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#bees

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The Bee Guy

Late?
Of course.
Around these parts this is actually yesterday’s fact!
Still a good one though.
Want #bees
Grow #flowers.
And more flowers.
And more flowers.
And even more flowers.
From organic/untreated seed.
Simple.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 100

A #bumblebee colony develops over several months (Spring to Autumn). Most plants bloom for a few weeks.
So a colony needs multiple plant/crop species blooming in succession to successfully complete the life cycle.

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Tom

There has been a lot of bee activity at the bait hive this morning. When I first looked for the swarm up in the tree I thought it was gone but then I spotted it later but it seemed like maybe it was smaller. The branch wasn't bent down as much. Seems sorta like the bee swarm didn't have a plan or maybe they had found a migratory hive that was empty and it moved overnight. They're 50 feet, 15 meters, up in a tree so not much I can do about that.

#beekeeping#bees#swarm
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Colin Purrington

I prefer to have a species identification on the photographs I post, but this one is more of a PSA: take lots of pics and don't throw any away, because you never what angle an expert on iNaturalist or BugGuide might need to make the call. I *think* this might be Ceratina calcarata (a carpenter bee), but it turns out one of the diagnostic characters is a triangular swelling on the hind femur, something (of course) I didn't know at the time. A frame that I'd normally trash (right pic) shows it. #inaturalist #bugguide #bees #dandelion #taxonomy #insects #macrophotography

Small, dark, metallic-blue bee in the center of a compact, disk-shaped yellow inflorescence.
Closeup view of the bee with a white arrow pointing to a triangle-shaped swelling on the rear leg.
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The Bee Guy

Late?
Late?
I’ll give you late…
Oh wait I just did.
My bad.
Speaking of which…
Bad enough dying but often not considered - no control over what stand-for-nothing pseudo-fascist prick will show up at your funeral.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 99

The ability of #bees and other insects to forage diminishes as #pollution in the air increases.
Air pollutants such as #ozone break down scent molecules emitted by #plants which #insects use to locate vital forage sources.☹️
🐝🌍

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Daniel 🐅🏔

The Donkey Tail growing down by the marina parking lot is flowering and is covered with pollinators!! I think these are all new species for me: some kind of Halictus furrowing bee (maybe Halictus rubicundus), another that looks like it’s in Lasioglossum, and then possibly a Purple Miner Bee (Andrena prunorum)

There were definitely more out there but I’ll have to go back with the big camera to get enough detail. Just had my phone on me!

A succulent plant growing in several light green stalks covered in hard, blueish green leaves and terminating in a cluster of small, bright yellow-green flowers. A couple of bees of different kinds can be seen on the flower heads
A closeup of two bees on some of the flower clusters. They have an overall orange tint to the hairs covering their body, with long brown wings and long black antennae (for bees)
A closeup of a furrowing bee on one of the flower clusters. Its abdomen is striped in black and pale yellow, with furry yellow legs and sides of its thorax. It has long black antennae
A blurry closeup of another kind of furrowing or sweat bee checking out the flower clusters, very similar to the previous bee but feels a little different
#insects#bees#pollinators
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neville park

the females—there seemed to be only a few, maybe only one very popular one—are golden rather than silver, and very slightly broader in build. periodically one saw a little "bee ball" with a female and at least one male rolling around the dusty, sunny slope.

i don't know what family they are—Andrenidae? Colletidae?—anyway, some kind of solitary ground-nesting bee.

A golden-furred female bee (left), with one leg raised, next to a more silvery male (right).
The male clings to the female's back. They are both lying on their sides on the ground, legs flailing.
The female's warm-golden-furred legs flail as the male bee holds on for dear life.
A confusing tangle of furry legs, striped abdomens, amber wings.
#toronto#bugstodon#insects
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The Bee Guy

What the…?
I take a few days away from this place and arrive back to find out JD finished off Frankie while I was gone!
…and then he passed away the following day!
Can’t leave ye alone for a minute.
Here’s a bee fact.
Good to be back.
#bees

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