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"Honeybees make specialised ‘baby food’ to give larvae balanced diet, study says"
#Bees #Insects #Animals

"Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research"
#Bees #Insects
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Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research
Human-made carbon dioxide emissions threaten the very survival of our larger pollinators.

Here's the plug right after she applied some fresh mud, but she'll be back with several more loads before polishing it flat. Some Osmia species will dig tunnels to access good mud so if you have mason bees be sure to leave out containers of moist clay around the yard. #bees #osmia #mud #soil

"Pollinators in peril: scientists reveal the hidden human health costs of the world’s disappearing bees"
#Insects #Bees #Animals

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#naturvern #bees…

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"Oregon Records 5 Years of Zero Pesticide-Related Deaths in Bees"
#Oregon #Animals #Bees

Oregon Records 5 Years of Zero Pesticide-Related Deaths in Bees
Oregon State was charged with developing a suite of educational materials to help inform private sector businesses and professionals.

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#bees #nature #outdoors

"Research reveals honeybees use the same face-reading strategy as humans"
#Bees #Insects #Animals

Research reveals honeybees use the same face-reading strategy as humans | The Optimist Daily
Honeybees with brains of roughly one million neurons can learn and remember individual human faces with up to 90 percent accuracy.

Hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons) using mud to cap a nest at one of my insect hotels. Called the bean-flower bee (mame-ko bachi) in Japan because the balls of pollen and nectar they pack inside stems for their larvae to eat are as tasty as a dessert made from honey and soybean flour. The species was introduced to North America in the 1970s as a way to increase productivity of apple orchards. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #pollination #bees #osmia #insects #orchard #gardening

Here's the first bee to visit my mud pan. Possibly a Lasioglossum based on the relatively sparse hairs on abdominal tergites. It's interesting that she took a water break during foraging. #bees #lasioglossum #halictidae #hymenoptera #insects #nature #inaturalist #macro #pollen #pollination https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/363160234

"The Secret #Life of #Bees" nice little #documentary from #uk with a

"Bees and Biodiversity at Arcadia Ecohome Microforest"
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Bees and Biodiversity at Arcadia Ecohome Microforest | Happy Eco News
CIEDM celebrated four overlapping awareness campaigns at Arcadia Ecohome Microforest through urban beekeeping maintenance, Pineapple Guava planting funded by Upper Water's voucher program, and citizen science contributions to iNaturalist, SciStarter, and Project Noah.

Patiently waiting for insects to show up at my puddling station. #bees #wasps #mud #clay #soil #water #insects

"Little free libraries are turning into 'Little Bee Libraries' to give pollinators a cozy place to rest"
#Bees #Libraries #Insects

'Little Bee Libraries' turn book boxes into adorable pollinator sanctuaries
In addition to neighborhood plant swaps, trinket exchanges, dioramas, and more, Rachael Harms Mahlandt proposed a new craft idea that helps pollinators thrive.

Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) napping in a hollyhock bloom. #bees #insects #bumblebees #flowers #blooms #hollyhocks #alcea #bombus

Woke up from a dream in which I was designing a game about solitary bees called Bee Best. I don't remember any details. #BeeBest #bees #games #dreams #osmia

Some more pictures from my Wednesday river walk, which is when I learned beekeepers have their own patron saint. 😇
Also, that last picture, how lucky are the kids who can say they have that for their "neighborhood playground". <jealous>
#photography #amateur #walking #bees #beekeepers #church #Austria #Alps

"Heatwaves are destroying the sex lives of bees – new research"
#Bees #Insects #Heatwave #Climate

Heatwaves are destroying the sex lives of bees – new research
Sperm activity in bees dropped after being exposed to heatwave conditions.

If you have a bee hotel and want to get rid of Houdini flies, go buy a bottle of malbec and make this trap. #BeeHotel #InsectHotel #MasonBees #HoudiniFlies #osmia #bees #insects #malbec #wine #nature #pollinators https://colinpurrington.com/2026/05/red-wine-trap-for-controlling-houdini-flies-at-bee-hotels/

This is horrifying. I think only Connecticut has banned automated pesticide fogging systems. #pesticides #mosquitoes #butterflies #bees #pyrethroids #insects

Walked around Valley Forge National Historical Park last week and was surprised to find hundreds of mason bees nesting *inside* the soldier huts. I'd always assumed they required exterior wood, ideally with direct sun for most of the day. There were also hundreds of Houdini flies lurking around. #ValleyForge #pennsylvania #osmia #bees #insects #history #biology

"Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Defra #Bees

Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024

The rumors are true — Houdini flies are extremely fond of cheap malbec. Blog post forthcoming with tips on trap design, but if you have an insect hotel and want to kill these kleptoparasites, go get yourself a bottle ASAP. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #flies #osmia #wine #insects #malbec #pollination