@RickGaehl@mstdn.social
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1d ago
Rick Gaehl
@RickGaehl@mstdn.social
Retired bloke in Devon, UK, who identifies as European, and is interested in politics, the environment, photography, the arts, history, cycling, and other stuff. I try to post a new photo every day. I'm also here: https://bsky.app/profile/rickgaehl.bsky.social All photos by me, unless I credit otherwise - except for reposts. I never use AI. Please "boost" my postings if you like them. I tend not to follow accounts with limited posts, bio, or followers.
mstdn.social
I'm very fond of geraniums - and so are the local bees...
#Photography #Closeup #Bloomscrolling #Gardening #Flowers #Bees #Nature
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@palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
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Jun 11, 2026
Palm Oil Detectives
@palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
Investigative Journalist doing #OSINT for #AnimalRights & #IndigenousRights. I created a non-profit platform for scientists, concerned consumers and whistleblowers to #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/ #Boycottpalmoil #Vegan #Buddhism #Wicca #Pigoneer I am #Maori belonging to many places #Aotearoa #Scotland #Poland #slavaUkraini #Palestine must be free! Animals deserve us to fight for them. All people deserve safety, green spaces, clean air and #libraries.
mastodonapp.uk
#News: HUGE win for the #bees in the #Amazon! 🧐🐝 Stingless bees are the first #insects EVER granted legal rights. They are threatened by #mining and #palmoil. We must protect them 🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #Deforestation @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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@StevenLawsonPhotography@mastoart.social
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Jun 05, 2026
Steven Lawson Photography
@StevenLawsonPhotography@mastoart.social
Husband, father, photographer, artist, conservationist, nature lover, former journalist now retired. Creator of the #MonochromeMarch event and zines. Glasgow, Scotland, Europe. 🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Posts auto-delete after 6 months.
mastoart.social
This poor wee guy, a tree bumblebee, landed on our patio table and looked exhausted so I mixed up some sugar water solution and after a good slurp, coaxed him onto a piece of card and moved him to our azalea. Obviously I had to take the opportunity to use the focus-stack setting on my OM System Tough TG7 to record his visit for posterity.
#photography #MacroPhotography #Bees #Insects
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@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
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May 13, 2026
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
https://www.worldbeesanctuary.org Founder of World Bee Sanctuary - the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland - 55 acres of certified stock free organic land dedicated to our native wild bees. The one and only true native wild bee sanctuary on the planet. No hives! No honey! Just wild! A not for profit social enterprise. Disruptive but irresistible.
mastodon.ie
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 319
Bumblebees got rhythm!
Or more to the point - bumblebees get rhythm!
Recent research found that not only can bumblebees recognise a rhythm but they can identify the same pattern even when the tempo is adjusted.
🐝🤯
#bees #pollinators
#nature #environment
#science #education #wildlife
#worldbeesanctuary #biodiversity
#organic #vegan
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@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
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May 03, 2026
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
https://www.worldbeesanctuary.org Founder of World Bee Sanctuary - the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland - 55 acres of certified stock free organic land dedicated to our native wild bees. The one and only true native wild bee sanctuary on the planet. No hives! No honey! Just wild! A not for profit social enterprise. Disruptive but irresistible.
mastodon.ie
As usual at this time of year we have people on worried about having a bumblebee ‘hive’ in their garden.
‘Are they dangerous?’
‘Should I have them removed?’
‘Will they be there forever?’
Here’s a quick #bumblebee #lifecycle thread to explain.
Please #repost / #share for the #bees.
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@Trilobyter@mastodon.world
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May 03, 2026
Trilobyter
@Trilobyter@mastodon.world
A human in Texas. Studied the geological sciences but ended up on another path working in the human spaceflight business: 37+ years on Space Shuttle & Orion, retired as of April 1st, 2026. #Photography and #gardening in my spare time. #Orion #Artemis #Fossils #Geology #NASA Travels: 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇹🇻🇦 🇨🇿 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇳🇱 🇦🇼 and 🇵🇹 (this time intentionally) .
mastodon.world
Carpenter #bee on a native #Texas rock rose blossom.
