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https://worldbeesanctuary.org Founder of World Bee Sanctuary the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland. - the first native wild bee sanctuary on the planet The only certified vegan organic land in Ireland. Disruptive. Lovable. Unfiltered. 🐝🌍
It’s #Friday folks!
Have the best #weekend you can.
You know the drill:
Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees
And remember Mr President…
‘It's so important to make Russia happy
Make just one, Russian happy
Make just one heart to heart you, you sing to
One Vlad that cheers you…’
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 290
In late summer new #bumblebee queens mate before hibernating.
The queen stores the sperm collected in her body until she chooses how to use it the following year.
This choice determines the sex of her offspring.
#bees
#nature
#science
#insects
Bee
Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.
Dreams find a way…
#bee #goodnight #dream
Yes bumblebee queens generally complete their lifecycle in about a year. Female workers and males only a matter of weeks.
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 289
Bumblebee queens prefer to hibernate in north facing slopes sheltered from the sun as these areas are later to heat up in the springtime and so help prevent the queens from emerging too early.
#bees
#bumblebees
#vegan
#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 288
On average spring bumblebee queens tend to be larger yet lighter than autumn queens.
Why?
Queens lose 80% of body fat over winter.
Big #bumblebees more likely to survive hibernation.
So larger yet lighter #bees more likely to emerge.
#nature
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Insects, worms, spiders, seed etc
Mornin’
Amidst all the noise and bluster and warmongering…
Take a minute or so with this wee Dunnock busy seeking breakfast beneath the moss here on World Bee Sanctuary today.
Yep…we know…and you’re very welcome…
#nature #heals
#war #kills
#worldbeesanctuary
#birds #dunnock #biodiversity
Bee
Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.
Dreams shelter the refugees of a reality captured and perverted by the grotesque.
#bee #goodnight #dream
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 287
Research suggests that around one in five #bumblebee queens perish during winter #hibernation.
Heavier queens, having greater reserves of fat and glycogen, are more likely to survive than their lighter counterparts.
#bees
#nature
#wildlife
🐝🌍
#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
#science
#insects
Thank you for that love.
I agree telling someone about a bad week is very hard. But listening, truly listening and actually hearing is hard. To hear beyond the noise and distractions. To hear without judgment. To hear without solving. Just to be there with the person, the words and the meaning.
Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here near #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
#seas
#health
#chill
Bee
Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.
Dreams die beneath the rubble of the psychopaths’ war crimes.
#bee #goodnight #dream
Such a beautiful planet.
Such beautiful potential.
Such ugly leaders.
Such ugly minds.
Such ugly deeds.
#earth
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 285
Bees don’t have ears.
#bees
#nature
#science
#education
#biodiversity
#wildlifev
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 284
Bee vision is trichromatic. They perceive three colours of light - green/blue/ultraviolet (and combinations of).
Humans, primates and some new world monkeys are also trichromats but our three colours are blue/green/red!
#bees
#nature
#science
It’s #Friday folks!
Have the best #weekend you can.
You know the drill:
Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees
And be saddened and concerned by the language of media as they normalise the waging of unconscionable wars and the impersonalisation of mass murder and death.
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 283
Larger bumblebees tend to have larger eyes than smaller bumblebees. Larger eyes mean higher light sensitivity which enables flight under lower light conditions. So dawn/dusk low intensity light favours foraging by larger #bees.
#nature
#education
Every child
Murdered
Each a lost lifetime of dreams
Of laughter
Of love, of tears, of joys
Of smiles, of being
Every child
Murdered
By malignant old men
War-screaming soft-bellied cowards one and all
Every child
Should haunt the dreams of humanity
#bee #goodnight #dream
2/2
Bee
‘All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting’
- Orwell
1/2
#bee #goodnight #dream
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 282
Foraging early in the morning when flowers have not been visited by competing pollinators may mean that the ‘early bee’ achieves extremely high foraging rates.
Many flowers furnish much higher nectar crops at this time.
#bees
#nature
#wildlife
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‘Good #morning…
oh…and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!’
Image: Marigold thinking about doing the flowering thing.
Nope not bananas!
But that’s all I see now.
Tiny little bananas.
Yep…now you can’t not see bananas…🍌
It’s not it’s a #marigold.
Bananas!
Stop it…
Bee
‘Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime…’
Dreams favour the brave…
#bee #goodnight #dream
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 281
Bumblebees spend long periods in bright sunlight but can’t close their eyes.
UV induced damage is known to impact the eyes of some insects but bumblebee eyes exposed to similar levels of UV-radiation appear unaffected.
#bees
#nature
#science
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 280
# 279 contd.
Bumblebees can actively increase their body temperature.
Measurement of temperature and eye reaction speed suggests that observed gain in eye reaction speed could be a result of increased body temperature.
#bees
Bee
Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.
Dream bees not bombs
Orchids not ordnance
Meadows not missiles
Intelligence not ignorance
Grace not greed
Restraint not reprisals
Nuance not nuclear…
Life not lies.
#bee #goodnight #dream
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 279
When bumblebees move their vision improves!
A study found that walking bumblebees actually process visual information 20% faster than inactive bumblebees.
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
#science
#education
#wildlife
#worldbeesanctuary
#pollinators
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
#spring
#health
#wildlife
Bee
‘If I lay here, if I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?…’
‘Night folks.
Dream beyond their bombs, their bloodlust, their lies, their greed, their religious reasons, their glorious gods, their collateral damage, their murderous distraction…
#bee #goodnight #dream