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The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 73</p><p>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.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a><br>🐝🌍</p>
The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 72</p><p>Arctic <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a> have adapted to (up to now!) a short cool flowering season. <br>They have large first broods of about 16 female workers that forage continuously all day and overnight during bright <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arctic</span></a> nights.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Late?<br>Not in Vegas baby.<br>Not in Vegas.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 71</p><p># 70 contd.</p><p>Carrying heavy pollen loads on the legs makes <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebee</span></a> flight more stable in windy conditions; but in calm weather bees with nectar-full honey stomachs are more nimble than those carrying pollen loads.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctuary</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Late?<br>Have you seen the pollen baskets on this hard working bumble?<br>Who cares about late when I bring you such wonders. On a regular basis. A very regular basis. All the time. Every day. For free…for free?…wait a second…😂<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 70</p><p>Bumblebees transport pollen in ‘baskets’ on their hind legs and nectar in their honeystomach. They can carry their body weight in nectar and up to 90% of their body weight in pollen. What they carry affects how they fly.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Early!<br>It’s the sunshine.<br>Has me in a positive demeanour.<br>Things starting to move about the place.<br>Colours returning.<br>Birds singing.<br>The odd hum of wings on the breeze.<br>It’s life Jim, but not as we know it…much anymore.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 69</p><p>If you are lucky enough to have <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/solitarybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solitarybees</span></a> in your garden - LOOK AFTER THEM! <br>They build small solitary nests in cavities in the ground/timber/walls, fly for only a few weeks, don’t swarm and are superb <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a>. <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 68</p><p>With <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a> the size of the colony is in part determined by the length of the growing season in the region they inhabit. <br>In regions with shorter forage growing seasons smaller colonies tend to be maintained.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 67</p><p>Depending on species and global location, worker <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a> - who are all female - only live for between 2 and 6 weeks. <br>Those workers who perform in-nest duties tend to live longer than their foraging counterparts. <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctuary</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>It’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> folks!</p><p>Yay…you made it through another week without a failed billionaire’s ego rocket crashing on your head!</p><p>Have the best <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a> you can.</p><p>You know the drill:</p><p>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kind</span></a><br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gentle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gentle</span></a><br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>true</span></a><br>Be like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 66</p><p>Pollen ‘safe sites’ exist on bee bodies which bees can’t reach when grooming (waist &amp; dorsal area of thorax/abdomen).<br>The anthers/stigmas of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> regularly come into contact with these parts ensuring <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollination</span></a>.</p>
The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 65</p><p>A full <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebee</span></a> pollen basket can contain over one million pollen grains. <br>The colour of the pollen basket is indicative of the flowers upon which the bee has foraged.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Early again.<br>Something’s up.<br>It’s not like me.<br>Could it be a reflex response to the level of fuckery going on presently on this planet I hear you ask.<br>What’s that?<br>You didn’t ask that.<br>Oh…okay…as you were, but I swear I heard…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 64</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bumblebees</span></a> store small amounts of regurgitated <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nectar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nectar</span></a> to feed larvae and for emergencies in wax ‘honey pots’ in the nest. <br>The wax to create these honey pots is released from between the segments of the abdomen.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Early!<br>I have my moments.🙄<br>Buzz pollination by the way.<br>That high pitched buzz.<br>When the bumble has her head in the flower.<br>A little bit of bumblebee magic to get to the pollen.<br>The honey <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> got nothing on that. <br>Not in their repertoire.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 63</p><p>Unlike honey bees bumblebees usually only collect and store sufficient food in the nest to feed the colony for a couple of days.<br>So bumblebee colonies are never more than a few days from starvation.</p>
