shown that #bumblebees are theoretically capable of flying at altitudes higher than Mt. Everest (29,000 feet).
They have been observed in the wild at altitudes as high as 16,000 feet above sea level.
#bees
#nature #environment
#biodiversity #wildlife
#science #education
#worldbeesanctuary -
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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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 -
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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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