In bee news, male Osmia are showing up at the insect hotel in my back yard (Swarthmore, PA, USA). The females never choose to use these tunnels, sadly, opting instead for the smaller, paper-lined cavities in the wood blocks. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #MasonBees #bees #nature #pollinators #insects
It is that time. Not the abomination of a double flowered cherry. This one is a powerhouse for insects.
Honey bee colonies in the U.S. are projected to decline by up to 70% in 2025, entomologists at Washington State University said on Tuesday.
@NBCNews reports:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scientists-warn-severe-honey-bee-losses-2025-rcna198141
The queen bumblebee is back, availing herself of the dwarf cherry blossom. I didn’t realise they had such a long proboscis, hence my doubt over what it was previously. Love hearing the #bees buzzing and the birds singing
#Spring
#pollinators
#BloomScrolling
And I get lost in a drop down menu.
Go easy folks.
Stop and listen to the hum of a passing bumble if you’re lucky enough to still have them in your vicinity.
#nature
#planet
#pollinators
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 75
#Bumblebees are able to start foraging earlier in the morning and continue until later in the evening when landmarks aren’t visible as they can use the polarised light of the sky as a GPS for guidance to their nest!
#bees
Bees move so fast I have to take dozens of pics just to get one clear shot. I managed to take one mid-flight that reminds me of that cat meme.
What do you think?
(Xylocopa virginica)
#gardening #jardin #garten #pollinators #bees #abeille #bloomscrolling #FleurisTonFil #flores #blumen #花#permaculture #insects #insekten #昆虫 #spring #Printemps #primavera #fruhling
Blueberries are blooming and the bees have arrived. 
Xylocopa virginica, eastern carpenter bee
#gardening #jardin #garten #pollinators #bees #abeille #bloomscrolling #FleurisTonFil #flores #blumen #花#permaculture #insects #insekten #昆虫 #spring #Printemps #primavera #fruhling
A thread of how I sort through my insect hotels in advance of the season. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #wasps #hymenoptera #insects #pollinators 1/n
Just baking the insect hotel, as one does, to kill any dermestid beetles, book lice, and mites that are hiding in the cracks after the bee and wasp cocoons have been removed. #BeeHotel #InsectHotel #bees #wasps #hymenoptera #insects #pollinators #entomology
