These ‘between flight stopovers’ can last for up to an hour and #bees are not always careful about where they take them - sometimes the middle of a footpath can be the ‘ideal’ spot! So if you see a big #bumblebee chilling on the ground don’t always presume she needs rescuing!
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…to the ground zig-zagging across the landscape - they’re house-hunting. Stopping to explore in long grass and vegetation, hollows in trees, stone walls, under sheds and even compost heaps. During this time #bumblebee queens spend a lot of their time resting between flights. 4/9
#Bumblebee queens emerge in early spring from #hibernation and immediately need to feed - that’s why early flowering plants are so important. Apart from feeding their mission at this time is to find a suitable site to establish a nest. Hence you will observe queens flying low…
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You know that spring is finding its way into the year when bumble bee queens are floating all around your garden.
First bumblebee of the year for me here in Glasgow. Yet another sign that we're now well into Spring.
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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A full #bumblebee pollen basket can contain over one million pollen grains.
The colour of the pollen basket is indicative of the flowers upon which the bee has foraged.
#bees
#nature
#pollinators
#wildlife
Random Old Comic: Box Office Success https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2019/01/14/box-office-success/ Box Office Success #Bumblebee #Ironhide #OptimusPrime #Transformers https://www.facebook.com/815217756713386/posts/1282435746658249?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
"Vivid Honeybee" by James DeFazio
Prints and much more available at: https://james-defazio.pixels.com/featured/vivid-honeybee-james-defazio.html
Here is a #short look at #Transformers Legacy United Origin #Bumblebee! Is he Buzzworthy?
Random Old Comic: Surface Dwellers https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2024/12/06/surface-dwellers/ Surface Dwellers #B #Bumblebee #D #Elita #Megatron #OptimusPrime #OrionPax #Transformers https://www.facebook.com/815217756713386/posts/1239810797587411?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in remarkable #Scotland #rewilding project https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bumblebee-population-increases-116-times-over-in-remarkable-scotland-project-4882622
"in 2021, when some of the fields managed by the project were still barley monoculture, only 35 #bumblebees were counted. But by 2023, after just two years of #NatureRestoration work in the same fields, the population increased to 4,056. The diversity of bumblebee also doubled from five to ten different species."
