“Lupine Landing”
Bumblebee working the white wildflowers in RMNP.
#Bumblebees
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60.
Larger female bumblebee workers are better at all tasks so why then are there small workers?
Small workers are vital as they are more resilient to starvation: a colony insurance policy of sorts in case of nectar shortage.
#bees #bumblebees
#nature
@nora-finch.bsky.socialThe Bees Took a Play Break Bumblebees chose to roll wooden balls even when no food reward was involved. #NoraFinch #NatureHasQuestions #Bumblebees #AnimalPlay #BeeResearch
@concretebotany.bsky.socialLate Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) shot yesterday north of Grays Ferry Avenue between Forgotten Bottom & Devil's Pocket.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Wildflowers #Bumblebees
@romancebloggers.bsky.social10/14/2026 Morning Glory Flowers and Bumble Bees #onelinerweds #1linerweds #morninggloryflowers #bumblebees
Morning glory flowers took over part of my yard fence and a grassy area across the sidewalk where other flowers have grown in years past,
#1-LinerWednesday #bumblebees
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59.
Large female worker #bumblebees are better at foraging so smaller female workers tend to concentrate on in-nest jobs such as nursing and incubating.
Are they better at these tasks?
No - the larger #bees can be better here too!
#nature #environment
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@canadianpat.bsky.socialBellicose #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
@mimitlrife.bsky.social‘On To Another Flower’
(August 2026)
#photography #photos
#bees #insects #bumblebees
#ECK #MacroPhotography
#flowers #BloomScrolling
#NaturePhotography #nature
#pollen #hibiscus
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57.
In some bumblebee species female workers can be up to ten times larger, in terms of their mass, compared to other sibling workers from the same nest.
Larger workers are usually assigned the task of foraging.
#bumblebees
#bees
#nature
#education
@norska11.bsky.socialBellicose #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
@royalsocietypublishing.org#Insects expend energy to stay airborne, but how this cost changes with speed has remained unclear. This #RSOS paper measured the energetic cost of flight across a range of airspeeds in #bumblebees, desert locusts, blowflies and hawkmoths: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@altemagazine.comVüxin’s ‘Bumblebees’ Wants You to Escape Modern Life
Read the full feature :
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55.
Bee brains are smaller than a sesame seed and have less than 1 million neurons (we have 86 billion).
They are however highly intelligent - can add/subtract, get the concept of zero, solve puzzles and recognise faces!
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialBuff-tailed Bumblebee celebrating in Abbey Gardens #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk this morning! 😉
#bumblebees
@rogerhorton.bsky.socialExtraordinary that Buff-tailed Bumblebee came top in the vote. Must be the least familiar of the final four. NOT a Honey Bee and just any bumblebee. Here’s one celebrating. 😉
#bumblebees
@pocket-ireland.comBeads, Blooms, and a Busy Bee buff.ly/QNkfBlI
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53.
On returning to the nest foraging #bumblebees fly back and forth fanning their wings secreting a pheromone which encourages other workers to go foraging on flowers with the same scent as the returning bee.
Scentsational #bees!
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52.
Bumblebees have hearts but they are not ❤️ shaped.
Bee hearts are straw shaped organs and run the entire length of the body.
@wzrdprang.bsky.socialTaken yesterday. Pollinators still very busy. If you look closely, you can see the bumble's tongue! #pollinators #bumblebees
