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Bee Hotels Can Help Native Pollinators Recover in the Wake of Climate-Fueled Wildfires: Study #nature

Bee Hotels Can Help Native Pollinators Recover in the Wake of Climate-Fueled Wildfires: Study
Bee hotels can play an essential role in helping native bee populations recover from wildfires, new research has found.

Good morning! Here is a bee waking up and stretching. This week I learned that this is the season you see a lot of bees sleeping on flowers. Many of them are male bees who are not welcome back in the hive. They live short lives where hopefully they get to mate before the end of the season. A shame they're reduced to only being breeders. This is actually a post about feminism.

No lolly for me! Today’s #NYTSpellingBee felt like a bit of a slog as I brute-forced a handful of holdouts to reach #QueenBee—and grumbled at the irritating omissions. 🍭

I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

About birds, bees, a lovely garden, and a remarkable old lens: #Photography

Maritime Birds and Bees

Is the Copilot icon supposed to resemble a frog face 🐸 or a bee from the side 🐝?

Amazon kauft Wearable-Startup Bee
Das Start-up Bee baut ein dauerhaft mithörendes KI-Wearable fürs Handgelenk. Jetzt will Amazon die Firma kaufen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Amazon-kauft-Wea

Interesting… 🤔 "ICU4X - Solving i18n for client-side and resource-constrained environments" https://icu4x.unicode.org/
> Why ICU4X?
> Small and fast
> ICU4X floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
😅🦋🐝

Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-identify-culprit-behind-biggest-ever-u-s-honeybee-die

Amazon is acquiring Bee, which sells a $50 device that resembles a Fitbit, is always listening, transcribes conversations, and serves up daily AI summaries (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/711621/amazon-bee-ai-wearable-acquisition

Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say
Amazon is acquiring Bee, an AI startup that created a wrist-based device that listens to everything you say and creates AI-generated transcripts.

😱 #Amazon übernimmt das Start-up #Bee, das ein tragbares Gerät entwickelt hat, das Gespräche mithört, transkribiert und als persönliche KI-Zusammenfassung aufbereitet.
Für 49,99 Dollar bietet Bee damit eine Art „Gedächtnisprotokoll“ am Handgelenk.
Die Nutzer können der KI Zugriff auf Kalender…

Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say
Amazon is acquiring Bee, an AI startup that created a wrist-based device that listens to everything you say and creates AI-generated transcripts.

Derry Girls | Jenny's Acapella Performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzfQKXmcecE
Doo-bee doo-bee doo-bee doo-bee doo-bee doo-bee do-o-o
It's Monday morning
It's Monday morning
Hip hip hooray x2
Let's get going
It…

Improved design of an active landing gear for a passenger aircraft using multi-objective optimization technique
Milad Zarchi, Behrooz Attaran
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22870

Improved design of an active landing gear for a passenger aircraft using multi-objective optimization technique
The landing gear system is a major aircraft subsystem that must withstand extreme forces during ground maneuvers and absorb vibrations. While traditional systems perform well under normal conditions, their efficiency drops under varying landing and runway scenarios. This study addresses this issue by simultaneously optimizing controller coefficients, parameters of a nonlinear hydraulic actuator integrated into the traditional shock absorber, and a vibration absorber using a bee-inspired multi-o…

https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2025-08-26&l=mdefhiu&p=147&r=Queen Bee&c=a15b3b7fd9c5da9522e8a92d5aef00fc&smid=url-share

I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

🐛 What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match its ideal diet
#insects

What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match its ideal diet
Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts of the ideal foods. A new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that what bumble bees choose to eat may not line up with their ideal nutritional needs.

Huh. I wonder who that is for?

Bees are collapsing in the U.S.
A key to their secrets might vanish.
The Bee Lab’s potential closure comes at a tough time for bees.

Droege studies native bees,
the types of pollinators that only live in the wild,
as opposed to honeybees,
which are farmed and bred for profit.
Entomologists stress that honeybees and native bees are different —
sort of like farmed chickens and wild birds.
But they can be exposed to the same threats,

Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish.
The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget.

