Beautiful print of Osmia conjuncta by @minouette. #bees #insects #snails #cepaea #shells #art #linocut https://spore.social/@minouette/109755706800013312

Beautiful print of Osmia conjuncta by @minouette. #bees #insects #snails #cepaea #shells #art #linocut https://spore.social/@minouette/109755706800013312
It's bumble bee season, happy Wednesday!
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@nev Another cute bee you might try to find is Osmia inermis, a rarely-photographed species with a Palearctic distribution. Their mud-and-chewed-leaves brood chambers can be found by FLIPPING ROCKS. To narrow down which rocks to turn over you should look for pollen-laden mason bees disappearing into pebble fields. #bees #rocks #osmia #insects https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203170093
Mornin’.
Liberation Day?
Liberation Day?
I don’t think so.
Liberation Day will be when we liberate ourselves from the tyranny and control of billionaires, corporations and psychopathic dictators.
And that’s not today you orange stain.
Y’all have a nice day now.
Here’s a bee.
#BeesNotBillionaires
#bees
#liberationday
@FotoVorschlag
#FotoVorschlag
'verblüffend' komplex ist der kleptoparasitische lebenszyklus dieses bei uns eher selten gewordenen, bedrohten Schmalflügligen Pelzbienenölkäfers (Sitaris muralis), mit seiner hypermetamorphose über viele larvenstadien. seht selbst:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmalfl%C3%BCgliger_Pelzbienen%C3%B6lk%C3%A4fer
Three big fluffy bumblebees (and one honeybee) were all over the huckleberry bush today. Didn’t even notice the tiny flowers. The sound of buzzing was such a sweet surprise. Buzzfest 2025
Bombus vosnesenskii (maybe)
Okay, okay…here’s the genuine bee fact for today.
No Taylor Swift.
No Marvin Gaye.
No trickery.
No fools.
Just a lovely Common Carder #bumblebee on a vital #dandelion flower.
Go easy folks.
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 80
# 79 contd.
This plant stressing bee behaviour may be a ‘tough love’ adaptation as #climate breakdown brings bees out of hibernation earlier.
If no food is available #bees die, pollination suffers and plants disappear too.
I take care of #bees now
this is a Cornish Black Bee who got a little too cold for flight getting a helping hand.
Well, I just ordered a bag of snail shells from Etsy to add to my insect hotel. Apparently there are 3 species of mason bee in North America that nest in them, and one, Osmia conjuncta, might reasonably occur in Pennsylvania. Thought I'd give it a shot. Illustration shows Osmia bicolor (a European species); from Wood's 1883 book, Insects Abroad. #osmia #bees #snails #insects #entomology
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 80
A recent study in Sweden has found that music can affect bumblebee mating - specifically the length of mating events.
In a laboratory environment broadcasting soul songs such as Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ resulted in longer and more frequent mating events.
Songs by #TaylorSwift were found to decrease mating event duration and often inhibit entirely mating between #bumblebees.
#bees
#nature
#April
Where have all the bees gone?
Not sure about the reported problems elsewhere, but they're thriving in my garden.
This artwork is now sold, thank you.
If you are interested in seeing or purchasing my art, I'd love you to visit my Etsy shop.
*shop link in my profile
#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Bees #Poppies #insect #insects #InsectArt #InsectDrawing #OriginalArt #Drawing #PenAndInk #ColourPencil #MixedMedia #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ScottishArtist #GiftIdeas #ArtShop
Video of a female mason bee (Osmia sp.) backing out of a tunnel at my insect hotel. This is the observation wing (pulls out and has plexiglas cover) so I'd be delighted if she chose to nest there. #BeeHotel #InsectHotel #bees #insects #pollinators #osmia