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Bizzybees - my independently published (but not self published) collection of stories for lovers of #sciencefiction and/or fat little #bumblebees

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#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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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

I often find sleeping bees on my dahlias, but i don't remember seeing this many bumblebees resting on one flower before. (Roy
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#canadagardens #gardensky #dahlias #flowerscrolling #bloomscrolling #gaygardeners #queergardeners #mygarden #photography #flowerreport #sleepingbee #bumblebees

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Bumblebee tongues are red/orange in colour, long, stretchy and hairy at the end. Perfect for lapping up nectar.
When in flight the tongue folds under the head and body inside a sheath.
#bees #science
#bumblebees
#nature #education
#pollinators

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Bumblebees can recognise objects through touch.

Only a small number of species - humans, apes, dolphins, some fish and...#bumblebees can learn about an object with one sense and later identify it with another.
Fantastic #bees!

#nature #bumblebees

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Like all #insects bees have exoskeletons.
Their skeleton is on the outside.
Once they have hatched from their cocoons as adults they cannot grow any bigger.

#bees #education
#nature #biodiversity
#pollinators #bumblebees
#science #environment

Bellicose #Bumblebees / #Mumangavas 🐝🧡 are iconic in #Brazil 🇧🇷 We rely on them for pollinating #fruit and veg. Yet industrial #agriculture is driving them to extinction. Help them #bee #Vegan 🍆🍅 #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-dY1

#JoanneFreeman mentioned playful bees to #HeatherCoxRichardson during a #whattheheckjusthappened episode, leading me to post an old video of #bumblebees in #CaliforniaPoppies to YouTube. I say "Why not post that link here too?"
youtu.be/Zj5OegkpChI
#cheerful, #summer, #hope, #saynotodespair

I found this little bumble sheltering in this flower during heavy rains.

#bumblebees #garden #bloomscrolling

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Foraging #bumblebees gather nectar into their honeystomachs to carry it back to their nest.

The honeystomach can hold up to .20 ml and the equivalent of up to 90% of the body weight of the bee.

#bees #insects
#nature #education
#science #wild

A Cuckoo Bumble Bee at Saddle Mountain State Recreation Area, Astoria, OR. Foraging on ragwort near the trailhead. Screenshots from video taken on 08/03/2026. #macrophotography #bumblebees #ecology #nature #photography

So one 🌸 goes to seed and another 🌸 takes over feeding #bees & #bumblebees

the wonderful #melancholythistle this morning +

the glorious #meadowcranesbill among the
#hedgebedstraw feeds more #bees & #bumblebees

#grownativeplants4insects
#allotmentlife