#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 69. If you are lucky enough to have #solitarybees in your garden - LOOK AFTER THEM! They build small solitary nests in cavities in the ground/timber/walls, fly for only a few weeks, don’t swarm and are superb #pollinators. #bees #nature #biodiversity#gardens #environment#worldbeesanctuary #science #democracy #education #vegan#naturephotography #wildlife

Good Morning!!! You ask us: ‘Are these very small #bumblebees we’re seeing out foraging around now a specific species?’ A good question. Thanks for asking it. Here’s a brief thread to explain these diminutive beauties. Please #repost / #share. Likes are nice but reposts spread knowledge. A small ask for the small bumblers. 🐝 #bees #biodiversity#nature #wildlife#environment #pollinators#worldbeesanctuary#farming #food #vegan 1/9

Mornin’. Swallows feeding over Small Meadow here on World Bee Sanctuary today. Lost count at 50. Clean wild habitat folks. Clean Wild Habitat = Insect Abundance. Insect abundance = Insect eaters. It is that simple. (Sound up) #birds #swallows #nature#worldbeesanctuary #summer #insects #biodiversity #birdsofmastodon#environment #habitat #organic

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 51. Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. To generate the body heat needed for this they will make up to 6000 flower visits per day to collect nectar. #bees #biodiversity#bumblebees #environment#nature #science #vegan#worldbeesanctuary #insects #dandelions

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 44. For most species of bumblebee the queens will usually only mate with one male. Most males never actually get to mate successfully but if given the chance will indeed mate with more than one queen! #bees #biodiversity#nature #environment#bumblebees #science #education #insects #worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 38. Relatively hardy and able to vibrate their bodies to create heat, #bumblebees are able to forage in cooler temperatures than honey bees. They can begin foraging earlier in the day and continue later into the evening. #bees #pollinators#nature #biodiversity#education #science#worldbeesanctuary #food #vegan #environment

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 36. Experiments have shown that #bumblebees are theoretically capable of flying at altitudes higher than Mt. Everest (29,000 feet). They have been observed in the wild at altitudes as high as 16,000 feet above sea level. #bees #nature #environment#biodiversity #wildlife #science #education#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 31. Bumblebees beat their wings at up to 240 beats per second and they fly at speeds around 4.5 metres per second/16 kms per hour. Foraging #bumblebees have been recorded flying at speeds of up to 14 metres per second! #bees #nature #biodiversity #environment #wildlife #insects #worldbeesanctuary#eduaction #science

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 #summer #august #bees #flowers#naturephotography#health #wildlife

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 #summer #life #health #hoverfly #cosmos #flowers #august

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

Bees visit #flowers for nectar and pollen. Nectar provides energy and nutrients. Pollen is a source of protein that is mostly fed to their young.

‘Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.’

• Henry Adams #bees #bumblebees #nature #worldbeesanctuary #wildlife #environment #summer #biodiversity #science #education

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 #summer #health #life #meadows #wildlife #naturephotography

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 #summer #life #health #bees #wildflowers #monday

Just a quick snapshot of bumblebee life. Nothing more. Nothing less. Nature at her purest here on World Bee Sanctuary during the week. No AI. No CGI. No deceit. No lies. No egos. No kings. #bumblebees #wildflowers #fieldscabious #meadows #summer #nature #wildlife #worldbeesanctuary #bees#environment #insects #biodiversity #beesofmastodon

People often enquire about the landscape around us here at World Bee Sanctuary. Well…if you send a drone up directly above us and do a 360° (which we did) this is what you get… Farmland and commercial forestry. Absolutely nothing of permanence for #nature. #wicklow #ireland#worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

Keeping honey bees does NOT help our declining native wild bee populations. In fact keeping honey bees means more bees competing for ever more precious forage.

‘Bees are for life not just for honey.’

• The Bee Guy

#bees #honeybees #nature #truth #facts #education #science #worldbeesanctuary #environment

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

Bees are a #vegan evolution of wasps - feeding on #nectar and #pollen collected from #flowers rather than on prey.

‘Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.’

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

#bees #bumblebees #nature #environment #worldbeesanctuary #wildflowers #biodiversity #wildlife #insects #education #science #summer

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

Only about 10% of bee species are social. The other 90% are solitary #bees. They live in individual nests, don’t have a queen and don’t make honey.

‘The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude’

• Voltaire #nature #worldbeesanctuary #education #science #biodiversity #vegan #environment #worldbeesanctuary

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 7. Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. “Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” -Hans Christian Andersen #bees#nature #summer #bumblebees #clover #worldbeesanctuary #education #science

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

Male bumblebees can’t sting. (No stinger). They’re primarily here to do the wild thing!

‘Let me tell you about the birds and the #bees And the flowers and the trees And the moon up above And a thing called love’

• Herb Newman

#nature #bumblebees #environment #thistle #education #fifa #biodiversity #worldbeesanctuary #summer #science #pollinators #wildlife