Amazon to Acquire AI Device Startup Bee https://ground.news/article/amazon-buys-bee-maker-of-50-wearable-ai-personal-assistant

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Slim Harpo:
🎵 I'm A King Bee
#NowPlaying #SlimHarpo
https://jmbaule.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-king-bee-slim-harpo-3
https://open.spotify.com/track/2DbjWyRtXmbOGyN1C1Kdbp

“I should have known better” is the chorus of this year’s top AI ballad.
(Leo has been championing his own wearing of this thing for the past few months, and nearly everyone he tells about it (on air at least) replies something like “it records EVERYTHING?!” “yeah, but don’t worry; I’m wearing headphones so it can’t hear you”.)
http…

WCPGW?
"That's a big no from me, dog."
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/amazon-bee-ai-wearable-cea07934?mod=tech_trendingnow_article_pos1

https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2025-08-25&l=taghlou&p=153&r=Queen Bee&c=cffc3fc079a72e66ff43a629ef39189b&smid=url-share

I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/06/22/bee-disappear-pollinator-federal-lab/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUwNTY0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUxOTQ3MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTA1NjQ4MDAsImp0aSI6IjIwZTAxNmEwLThlNGQtNDIxOS1iYTY5LWRiYjNiNDNkMTM4ZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjUvMDYvMjIvYmVlLWRpc2FwcGVhci1wb2xsaW5hdG9yLWZlZGVyYWwtbGFiLyJ9.LntYuHdlIZzR_A8kzU2uksRc_vKIiFt0mb_pT6WUqVo&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p73#a250622p73

I put together this bumblebee made out of mini blocks a couple weekends ago. VERY tough with my big dumb hands. These bricks are TINY - see 3rd photo with quarter. Maybe the toughest thing I've ever built. Didn't give up! But if the flowers are that small, HOW HUGE IS THAT BEE?!? 😂
#toys #miniblocks

17:55
Today I was basically my own biggest fan club, cheering myself on with all the confetti and good vibes 🎉
I spent the day treating myself like the absolute legend I am, and honestly, if I were someone else, I’d totally ask me out 💅
Sending all the love out to you beautiful humans, be queer, be awesome, and keep buzzing like the fabulous bee you are 🐝💖
#Queer

Wir haben gestern Abend mit den Kids zusammen KPop Demon Hunters auf deutsch geguggt, nachdem Bee und ich den vorher schon gesehen haben.
Film ist zwar auf deutsch aber die Lieder sind immer noch englisch. Also ab und zu ein paar Zeilen live übersetzen.
Aber beim letzten Lied (What it sound like) ging das nicht, weil Kloß im Hals. XD Ich bin ein Sucker für Zusammenfinden-Kitsch. 😅

Zen Browser got an update today and finally has folders now! 🥳 It's the bee's knees!
#zen #zenbrowser #browser

⭐️Honey bees vs. native pollinators
The damage does not stop with bees. The study highlights that honey bee pollination leads to poorer plant offspring quality compared to native bee pollination.
This happens because honey bees often visit many flowers on the same plant before moving to another.
This behavior increases the chances of self-pollination, which can lead to inbreeding depression in plants.
Such effects could ripple through ecosystems. Plants that rely on nat…

Honey bee invasion: A growing threat to native pollinators
Honey bees outcompete native bees, removing most pollen and threatening wild ecosystems in Southern California.

Quantum-Inspired Artificial Bee Colony for Latency-Aware Task Offloading in IoV
Mamta Kumari, Mayukh Sarkar, Rohit Kumar Nonia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13637 https://

Quantum-Inspired Artificial Bee Colony for Latency-Aware Task Offloading in IoV
Efficient task offloading is crucial for reducing latency and ensuring timely decision-making in intelligent transportation systems within the rapidly evolving Internet of Vehicles (IoV) landscape. This paper introduces a novel Quantum-Inspired Artificial Bee Colony (QABC) algorithm specifically designed for latency-sensitive task offloading involving cloud servers, Roadside Units (RSUs), and vehicular nodes. By incorporating principles from quantum computing, such as quantum state evolution an…

A critical phase transition in bee movement dynamics can be modeled using a 2D cellular automata
Ivan Shpurov, Tom Froese
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11592 …

A critical phase transition in bee movement dynamics can be modeled using a 2D cellular automata
The collective behavior of numerous animal species, including insects, exhibits scale-free behavior indicative of the critical (second-order) phase transition. Previous research uncovered such phenomena in the behavior of honeybees, most notably the long-range correlations in space and time. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the bee activity in the hive manifests the hallmarks of the jamming process. We follow up by presenting a discrete model of the system that faithfully replicates some o…

Somebody ate a bee this morning.
Mr. Boots fed her a Benedryl right away, & she’s looking a lot better than she did a few hrs ago, but she’s still swollen, & I think it still hurts a bit. *sigh*
#DogsOfMastodon #SpicyFly

Transform your lawn into a pollinator paradise with these top 10 bee-magnet blooms recommended by scientists. Small changes can make a big difference for both pollinators and human mental health. #climatechange #climatesolutions

Scientists’ top 10 bee-magnet blooms—turn any lawn into a pollinator paradise
Danish and Welsh botanists sifted through 400 studies, field-tested seed mixes, and uncovered a lineup of native and exotic blooms that both thrill human eyes and lure bees and hoverflies in droves, offering ready-made recipes for transforming lawns, parks, and patios into vibrant pollinator hotspots.

#nytimes introduced Midi crosswords via their newsletter this week. So far, so cool!
But how do I find the current one rather than adjusting the URL from the first one via newsletter to today’s date? I cannot see Midi anywhere on the #nytgames website nor in the app.

This dog used to sniff out cold cases for police. Now she’s saving bees. https://wapo.st/4mBconY

This dog used to sniff out cold cases for police. Now she’s saving bees.
Maple sniffs bee colonies for bacteria. Her team hopes she can become a blueprint for other dogs to detect diseases amid a staggering year for bee death.

there was a fucking bee in my drink... why must i suffer

La critique de la CNIL est vraiment acide, mais super rigolo!
https://mastodon.social/@jeanbaptistemarie/115066647551417397

Here is a bee from the Northwoods reminding you to protect the beautiful places near you. If that place is the BWCA, check out #bwca

new beanytuesday politicians dont hit like og bloodfeast but ill take it

Western Honeybee on yellow flowers. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bee #honeybee

👉 Ihr könnt euch noch für die nächste Veranstaltung der Reihe "Social-Media-Daten: Show & Tell - Rechtsextremismus- und Demokratieforschung (3)" anmelden!
📅 Das Event findet diesen Freitag, 20.06., 14 Uhr statt und wird gestaltet von Prof. Dr. Julia Bee (Bochum), Dr. Elena Pilipets (Siegen) und Stephen Albrecht.
➡️ Registrierungslink:

#silentSunday #bloomscrolling

https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2025-08-21&l=ldgimnp&p=111&r=Genius&c=8e2987dad4efdd5a4e2d951bfaa5b9b3&smid=url-share

I got Genius!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

A research paper published by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), though not yet peer-reviewed,
has found nearly all bee colonies suffering collapse had contracted a bee virus spread by
parasitic mites that appear to have developed resistance to the main chemicals used to control them.
Varroa mites
– equivalent in size to a dinner plate on a human body
– crawl and jump between worker bees.
If there are no infections present, they do not typically dama…

We've been visited by a humming bird hawk moth, aka bee moth. Its a moth, not a bird, but it feeds by hovering while sipping nectar from deep-throated flowers, like a humming bird.
I managed to get these pictures. I'll try to get some more over the weekend.
#Bloom #mothstodon

Florida, y'all.
☑️ Man calls 911 when he doesn’t get sex at club, FL cops say | Sacramento Bee
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article308289670.html

From private eye

Transforming drab alleys into insect havens with the Pollinator Pathways Project in Bristol. Creating vital habitats for pollinators and connecting people with nature to combat declining insect populations. #climatechange #climatesolutions

What am missing in the NYT spelling bee this morning?

Finishing off our week of #bloomscrolling - this busy bee enjoying some tiny treats. Do you think some bees enjoy tiny flowers more? Like how Poirot enjoyed his tiny pastries?

Save bees from deadly pesticides #environment

Expediting data extraction using a large language model (LLM) and scoping review protocol: a methodological study within a complex scoping review
James Stewart-Evans, Emma Wilson, Tessa Langley, Andrew Prayle, Angela Hands, Karen Exley, Jo Leonardi-Bee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06623

Expediting data extraction using a large language model (LLM) and scoping review protocol: a methodological study within a complex scoping review
The data extraction stages of reviews are resource-intensive, and researchers may seek to expediate data extraction using online (large language models) LLMs and review protocols. Claude 3.5 Sonnet was used to trial two approaches that used a review protocol to prompt data extraction from 10 evidence sources included in a case study scoping review. A protocol-based approach was also used to review extracted data. Limited performance evaluation was undertaken which found high accuracy for the tw…

Die Speling Bee der NY Times kennt "Tarball" nicht.

