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Fuzzy black and lemon bee pollinating lavender petalled flower with yellow center.
Happy Fly-day. We made it!
Male common eastern bumblebee
(Bombus impatiens)
on New England aster
in the Logan Square neighborhood
of Chicago on 9-8-25
Visiting this weekend, on my mind 🖖🏼
#flyDay #eck #bugsky #macro #photography #macrophotography #bees #bumblebees #nature #art #pollinators 🐝
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 289
Bumblebee queens prefer to hibernate in north facing slopes sheltered from the sun as these areas are later to heat up in the springtime and so help prevent the queens from emerging too early.
#bees
#bumblebees
#vegan
#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
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Spring crocuses. 💮🌺
Their beauty lasted only a few days and how intense were their scent and colors attracting the first pollinators. The buzz of bumblebees collecting that heavy pollen was something I didn't want to miss.
#nature #flowers #wildlife #spring #bees #bumblebees #pollinators #widlife
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Little insect with black head, legs and antennae sitting on pink flowers.
Wow! Scientists believed that melting snow and heavy rains drowned queen #bumblebees that hadn't yet awakened from their winter sleep. But a new study shows they can remain alive even when spring floods submerge their underground chambers. 🐝💧
buff.ly/UAo0K6x
📸 L. Borg-Darveau/ Univ. of Ottawa.
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"[I]t turns out submerged queens can survive for days by breathing underwater, Darveau and colleagues at the University of Ottawa in Canada report March 10 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences."
#Bees #Bumblebees #Biology
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#Bees - the most fascinating creatures.
"For several months of the year, queen bumblebees enter a dormant state underground called diapause. The queen is the only member of the colony to survive the winter."
#science #bumblebees
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We all need a little queen bee energy sometimes! 👑 🐝
My queen bumblebee brooches are eco-friendly and £1 from every purchase goes to
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust to support their work securing the future of our precious wild #bumblebees.
littleconkers.co.uk/bumblebee-brooch/
#handmadeUK
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 288
On average spring bumblebee queens tend to be larger yet lighter than autumn queens.
Why?
Queens lose 80% of body fat over winter.
Big #bumblebees more likely to survive hibernation.
So larger yet lighter #bees more likely to emerge.
#nature
🐝🌍
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Spotted down the end of my garden this afternoon. Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) Looking for a suitable nest site. #Bumblebees #Spring
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A queen Early Bumblebee nectaring on a Pulmonaria flower. You can just see her red tail which is characteristic of this species. Bumblebees are hard to photograph as they rarely stay still except when feeding, when they are obscured by the flowers.
Blurry shot of a queen Early Bumblebee enjoying the Pulmonaria in my garden this morning. Pulmonaria is a great plant for spring bees, Hairy-footed Flower Bees love it too. #bumblebees @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
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Bumblebee on the open flowers of a goat willow tree
Bumblebee on the pussy willow.
This goat willow seeded itself in the garden and it’s great to see the benefit to wildlife.
#rewilding
#wildflowers
#bumblebees
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Putting together some images of the 8 bumblebee species I documented on CFC property in 2025 for next week's annual meeting. Character limit won't let me list them all.
No. 5. is the Rusty-patched BB (federally endangered)
#bumblebee #bumblebees #beemonitor #citizensforconservation
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I made two nesting spaces for bumblebees in my garden, I hope bumblebee queens will like the spaces and build a nest there, first queens are flying right now so decided to make these.
#wildlife #wildlifegarden #garden #bumblebee #bumblebees #nestingspace #nest #tuin #natuurtuin #hommel #hommels
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My garden 2 days ago, sunny, warm, bumblebees on the crocus 🐝🐝🐝
This morning it's-2C frost covering everything ❄️❄️❄️
That's northeast, Co Durham, in the springtime ❄️🌿🐝❄️🌱
#nature #bees #bumblebees #springtime #flowers #crocus
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The world we live in,
where we have views like these,
we have the birds & the bees,
yet, we continue choosing killing sprees.
#nature #beauty #love #growth #photography #bumblebees #easternkingbird #mountains #forest #birds
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Gardening under my cherry plum tree and the buzz of bumblebees is so loud above my head! Just gorgeous! #gardens #gardening #bees #bumblebees
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Good morning, Bluesky
Here's a little bumble bee butt to start the day
#nature #photography #bees #bumblebees #flowers #bloomscrolling
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This square image shows a bumblebee on yellow sweet clover above, and a diagram from the published story below. Credits: Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) on the yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis). Tallinn, Estonia.By Ivar Leidus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50238435 The importance of color, pattern, and shape for pollinator flower selection. Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw9320
Decisions, decisions! How do #bumblebees on the wing find the most likely sources of nectar? These #scientists devised an #experiment that revealed 2-level thinking! #bees #insects #science
phys.org/news/2026-03...
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Exploring the nature of Grantham
#nature #writing #photography #bees #bumblebees #photography #wildflowers
creamcrackerednature.blogspot.com/2026/03/expl...
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A fuzzy black and yellow bumblebee nestled inside an open purple crocus, amidst green grass, with other purple flowers out of focus in the background.
One cold morning I found a cute little furry bumblebee, curled up inside a crocus as if it were its sleeping bag 🥹
#NaturePhotography #Insects #Bumblebees #EarlySpring #Crocus
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While identifying #bumblebees I came across an interesting male of #Bombus rufocinctus. The second image shows the normal head/face of a male, while the head in the second is quite deformed; the right eye/antennae are absent but the exoskeleton is present and is covered with hair. #beesofcanada
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A queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee visiting Mirabella plum flowers in back garden. Our first confirmed sighting this year. Lovely! ☺️🐝🌸❤️
#inverts #bumblebees #spring
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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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
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Our #AGM is on Sat 25 Apr at SRUC Craibstone in Aberdeen.
After the AGM & awards' presentations our guest speaker, Dr Johanna Yourstone, will discuss the COMPETITION BETWEEN MANAGED #HONEYBEES & #BUMBLEBEES
Lunch & lecture open to non-members
buytickets.at/sba/2040879
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#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
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Closeup photo of a big black bumblebee on a yellow flower
I see these pretty big black #bumblebees here in the south of #brasil all over the place. I'm not sure what #insect they are, but I finally got a good #photo of one. The wings are really striking in their color.
#bugs #flowers #bees #insectphotography
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A bumblebee species with a white tail, black abdomen and orange-brown upper body.
I think this is a Tree Bumblebee on my front doorstep this afternoon, but happy to be corrected. #bumblebees
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