#SilentSunday #Stunday #bees #flowers #BloomScrolling #photography #InsectPhotography #BackyardWildlife
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Western Honey Bee 🍯 🐝
Fuji X-H1
Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f/2
Godox v350f
AK diffuser
SS 8000
ISO 400
F/2
Flash : 1/8
#photography #nature #naturephotography #bee #bees #insect #insekt #fujifilm #lightroom
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@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
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Apr 26, 2026
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
https://www.worldbeesanctuary.org Founder of World Bee Sanctuary - the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland - 55 acres of certified stock free organic land dedicated to our native wild bees. The one and only true native wild bee sanctuary on the planet. No hives! No honey! Just wild! A not for profit social enterprise. Disruptive but irresistible.
mastodon.ie
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 313
Glyphosate Based Herbicides (GBH) are the most widely used #pesticides globally. Increased use of genetically engineered glyphosate-tolerant crops which allow GBH application throughout the growing season hugely increases GBH exposure with severe consequences for #bees and ecosystems.
#food #nature #insects
#science #education
#biodiversity #environment
#worldbeesanctuary #vegan
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@briefecology@climatejustice.social
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Apr 25, 2026
Brief Ecology
@briefecology@climatejustice.social
Independent media outlet publishing environmental news, essays, book reviews, and fiction | Edited by @benlockwood | 100% reader-funded
climatejustice.social
The April issue of The Eco Update is here!
🐝 Urban Parks Are Refuges For Bees
♻️ Plastic, Soil, and Biodiversity
📷 Nature Photo of the Month
✊ Notes From A Radical Ecologist
📖 Eco Fiction Review: Concentric Macroscope
👇 And more!
https://www.briefecology.com/the-eco-update/april-2026
#ecology #biodiversity #bees #parks #fiction #conservation
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@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
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Apr 24, 2026
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
https://www.worldbeesanctuary.org Founder of World Bee Sanctuary - the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland - 55 acres of certified stock free organic land dedicated to our native wild bees. The one and only true native wild bee sanctuary on the planet. No hives! No honey! Just wild! A not for profit social enterprise. Disruptive but irresistible.
mastodon.ie
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 311
A recent Finnish study which exposed #bumblebees to field realistic doses of the #glyphosate based #herbicide Roundup found that the bumblebees' fine-color discrimination and long-term memory were significantly impaired.
#bees #nature
#environment #biodiversity
#worldbeesanctuary
#science #education
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@DeniseG@stranger.social
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Apr 18, 2026
Denise G
@DeniseG@stranger.social
Often posting about weather, climate, human behavior (because we’re so strange), things that concern me, and things that should concern you, too. Christian ✝️, bereaved mom, scientist. Eastern #Nebraska
stranger.social
1 million bees make for bumper-to-buzzer traffic on a Tennessee highway ramp
Travelers on an East Tennessee interstate were forced to brake for workers — and drones, perhaps even a queen — when a truck carrying about 1 million bees crashed Friday.
The swarm shut down an exit of Interstate 40 in Knoxville. There were no injuries.
#bees
https://apnews.com/article/bees-highway-crash-tennessee-592ae29c23856d6b67bcc7123fe9867a
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@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
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Mar 29, 2026
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
https://www.worldbeesanctuary.org Founder of World Bee Sanctuary - the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland - 55 acres of certified stock free organic land dedicated to our native wild bees. The one and only true native wild bee sanctuary on the planet. No hives! No honey! Just wild! A not for profit social enterprise. Disruptive but irresistible.
mastodon.ie
It’s that time of year - folks asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain.
Please #repost !
Every queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce queen #bees for next year!
So important to #share!
