Early!
And you know what they say…
See post 2 attached if you don’t!
theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 88
In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company/producer of grass seed, to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white #clover a #weed.
It wasn’t.
It isn’t.
Chemical weed killers are #poisons.
PR that.
#bees
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I installed my liquid feeder on the hive a few minutes ago. I'm glad because it will help jumpstart the production of comb for storage and baby bees. 
They seem to have enjoyed their sugar block though.
I'm getting pretty good at lighting the smoker and producing thick, cool smoke. I'm using a blend of cedar chips and burlap. The bees don't seem to mind me at all. I'll check on Bee Arthur this weekend.
Have a good evening! 
I took the new hive and I divided it vertically to make two 5-frame bait hives. I had a deep sized divider so I just made another one with the ability for the upper one to slot into it. It should work and I can put frames in the lower box too if I want to keep it divided this way for longer.
Now we wait for warmer, drier, less windy weather.
Late.
Yep!
Out sitting with the queens in the sunshine.
And my what a lot of queens there are.
Place is literally humming.
‘They got a message from the Action Man
We’re humming hope you’re humming too…’
#nature
#bowie
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 87
#Bumblebees leave a scent mark (a sticky secretion) behind whenever they land on #flowers and can distinguish between their own scent marks, those left by fellow nest-mates and those left behind by #bees from other colonies.
"In this week’s podcast, Emily Polk learns of the enduring generosity and spirit of survival of these tiny creatures, and glimpses the greater circles of loss that connect us with the more-than-human world. Listen to “Telling the Bees." via @emergencemagazine https://emergencemagazine.org/podcast/
A worker bee returning at days end after a foraging flight. There are small amounts of pollen visible. Once everything is open and blooming they should return covered.
It's official, Bee Arthur, Queen of the Yellow Hive is loose! They already ate the candy plug so she walked right out and down the 3rd frame when I removed the metal disc cover. I'd have gotten her picture but she took off into the hive.
On a secondary note, notice all that bright yellow by the reduced entrance? IT'S POLLEN, THEY WERE FORAGING!!! I'll check back in on Saturday to see if Bee Arthur is laying brood.
Have a great evening friends! 
I'm seeing more bees every time I check! After work I plan on uncorking the queen cage so she can get out and start laying eggs. Ideally we'll have 50,000-60,000 bees in two brood boxes by summer.
Yemen’s migratory apiaries have a remarkable impact: beehive numbers surged over 100,000 between 2017 and 2020! Al-Humairi's own beehives grew from 61 to 97 since adopting Tazeeb, showcasing its benefits.
In the time it takes to blink your eye democracy and decency will die…so don’t blink.
Don’t blink.
Don’t.
Blink.
#resist
#donotlookaway
#donotblink
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 86
In the time it takes to blink your eyes flying #bees will beat their wings approximately 65 times.
‘Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings…’
- John Gillespie Magee Jr
Take
A
Minute
Yellow
Gorse
Coconut
Aroma
Blue
Sky
Woodpecker
Drumming
Bird
Song
Bees
Humming
What
It
Could
Be
If…
#BeesNotBillionaires
#gorse #birdsong
#woodpecker #wildlife
#earth #wild #bees
Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
Take a moment.
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
“If we’re able to disentangle, and to reverse engineer, how nature has solved these challenges… that can be transformative for pausing ageing, human fertility, transport of organs and provide new means of fighting disease.”
Aria's second tranche of directors to focus on areas including bees, plastics and the immune system:
Join the bee resistance!
You want more #bees or more #billionaires on this planet?
#BeesNotBillionaires
Bees = vital and productive
Billionaires = dispensable and exploitive
Earth’s ecosystem needs bees not billionaires.
You need bees not billionaires.
www.beesnotbillionaires.org
Over a hundred Dunning's mining bees (Andrena dunningi) are back in the front yard again this year! WARNING: Graphic Content #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring
Howdy folks!
I’m in an early kinda humour.
If you’re enjoying the good weather in your garden/yard/patch keep an eye out for bumblebee queens out and about presently and resist the urge to tidy up. #Nature thrives in messy wild.
#gardens
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 85
Forage Basics 101:
Nectar = Carbohydrates = Sugar = Energy.
Pollen = Protein + Nutrients + Fats.
‘Bees need flowers need bees need flowers need…’
- The Bee Guy
…and you can quote me on that!
#bees
My https://wildbieneundpartner.ch #BeeHotel is running fine now for two weeks: the bees have been busy and already got 3 eggs in the observation drawer and two mudded up tubes, thus likely more there. I guess the rule or thumb is if half the tubes are full one has to buy a bigger hotel? ;)
/cc @colinpurrington #insects #bees #insecthotel
Just another scene from the observation wing of my backyard insect hotel. I don't know whether they turn around after entering or whether they back in. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #osmia #insects
"Just BeeCause" teableau for 04/05/25
"Just because," because bees are a just cause.
Late.
But I bring you not just another great fact. Not just another bumblebee.
But a big ass dollop of the brightest yellow goodness to light up your evening after a day of resistance.
Tell me you were resisting.
You oughta!
#resist
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 84
#bees consume large amounts of oxygen but don’t breathe through noses or mouths.
Instead they draw oxygen in through holes along their bodies called #spiracles and deliver it directly to tissue and muscles.