The Bee Guy<p>And here’s yesterday’s fact.<br>Hope I’m not moving too fast for you - as the king said to the democratic representative busy fretting with his thumb up his ass and his head in the shifting sand.<br>Hold on to your hollyhocks!<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> <br> <br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 55</p><p>Bee brains are smaller than a sesame seed and have less than 1 million neurons (we have 86 billion). <br>They are however highly intelligent - can add/subtract, get the concept of zero, solve puzzles &amp; recognise faces.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Late?<br>Yep!<br>Of course!🙄<br>But…</p><p>It’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> folks!</p><p>And we made it through another week without some psychopathic dictator nuking the planet! Yay us!</p><p>So have the best <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a> you can.</p><p>You know the drill:</p><p>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kind</span></a><br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gentle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gentle</span></a> <br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>true</span></a> <br>Be like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <br>Oh…<br>And don’t be a Nazi.<br>Can’t forget that one.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> <br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 52</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a> have hearts but they are not ❤️ shaped.<br>Bee hearts are straw shaped organs and run the entire length of the body.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Feck it, let’s go early today.…as there are no rules anymore according to the King thing.<br>Everything is up for grabs now…not just pussy.<br>Countries.<br>Resources.<br>Truth.<br>Decency.<br>And the future of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a>.<br>So we all need to call out this arsehole.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 51</p><p>Bees don’t have lungs. Air enters the bee body through external openings along the body called spiracles. <br>They rely upon a simple gas exchange system that bathes the body in oxygen &amp; expels CO2 as waste.</p>
The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 50</p><p>One of the ways in which bumblebee queens maintain their dominance in the nest is by periodically head-butting the more dominant female workers.<br>We’re not so different!<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a><br>🌍🐝</p>
The Bee Guy<p>Right on the money!<br>Or near enough as doesn’t matter.</p><p>And not a DOGE-manipulating self-serving pseudo-fascist state-sponsored Europe-dismantling billionaire asswipe in sight!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> not <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a>!</p><p>Have a good one folks!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 49</p><p>Development from egg to adult bumblebee can take anywhere from 20 to 35 days depending on species and conditions. <br>Half this time is spent as a larva feeding and half as a pupa in a cocoon.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Almost on time - in Mexico City!<br>Hola, ¿qué onda?<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/abejorros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abejorros</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 48</p><p>The first brood of female worker <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a> produced in spring are often quite small in size as they rely solely on the queen for food whilst developing. <br>Subsequent broods are nursed by a support network of workers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>It’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> folks!</p><p>Have the best <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a> you can.</p><p>You know the drill:</p><p>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kind</span></a><br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gentle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gentle</span></a> <br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>true</span></a><br>Be like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> </p><p>This <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ValentinesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValentinesDay</span></a>&nbsp; <br>Fall in love with <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a>.<br>Maybe even fall back in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> with this old <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a>.<br>❤️🌍🐝</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 45</p><p>Bumblebee Love.</p><p>For most species of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebee</span></a> the queens will usually only mate with one male.<br>Most males never actually get to mate successfully but if given the chance will indeed mate with more than one queen!</p>
The Bee Guy<p>Early?<br>Yep.<br>But keep it to yourself for a bit. Don’t tell anyone.<br>I have a long established and hard fought for reputation for unpunctuality to preserve and maintain.<br>Thanks.🤫</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a></p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 44</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bumblebees</span></a> have antennae cleaners!</p><p>Two comb edged notches on their front legs. </p><p>Insert the antenna. <br>Bend the leg to close. <br>Pull antenna through. <br>Catch dirt and pollen.<br>Engineered by <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a>. <br>No apps/AI required.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Every day.<br>Every single day.<br>He shows up.<br>No fuss. <br>No fanfare.<br>Almost unnoticed.<br>He carefully and methodically lays out his little bee fact.<br>Stooped over and ambivalent to his surroundings.<br>Then shuffles away muttering quietly to himself.<br>Never looking back.<br>The same thing every day…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 43</p><p>Male <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bumblebees</span></a> have one more segment to their antennae than female bumblebees. <br>Male antennae are comprised of 13 segments, females have 12. <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a><br>🌍🐝</p>