Thank you.🙏🏼🐝🌍
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#nature #environment #biodiversity #science #education
#worldbeesanctuary
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@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
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Mar 10, 2026
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie
https://www.worldbeesanctuary.org Founder of World Bee Sanctuary - the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland - 55 acres of certified stock free organic land dedicated to our native wild bees. The one and only true native wild bee sanctuary on the planet. No hives! No honey! Just wild! A not for profit social enterprise. Disruptive but irresistible.
mastodon.ie
#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
#worldbeesanctuary
#environment #biodiversity
#insects #science #education
#vegan
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@smalltownbc@mstdn.ca
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Mar 07, 2026
Smalltown BC
@smalltownbc@mstdn.ca
Custom made apparel representing life in beautiful Smalltown BC.
mstdn.ca
Your reminder to allow yourself to see the beauty in the little things. 🌺🐝
#nature #bees #mindfulness #MentalHealth
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@palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 03, 2026
Palm Oil Detectives
@palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
Investigative Journalist doing #OSINT for #AnimalRights & #IndigenousRights. I created a non-profit platform for scientists, concerned consumers and whistleblowers to #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/ #Boycottpalmoil #Vegan #Buddhism #Wicca #Pigoneer I am #Maori belonging to many places #Aotearoa #Scotland #Poland #slavaUkraini #Palestine must be free! Animals deserve us to fight for them. All people deserve safety, green spaces, clean air and #libraries.
mastodonapp.uk
#News: HUGE win for the #bees in the #Amazon! 🧐🐝 Stingless bees are the first #insects EVER granted legal rights. They are threatened by #mining and #palmoil. We must protect them 🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #Deforestation @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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@JdeBP__dup_33984@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 03, 2026
JdeBP
@JdeBP__dup_33984@mastodonapp.uk
This is a general, but non-politics, account covering everything from computer programming to supermarket meal deals; any politics will be taken up by @JdeBP. For #senryu and #SlowLife tasks, see @JdeBP. For the command-line and system tools (including #nosh and #djbwares), specifically, see @JdeBP.
mastodonapp.uk
Most #JasonStatham movies are not worth it. I've mentioned #Homefront and Crank: High Voltage.
The only reason that I stuck with #TheBeekeeper (2024), despite Statham once again strutting around muttering expressionlessly, fighting people, and stealing other people's cars, was the cast of British actors (from #MinnieDriver through #JemmaRedgrave to #DonGilet) all putting on their best General American accents and pretending to be the upper echelons of the U.S.A. intelligence services and government.
I was also intrigued by the #bees, but that part was rubbish.
There are holes in the plot that one could drive a truck through. Indeed, Statham does drive a truck through one, and ride underneath a truck over another. The whole premise of the movie is stupid, and it is nothing more than a bunch of fight scenes strung together, but not with anything like the panache of Kill Bill.
Of course they've already made a sequel. I can make a good guess what Statham will be doing.
#UKMovies
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One of my favorite pollinator photos, and the bee isn't even in focus. Which is why I love it. (Bombus sp., Illinois)
#bees #Bombus #pollination #Solidago #Nature
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@hildabast@mastodon.online
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Feb 13, 2026
Hilda Bastian
@hildabast@mastodon.online
Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. 🦘 I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/ #MetaScience #SystematicReviews #Epidemiology #ClinicalTrials #Grief #Vaccines #Wikipedia #History #HistSci #Science #OpenScience #OpenSocialWeb
mastodon.online
My best photo yet of a native Blue-Banded Bee! 😍 😍 😍 It doesn't do the brilliance of the blue justice, though.
They are buzz pollinators, so as usual, I heard it before I saw it. (Buzz pollinators shake the pollen off by vibrating — it's a loud buzz!)
More about them here: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-with-bec-crew/2014/09/blue-banded-bee-a-native-beauty/
#WildOz #Bees
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@Aywren@gamepad.club
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Feb 05, 2026
Aywren
@Aywren@gamepad.club
#Gamer #Blogger #Webcomic #Artist #Writer Playing RPG, Sim, MMO & Survival Games Main MMO: #FFXIV - Crystal Data Center #SecondLife oldskool resident Into the #OldWeb and coding my own sites on #Neocities My Socials: https://aywren.com/socials #fedi22
gamepad.club
If a cozy, idle beekeeping 🐝 game sounds like your jam, I just checked out Grandpa's Bee Haven, which has a free Steam demo to try!
#Gaming #VideoGames #Blog #Bees
https://aywren.com/2026/02/05/steam-gaming-grandpas-bee-haven
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