Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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For #bumblebees new to foraging, researchers found that the foraging ‘rate of return’ was not maximised until at least 30 trips had been made from the nest.
Like us, #bees have to figure shit out and improve with experience!
#nature
#pollinators
#phacelia
#insects 
We Traveled to Save Ireland’s Wild Bees — Here’s What Happened
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Studies suggest that #bumblebees with black/mainly black colouration tend to be found in tropical environments, with red colouration in highlands and with pale yellow/yellow colouration in mid-temperate environments.
#bees
#nature
#insects
#pollinators
The nootka roses are flowering!
We planted them many years ago, in a bare area with terribly bad soil, consisting mostly of gravel. And yet, they grew. They had mostly vegetative growth, but this year they have so many flowers!
From a barren alley-side, to a perfumed corner full of color and pollinators 
The #openscience collection of the #HorizonEU-funded project #WildPosh opens up with the Grant Proposal!
At #WildPosh, 17 partnering institutions are teaming up to enhance the #sustainable health of #pollinators & #pollination services.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e156185
I have a front flower bed and a back deck that I can put plants on. Both get full sun, I'm in Missouri USA and would like native pollinator friendly plants. I'd love something with a scent too. What would you recommend? I thought maybe lavender and lilac.
#Gardening #Pollinators #Flowers
Butterfly, Flowers, Sunshine: Fire-rim Tortoiseshell + Marsh Marigold
The cherry flowers were full of honey bees, the odd bumblebee (probably Two-spotted), and four Syrphid species, including this Globetail.
#bees #bumblebee #diptera #syrphidae #pollinators #insects
@cohanf @Broadfork Its a wonderful group. Mastodon has many habitat enthusiasts that have been stewarding habitat for their careers and at home. #nativeplants, #pollinators.
@cohanf @Broadfork The return of biodiversity of pollinators is wonderful. They need some habitat. Thank you for providing a variety. We are also providing variety for southern Minnesota. What is the elevation in your area? We are about 1,020 feet above sea level. #pollinators, #rewilding.
@Broadfork What is the role of the phacelia? I see the phacelia in many garden photographs around the world. We don’t have any phacelia that I know of. Virginia water leaf, hydrophyllium virginianum is common. #growyourown, #gardening, #phacelia, #pollinators.
Bonus photos of what is apparently a tawny mining bee and a speckled wood butterfly. I love all our garden critters!
Tent Caterpillars have basically eaten all of this cherry sapling. See previous post:
#nativeplants blooming in the yard this morning.
Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis)
Bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii)
Camassia Quamash
Golden Alexanders (Zizia Aurea)
#Bloomscrolling #PollinatorHabitat
#Pollinators #Ohio
Here, take some flowers because tomorrow is Monday.
My alliums are in full bloom. I love them because the quails and squirrels leave them alone. But the bees love them!
Good to be home.
#BloomScrolling #SundayFlowers #pollinators
Here, take some flowers because tomorrow is Monday.
My alliums are in full bloom. I love them because the quails and squirrels leave them alone. But the bees love them!
Good to be home.
#BloomScrolling #SundayFlowers #pollinators
