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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…

⭐️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.

@… Leave it as a home for bees!

A moped just went by that sounded like a swarm of angry bees.

A research paper published by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), though not yet peer-reviewed,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…

When Bees Were Bees – an improvised poem
https://muz4now.com/web-stories/when-bees-were-bees-an-improvised-poem/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=muz4now/magazine/Muz4Now W…

When Bees Were Bees - an improvised poem
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Bees:
🎵 A Minha Menina
#NowPlaying #TheBees
https://thetremolobeergut.bandcamp.com/album/caipirinha-river-cruise-a-minha-menina-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Yo8T0z38A1vopVlqvqFpO

We only have a small garden, and we mostly grow flowers in containers. Since the end of last week's warm weather the lobelia has been going absolutely great guns, and I popped outside at lunchtime to find five bees happily lapping pollen & nectar from this single container alone.
Elsewhere in the garden there were another 6 or 7 bees and two small white butterflies. This has made my day!
#BloomScrolling #bees

Is there an entomologist on the line? I have noticed at least 3 different bumble bees with this strange pale mark on the back (it's difficult to see clearly because they're never still).
I *think* it might be a kind of mite (varroa?) , they clearly feel it because I could see all the bees were stroking it occasionally with a leg, but they still continued flying and feeding. This was the best of about a hundred photos I tried to take with my phone!
Any clues what it is? @… #bumblebee #bees #mites #Mitestodon
Edit: new photo crop might be clearer

"Students develop rocket engine powered by beeswax"
#Bees #Rockets
https://techxplor…

Students develop rocket engine powered by beeswax
A group of Kingston University in London engineering students have developed a rocket engine powered by an unusual but highly sustainable energy source—beeswax.

In *today's* #WatchDogsLegion was a prophecy, not a video game:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/beekeeper-unleashed-a-swarm-of-b…

Beekeeper Unleashed a Swarm of Bees on Police During Traffic Stop
A routine seatbelt stop turned into an insect ambush when a 70-year-old beekeeper allegedly sicced his bees on two traffic officers...

On writing in the botanical garden. Take this, #AI frustration.
Ruhr-Uni campus life 🦋, bees all over the place

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Bees:
🎵 Got to Let Go
#TheBees
https://thebeesofficial.bandcamp.com/track/got-to-let-go-live-iah
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Wx0DSj7N0NJQAW4yzOIFv

Plants produce more nectar when they ‘hear’ bees buzzing, scientists find;
Researchers suggest buzzing noises could be used as environmentally friendly way to enhance crop pollination
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

My fair city of Roanoke attained “Bee City USA” status in 2022, which aims to “promote healthy, sustainable habitats for bees and other pollinators, responsible for the reproduction of nearly 90% of the world’s flowering plant species and one in every three bites of food we eat.”
Last night, a couple of garden clubs teamed up with the city to screen a new PBS Nature documentary, “My Garden of a Thousand Bees”.

My Garden of a Thousand Bees
New PBS documentary following wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn as he films more than 60 species of bees in his urban garden in Bristol, England, during the COVID-19 2020 lockdown.

Fine yellow powder
Borne from bloom to bloom by bees
Pollen powers life.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pollen
#haiku
#poem

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.

As someone who is afraid of bees, this sounds like my worst nightmare.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23mrprk952o

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

Went for a wander through the woods and heathland around Eyeworth pond in the New Forest yesterday. Even at 10 in the morning the birdsong was stunning: mostly song thrush, wren, blackcap, chaffinch. A single common redstart was my 1st of the year (male, singing), and at least 2 cuckoos, 1 seen in flight. Also 2 common lizards darted away into the bracken. Crab apples in bloom and alive with droning bees.

So if anyone wants better Bad 70s Movies, I will nominate "Killer Bees" and "Ssssss!"
#Monsterdon

That little dance bees do? It's the cha-cha.

"Scientists embark on crucial study to save Britain's bees"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Bees #Insects

Scientists embark on crucial study to save Britain's bees

Bees out in force earlier, enjoying the sun

Stop the export of toxic pesticides to African countries https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/stop-the-export-of-toxic-pesticides-to-african-countries

Stop the export of toxic pesticides to African countries - Online petition
! If you don't have a zip code, please use the code 1234xx Some pesticides are carcinogenic, hormone-disrupting or impair fertility. Others are harmful to aquatic organisms, bees and pollinators or hardly break down in nature. That is why the European Union decided to ban the use of these toxic pesticides. Yet they are still produced in Europe, and Belgium, for export, including to African countries. Africans and Europeans are together calling for a ban on these toxic exports. Because what is to

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
The Bees:
🎵 Sky Holds The Sun
#TheBees
https://thebeesofficial.bandcamp.com/track/sky-holds-the-sun
https://open.spotify.com/track/1OGW5r734XCA815XLg6yp0

my flowers bring all the bugs to the yard
#photography #bloomScrolling #insects #bugs