Moment formulas of Siegel transforms with congruence conditions in dimension 2
Jiyoung Han, Seul Bee Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05905 https://

Moment formulas of Siegel transforms with congruence conditions in dimension 2
We compute the first and second moment formulas for Siegel transforms related to problems counting primitive lattice points in the real plane with congruence conditions. As applications, we derive an analog of Schmidt's random counting theorem and the quantitative Khintchine theorem for irrational numbers, approximated by rational numbers $p/q$, where we place a congruence-conditional constraint on the vector $(p,q)$.

was just sent this and I think it’s quite nice
#writing #poetry @… @…

was just sent this and I think it’s quite nice
#writing #poetry @… @…

California will not block trans athletes from school sports, defying White House (Lia Russell/Sacramento Bee)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article310155150.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p2#a250708p2

Seed-dispersing animals are in decline, impacting forests and the climate: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/seed-dispersing-animals-are-in-decline-impacting-forests-and-the-climate-study/

Seed-dispersing animals are in decline, impacting forests and the climate: Study
A lot of attention has been paid to the decrease in bee populations and other pollinators, but a recent review article makes the case that we should be equally alarmed by the declining numbers of seed-dispersing animals, which are crucial for growing healthy forests. “Both are important and should be taken into account in restoration […]

When you get the buffet all to yourself #bloomscrolling (Day 2 of this week's find-something-beautiful-in-a-sometimes-terrible-world)

the japanese word for bumblebee is 丸(マル) 花(ハナ) 蜂(バチ) which means "round flower bee" and i think that's adorable

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Robert Johnson, Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny:
🎵 Where the bee sucks
#RobertJohnson #IanBostridge #ElizabethKenny
https://open.spotify.com/track/3lKKxZv59yCD8AIVlc8DbP

Honey bees remove 80% of pollen—leaving native bees with nothing #evironment

Honey bees remove 80% of pollen—leaving native bees with nothing
Feral honey bees, once celebrated for their agricultural value, are now threatening native ecosystems in Southern California by monopolizing pollen sources and overwhelming native pollinators. A new study reveals they remove up to 80% of pollen in a single day, severely disrupting food sources for over 700 species of native bees. Despite their benefits to agriculture, these invasive bees dominate nearly all bee biomass in the region and even produce lower-quality offspring when pollinating nati…

#photography #bloomScrolling #noFilter #red

«Il n’a fallu que huit minutes et 40 secondes et une avalanche de mème  s pour que le gouverneur Gavin Newsom se hisse Š la tête du mouvement de résistance jusque-lŠ moribond contre la Maison-Blanche», résume le Sacramento Bee. «Cette bataille a instantanément fait de Newsom, gouverneur du plus grand Etat du pays, le visage de la résistance», abonde dans le même sens NBC.
https://www.letemps.ch/monde/gavin-newsom-gouverneur-de-californie-gladiateur-de-la-communication-et-phenix-des-democrates

This busy little bee is doing her job. What’s one small thing you can do for your hive today?

You can take a picture of flowers... or you can take a picture of flowers and bugs
#photo #photography #flowers #bugs

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Felix Rösch, Matija Strniša & Mondëna Quartet:
🎵 In Memory Of A Honey Bee
#FelixRösch #MatijaStrniša #MondënaQuartet
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SundayMorning
Helen Margaret Leach, John Bradbury & Victoria String Quartet:
🎵 Diary of the Bee (5th mvt, 'Buttercup')
#HelenMargaretLeach #JohnBradbury #VictoriaStringQuartet

Man in bee outfit at Ithaca Festival Parade Last Week
#ithaca #photo #photography #ithacafestival

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #BBCProms
Michael Nyman, Jess Gillam, Aurora Orchestra & Nicholas Collon:
🎵 Where the Bee Dances
#MichaelNyman #JessGillam #AuroraOrchestra #NicholasCollon

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Helen Leach, John Bradbury & Victoria String Quartet:
🎵 Diary of the Bee: I. Bluebell
#HelenLeach #JohnBradbury #VictoriaStringQuartet

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Christopher Wilson, Robert Johnson, Paul Agnew & William Shakespeare:
🎵 "Full fathum five" & "Where the bee sucks, there suck I" (from 'The Tempest')
#ChristopherWilson #RobertJohnson #PaulAgnew #WilliamShakespeare

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SundayMorning
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tasmin Little, Piers Lane & Jascha Heifetz:
🎵 The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3)
#NikolaiRimskyKorsakov #TasminLittle #PiersLane #JaschaHeifetz