Thank you for reading and caring.
PLEASE #repost.
Don’t just like, #share.
The more informed, the more queens survive and the more #bumblebees we have.
Simple.
Our native wild #bees are in serious trouble and we need to be there for them every way we can.
Thanks again for helping!
For caring.
For sharing.
A little bit of good in a world that so needs it.
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..be harmful to #bumblebees. Usually once she takes on some sugars & heats up she’ll happily fly off. Don’t bring her indoors for long periods! If she has already established a nest and laid eggs she needs to get back to sit on them to keep them warm - yes just like a hen!
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As with sleeping dogs leave resting #bumblebees lie - for up to an hour before intervening. (Unless of course she is in imminent danger whereby she should be carefully moved to a safe place). However if after about an hour she is still present then she may need assistance.
6/9
It’s that time of year - people asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain what they’re up to.
Please #repost.
Every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year!
So this is important to share.
Thank you.
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 73
The species of bumblebee that inhabit more tropical parts of the world - where the growing season is long - can have colony cycles of up to two years and nests containing up to 2000 bees at any one time.
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
#insects
A bumble bee bum sparkling in the sun as it robs nectar from the African Flag flower.
P.S. This flower was in our garden when we moved in, but we need to rip it out each summer because it dries into a fire tender hazard. I would dig out the bulbs but the Anna Hummingbirds love it.
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 72
Arctic #bumblebees have adapted to (up to now!) a short cool flowering season.
They have large first broods of about 16 female workers that forage continuously all day and overnight during bright #arctic nights.
#bees
#nature
#pollinators
#insects
I'm almost at a loss for words
In urban SoCal--a bumblebee
I've only seen a bumblebee once in California--at a campground in Angeles National Forest
After this hellish year of everything, nature sends a beacon of diversity & hope
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 68
With #bumblebees the size of the colony is in part determined by the length of the growing season in the region they inhabit.
In regions with shorter forage growing seasons smaller colonies tend to be maintained.
#bees
#nature
#pollinators
#wildflowers
#naturephotography
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 67
Depending on species and global location, worker #bumblebees - who are all female - only live for between 2 and 6 weeks.
Those workers who perform in-nest duties tend to live longer than their foraging counterparts.
#bees
#nature
#wildlife
#naturephotography
#climate #sanctuary
The crisis for #butterflies is part of a troubling downturn in the number of #bumblebees, #fireflies & other #insects that has been observed in Europe, the Caribbean & other places worldwide. It could signal a potential “#bugpocalypse” that scientists are fiercely debating — a shift that may spell trouble for both #nature & #society.
Early again.
Something’s up.
It’s not like me.
Could it be a reflex response to the level of fuckery going on presently on this planet I hear you ask.
What’s that?
You didn’t ask that.
Oh…okay…as you were, but I swear I heard…
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 64
#Bumblebees store small amounts of regurgitated #nectar to feed larvae and for emergencies in wax ‘honey pots’ in the nest.
The wax to create these honey pots is released from between the segments of the abdomen.
#bees
During yesterday’s waddle I saw on of first bumblebees this season. Lovely view
#nature #bumblebees #bloomscrolling
OMG BEEANOTHUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111112 
#BloomScrolling #CaliforniaNatives #BeeScrolling #BumbleBees #SanFranciscoHellscape #ChonkyBoisEdition
Late?
Yep!
Of course!
But…
It’s #Friday folks!
And we made it through another week without some psychopathic dictator nuking the planet! Yay us!
So have the best #weekend you can.
You know the drill:
Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees
Oh…
And don’t be a Nazi.
Can’t forget that one.
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 52
#bumblebees have hearts but they are not 
shaped.
Bee hearts are straw shaped organs and run the entire length of the body.
#nature
#wildlife
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 50
One of the ways in which bumblebee queens maintain their dominance in the nest is by periodically head-butting the more dominant female workers.
We’re not so different!
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
#wildlife
Right on the money!
Or near enough as doesn’t matter.
And not a DOGE-manipulating self-serving pseudo-fascist state-sponsored Europe-dismantling billionaire asswipe in sight!
#bees not #billionaires!
Have a good one folks!
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 49
Development from egg to adult bumblebee can take anywhere from 20 to 35 days depending on species and conditions.
Half this time is spent as a larva feeding and half as a pupa in a cocoon.
#bumblebees
#nature
Almost on time - in Mexico City!
Hola, ¿qué onda?
#bees
#abejorros
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 48
The first brood of female worker #bumblebees produced in spring are often quite small in size as they rely solely on the queen for food whilst developing.
Subsequent broods are nursed by a support network of workers.
