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"Say no to pesticides, mix up your lawn – and six more ways to help bees to thrive"
#Environment #Bees #Insects

“Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee”
#Belgium #Bees #Insects

Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee | The Optimist Daily
Each summer in Belgium, 1,000 virgin queen bees take flight to help restore Europe’s native dark bee and protect sustainable beekeeping.

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

looks like bumblebee queens can breathe underwater!
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#bees #bumblebees

The bees are out and about #Uckermark #beekeeping #bees @…@…

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

"Stingless bees win historic legal rights in Peru’s Amazon rainforest"
#Peru #Bees #Insects #Animals

Stingless bees win historic legal rights in Peru’s Amazon rainforest | The Optimist Daily

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

Für fleißige Bienchen - oder Deinen Schwarm. ☺
Handgemalter #wandklexschmuck; eh klar. zu finden auf #miniaturepainting #art #artShop #bees #fediArt #mastoArt #creativeToots #artForSale

Houdini fly (Cacoxenus indagator) that I found near one of my insect hotels. Kleptoparasitic on mason bees *and* not native to the USA, so unwelcome. I've been experimenting with different types of tape to see whether I can remove them by trapping, but so far no joy. Still looking for the Goldilocks product that is tacky enough to snag small flies but doesn't affect the bees. If anyone has suggestions of brands to try, I'd be grateful. #HoudiniFly #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #insect #cacoxenus #diptera #fly #bees #nature #macrophotography

Female Georgia mason bee (Osmia georgica) with remnants of processed pollen on her mandibles. There are varying estimates of how many foraging trips they make to complete a pollen ball, but maybe 20-40. This species tends to focus on flowers in the Asteraceae and Rosaceae. #bees #insects #hymenoptera #entomology #nature #pollinator #pollen

Na, ihr fleißigen Bienchen? ☺
Das meine von gestern Abend hat natürlich auch für ein unbewegtes Foto stillgehalten.
(Original, zu finden im #wandklex Shop auf #bee #watercolor #art #artShop #bees #bienen #fediArt #mastoArt #creativeToots #artForSale

Male Georgia mason bee (Osmia georgica) backed into a nesting tunnel in the observation wing of my backyard insect hotel. For some reason the males love these tunnels but the females, who do all the nest provisioning, never move in. He's just loitering, waiting for the temperature to warm up and for the females to arrive in the area. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #MasonBees #bees #insects #nature

Da schwirrte eben noch ein Bienchen (das letzte der letzte Woche gemalten Serie) in den #wandklex Shop, in honiggelber Sonder-Rahmung.
Zu finden seit gerade eben auf #bee #bees #watercolor #watercolour #art #artShop #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots #artforsale

Great footage of ground-nesting bees by Adrian Smith et al. at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. #bees #hymenoptera #nature #insects #colletes #nomada #andrena #entomology #biology #northcarolina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jje1LPrsHbc

Ich erzähl euch nun was von Bienchen und Blümchen, jaja.
Die hier sind jetzt im Original bereit zum Ausschwärmen!
Zu finden seit wenigen Minuten im #wandklex Shop auf #bees #art #artShop #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots #artforsale #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell

Morning light on the insect hotel and ADUs. No visitors yet, but I've seen male Osmia nearby so won't be long. New to the hotel this year are offerings of pithy stems (hydrangea, rose) to hopefully attract small carpenter bees (Ceratina) and digger wasps (Pemphredon). #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #wasps #insects #hymenoptera #pollinators #biology

(F)liegt ja nahe dieser Tage. 😁
#workinprogress 🎨, freie Arbeiten, kommen später in den #wandklex Shop. 🐝
#bee #bees #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #artShop #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots