Seems likely they are more "flighty" in the spring and early summer when the flowers are a bit sparser. But if you're patient you'll eventually come across one feeding calmly.
(06/03/24)
The Hairy Beardtongue is flowering early in the gardens. Other Beardtongue varieties will follow. Two varieties of native bumblebees are climbing in the blossoms this afternoon, small and medium. The pollinators are happy with the habitat twenty years in. We are fortunate. #pollinators, #growyourown, #minnesota, #nativeplants.
One sweet thing about this spring that I have noticed is that there are a lot more bees, butterflies, and birds around, taking advantage of my unmowed yard and the flowering plants I have been gradually adding. Last year, it seemed that there were fewer insects and birds than normal, so this may be just a respite from what's to come, but I'm glad for the pollinator surge anyway. Maybe my tiny efforts will help some.
🎉Good news! The new paper ‘Drought stress influences foraging preference of a solitary bee on two wildflowers’ in @AnnBot by Annika Rose-Person and co-authors is now #free for a limited time. (1/7)
“It’s not just mammals. Wild bird populations are also tumbling. Domestic poultry now constitute 70% of the world’s avian biomass. Average populations of thousands of monitored species of wild vertebrates, birds, fish, mammals, amphibians, have declined ~60% since 1970. Populations of #invertebrates, including essential #pollinators, are also in free-fall: Butterflies down 53%; beetles down 49%, bumblebees down 46%… All species monitored by WWF are down 68–70% in just 50 years.”"
My last public appearance of the season is this Saturday, June 1st!
Join me for a "Pollinator Safari / Walkabout" from 1-3pm at the East 4th Street Community Garden in Kensington, Brooklyn:
"We'll "hunt" for pollinators, and other flower visitors,around the garden. As we try to identify them, we'll learn about the garden’s biodiversity and ecology."
So yesterday this #bumblebee came flying right at my face. I tried to dodge, but it landed on my head.
Bumblebees aren't aggressive but they can sting in theory and unlike honeybees, they don't die if they do. I was worried that it would get tangled in my hair and panic.
Hair is a mess, glad I'm getting it cut on Friday. Also I want to get some more henna in there for Pride month/summer.
“Risks vary from country to country but they can include diseases or pests that might negatively impact the #Canadian#bee population including tropilaelaps mites, killer bees, small hive beetles, amitraz-resistant varroa mites & oxytetracycline-resistant American foulbrood,”.
Because of this, Olthof said there is pressure from federal & provincial governments for #beekeepers to reduce their reliance on foreign #QueenBees.
Porobnice (Anthophorini) – plemię pszczół z rodziny pszczołowatych i podrodziny pszczoły właściwych. Dotychczas opisano ponad 700 gatunków z plemienia porobnic, umieszczanych w 8 rodzajach.
Zawsze twierdziłem, że to całe pszczelarskie i domkowe (hoteliki) zamieszanie z robieniem idealnych uli i domków niby mebli to główne dla ludzi. Pszczoły wybierają przeróżne miejsca i często nie takie jak życzyliby sobie ludzie lub twierdzili, że są dla nich najlepsze, bo im się podobają.
May 20 is World Bee Day. There are ~ 20,000 different bee species in the world. Here in Ontario we have at least 400 native bees (none of which are the honeybees, which are from Europe). Bees are key to pollination. According to the UN nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, in part, on animal pollination, along with more than 75% of the world’s food crops. Further, worldwide ~35% of invertebrate #pollinators, especially bees & face extinction.