The Bee Guy

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 286

Before entering hibernation in the autumn #bumblebee queens build up reserves of fat and glycogen in their bodies.
These queens will lose up to 80% of their fat reserves during #hibernation over the winter period.
#bees

#nature
#science
#insects

Thank you for that love.
I agree telling someone about a bad week is very hard. But listening, truly listening and actually hearing is hard. To hear beyond the noise and distractions. To hear without judgment. To hear without solving. Just to be there with the person, the words and the meaning.

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here near #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.

#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#seas
#health
#chill

Bee

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

Dreams die beneath the rubble of the psychopaths’ war crimes.

#bee #goodnight #dream

Such a beautiful planet.
Such beautiful potential.
Such ugly leaders.
Such ugly minds.
Such ugly deeds.
#earth

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 285

Bees don’t have ears.

#bees
#nature
#science
#education
#biodiversity
#wildlifev

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 284

Bee vision is trichromatic. They perceive three colours of light - green/blue/ultraviolet (and combinations of).
Humans, primates and some new world monkeys are also trichromats but our three colours are blue/green/red!
#bees
#nature
#science

It’s #Friday folks!

Have the best #weekend you can.

You know the drill:
Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees

And be saddened and concerned by the language of media as they normalise the waging of unconscionable wars and the impersonalisation of mass murder and death.

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 283

Larger bumblebees tend to have larger eyes than smaller bumblebees. Larger eyes mean higher light sensitivity which enables flight under lower light conditions. So dawn/dusk low intensity light favours foraging by larger #bees.

#nature
#education

Very small bumblebee clings to a reed stem.

Every child
Murdered
Each a lost lifetime of dreams
Of laughter
Of love, of tears, of joys
Of smiles, of being
Every child
Murdered
By malignant old men
War-screaming soft-bellied cowards one and all
Every child
Should haunt the dreams of humanity

#bee #goodnight #dream

2/2

Bee

‘All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting’
- Orwell

1/2

#bee #goodnight #dream

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 282

Foraging early in the morning when flowers have not been visited by competing pollinators may mean that the ‘early bee’ achieves extremely high foraging rates.
Many flowers furnish much higher nectar crops at this time.
#bees
#nature
#wildlife
🐝🌍

Yellow coloured Marigold flower bud just before opening set against a blurred green backdrop.

‘Good #morning…
oh…and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!’

Image: Marigold thinking about doing the flowering thing.

Nope not bananas!
But that’s all I see now.
Tiny little bananas.
Yep…now you can’t not see bananas…🍌
It’s not it’s a #marigold.
Bananas!
Stop it…

Bee

‘Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime…’

Dreams favour the brave…

#bee #goodnight #dream

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 281

Bumblebees spend long periods in bright sunlight but can’t close their eyes.
UV induced damage is known to impact the eyes of some insects but bumblebee eyes exposed to similar levels of UV-radiation appear unaffected.
#bees
#nature
#science
🐝🌍

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 280
# 279 contd.

Bumblebees can actively increase their body temperature.
Measurement of temperature and eye reaction speed suggests that observed gain in eye reaction speed could be a result of increased body temperature.
#bees

Bee

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

Dream bees not bombs
Orchids not ordnance
Meadows not missiles
Intelligence not ignorance
Grace not greed
Restraint not reprisals
Nuance not nuclear…
Life not lies.

#bee #goodnight #dream

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 279

When bumblebees move their vision improves!
A study found that walking bumblebees actually process visual information 20% faster than inactive bumblebees.
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
#science
#education
#wildlife
#worldbeesanctuary
#pollinators

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#spring
#health
#wildlife

Bee

‘If I lay here, if I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?…’

‘Night folks.

Dream beyond their bombs, their bloodlust, their lies, their greed, their religious reasons, their glorious gods, their collateral damage, their murderous distraction…

#bee #goodnight #dream

The Bee Guy: This rainy season has nearly washed us away A broken tractor, flooded fields and a perfect storm of bad timing left World Bee Sanctuary fighting for survival — until pride gave way to a request for help.

A broken tractor, flooded fields and a perfect storm of bad timing left World Bee Sanctuary fighting for survival — until pride gave way to a request for help. www.thejournal.ie/readme/bee-s...

You can support us here:
gofund.me/16b7de263

#bees #nature #wildlife
#insects #vegan #biodiversity

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 278

Bumblebee compound eyes are constructed of 6000 individual ommatidia each of which has a hexagonal face called a facet and which all together form the surface of the compound eye.
So now you know!👀
#bees
#nature
#science
#education
#bumblebees

Bee

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

No child dreams of war.
War is the revelry of repulsive old men.

#bee #goodnight #dream

Early…

Got a new #war to watch on TV…

Aren’t war criminals and peace presidents working together just the best!

Obliterate.
Raze.
Kill.
Maim.
Massacre.
Existential threats.
Regime change.
Collateral damage.

Fuck right the fuck off.
Psychopaths are psychopaths are psychopaths are psychopaths.

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 277

The 3 simple eyes, ocelli, on the upper front of the bumblebee head are very sensitive to UV light and seem to act as sensors for light levels, but unlike the compound eyes, they are not capable of forming useful images.
#bees
#nature
#science
🌍🐝

Man stands back to camera in flooded soil surveying a field in front of him. Gorse and reeds in foreground. Grey skies and rain.

Mornin’.

Yeah…they let me on the radio again…

If you want to listen follow the link…

on.soundcloud.com/MYkyWvBuMS2u...

If you don’t… don’t follow the link and save 10 minutes of your precious time!

Simple.
Just like me.

Have a good one folks.

#bees #nature #rain
#worldbeesanctuary

Bee

‘And when the night is new
I’ll be looking at the moon
But I’ll be seeing you…’
Goodnight good people.

Dream early and dream often…

#bee #goodnight #dream

2026 KFM Hannah Kelly Interview.mp3 Saving Bees

Thanks to Hannah Kelly at @kfmradio.bsky.social for having us on this week to highlight the tough times we’ve been going through lately.

You can listen in here:
on.soundcloud.com/rMxyCJxOs559...

And help keep us sustainable here:

worldbeesanctuary.org/support-us/b...

#bees

Thanks folks.

Yellow breasted male Siskin bird looks directly at the camera head feathers soaked by the rain appearing to give hive dark black eyebrows.

“Whatever it is, I’m against it…”

Angry Bird goes full Groucho.

Image: Mrs The Bee Guy.
Male Siskin out in the rain.

#birds #rain
#siskin
#nature
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#AngryBirds
#GrouchoMarx

It’s #Friday folks!

Have the best #weekend you can.

You know the drill:
Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees

You made it through another week in this increasingly disconnected, unprincipled and unscrupulous world we now inhabit.
That’s a win.
That’ll do for now.
Yeah that’ll do just fine.