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The Bee GuyLate. Yep! Out sitting with the queens in the sunshine. And my what a lot of queens there are. Place is literally humming.‘They got a message from the Action Man We’re humming hope you’re humming too…’ <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bowie</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 87<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumblebees</a> leave a scent mark (a sticky secretion) behind whenever they land on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> and can distinguish between their own scent marks, those left by fellow nest-mates and those left behind by <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> from other colonies.

The Bee GuyIn the time it takes to blink your eye democracy and decency will die…so don’t blink. Don’t blink. Don’t. Blink. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/donotlookaway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donotlookaway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/donotblink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donotblink</a> 🌍🐝<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 86In the time it takes to blink your eyes flying <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> will beat their wings approximately 65 times.‘Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings…’ - John Gillespie Magee Jr

The Bee GuyHowdy folks! I’m in an early kinda humour. If you’re enjoying the good weather in your garden/yard/patch keep an eye out for bumblebee queens out and about presently and resist the urge to tidy up. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> thrives in messy wild. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 85Forage Basics 101:Nectar = Carbohydrates = Sugar = Energy.Pollen = Protein + Nutrients + Fats.‘Bees need flowers need bees need flowers need…’ - The Bee Guy …and you can quote me on that! <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

The Bee GuyLate. But I bring you not just another great fact. Not just another bumblebee. But a big ass dollop of the brightest yellow goodness to light up your evening after a day of resistance. Tell me you were resisting. You oughta! <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 84<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> consume large amounts of oxygen but don’t breathe through noses or mouths. Instead they draw oxygen in through holes along their bodies called <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spiracles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiracles</a> and deliver it directly to tissue and muscles.

The Bee GuyEarly!It’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friday</a> folks!Have the best <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weekend</a> you can.You know the drill:Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kind</a> Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gentle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gentle</a> Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#true</a> Be like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> Oh…and don’t be a little rich stand for nothing bitch that starts a global trade war for attention.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 83<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumblebees</a> made history when over 130 years ago they were brought from England to New Zealand to pollinate red <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/clover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clover</a> for farmers - the first <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> to be introduced to a country to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinate</a> a specific plant.🙁

The Bee GuyLate? Yep! Working in one of the meadows all day. Forgot to bring food. Chilly enough so I had to crawl home to take advantage of the small difference in altitudinal air temperature. Hey if it’s good enough for <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> What? What?🙄<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.# 82If food is scarce bumblebees will forage in temperatures as low as 40°F. They will vary the height at which they fly to and from the nest to take advantage of any small differences in altitudinal air temperature.

The Bee GuyMaybe I should ask a bumblebee to chew on a bee fact…then it might arrive early!🙄 What? What? I do this for free!<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 81Research found that tomato plants flowered up to 30 days earlier in response to their leaves being chewed by hungry <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebees</a>. When this behaviour is mimicked by cutting the leaves they only flower 5 days earlier! <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

The Bee GuyOkay, okay…here’s the genuine bee fact for today. No Taylor Swift. No Marvin Gaye. No trickery. No fools. Just a lovely Common Carder <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebee</a> on a vital <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dandelion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dandelion</a> flower. Go easy folks.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 80 # 79 contd. This plant stressing bee behaviour may be a ‘tough love’ adaptation as <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> breakdown brings bees out of hibernation earlier. If no food is available <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> die, pollination suffers and plants disappear too.☹️

The Bee Guy<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 80A recent study in Sweden has found that music can affect bumblebee mating - specifically the length of mating events. In a laboratory environment broadcasting soul songs such as Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ resulted in longer and more frequent mating events. Songs by <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TaylorSwift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaylorSwift</a> were found to decrease mating event duration and often inhibit entirely mating between <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebees</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/April" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April</a> 🐝🌍

The Bee GuyTold you I’d be back! With today’s fact. Still not sure if it’s late or not but it’s definitely a goodie regardless of the time. And I am… Regardless of the time!🙄 Go easy folks.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 79Recent research suggests that if food is scarce hungry <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebees</a> will chew on plant leaves - not to eat them - but to stress the plant causing it to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flower</a> thus providing earlier <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollen</a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>. Chew on that! 🤯

The Bee GuyLate? Not sure. They’ve been messing with the clocks again…and given my already tumultuous relationship with time…well…it wouldn’t surprise me if this wasn’t even today’s fact! It’s not? Ok I need another fact. I’ll be back!<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 78Unlike females, male <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebees</a> don’t perform learning flights on leaving the nest. They fly directly away never looking back. 😥 They do however perform learning flights on leaving <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> to memorise location. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

The Bee Guy<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 77Female <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> perform ‘learning flights’ where they memorise features of an important site. They look back to ‘fixate’ the site as they leave. Learning flights occur on first departing their nest and newly found <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a>.

The Bee GuyIt’s been a few days. What’s been happening? Any tariffs on speaking the truth yet? <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/tariffwanker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffwanker</a> Anyhow… It’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friday</a> folks. Have the best <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weekend</a> you can.You know the drill:Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kind</a> Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gentle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gentle</a> Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#true</a> Be like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 76Bees are able to navigate using the polarised light patterns in the sky by virtue of their 3 ‘simple eyes’ or <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ocelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocelli</a> which are positioned on top of the head between their 2 larger compound eyes. So 5 eyes in all! 👀

The Bee GuyAnd I get lost in a drop down menu.😂 Go easy folks. Stop and listen to the hum of a passing bumble if you’re lucky enough to still have them in your vicinity. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#planet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 75<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bumblebees</a> are able to start foraging earlier in the morning and continue until later in the evening when landmarks aren’t visible as they can use the polarised light of the sky as a GPS for guidance to their nest!🤯 <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

The Bee GuyLate? Yep! 9 days late. Try that on for size!😊 Been very busy cooking something up. But the facts are back from today so all is good with the world again…isn’t it? Isn’t it? 🙄😔 Thanks for your patience folks.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 74A bee’s colour vision is the fastest in the animal world. Bees see colour 5 times faster than humans. Whereas people have trouble distinguishing one flower from another in a group of flowers <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> see every single <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flower</a>

The Bee Guy<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 73The species of bumblebee that inhabit more tropical parts of the world - where the growing season is long - can have colony cycles of up to two years and nests containing up to 2000 bees at any one time. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> 🐝🌍

The Bee Guy<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 72Arctic <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebees</a> have adapted to (up to now!) a short cool flowering season. They have large first broods of about 16 female workers that forage continuously all day and overnight during bright <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arctic</a> nights. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a>

The Bee GuyLate? Not in Vegas baby. Not in Vegas.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.# 71# 70 contd.Carrying heavy pollen loads on the legs makes <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bumblebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bumblebee</a> flight more stable in windy conditions; but in calm weather bees with nectar-full honey stomachs are more nimble than those carrying pollen loads. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sanctuary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a>

The Bee GuyLate? Have you seen the pollen baskets on this hard working bumble? Who cares about late when I bring you such wonders. On a regular basis. A very regular basis. All the time. Every day. For free…for free?…wait a second…😂 <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.# 70Bumblebees transport pollen in ‘baskets’ on their hind legs and nectar in their honeystomach. They can carry their body weight in nectar and up to 90% of their body weight in pollen. What they carry affects how they fly. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

The Bee GuyEarly! It’s the sunshine. Has me in a positive demeanour. Things starting to move about the place. Colours returning. Birds singing. The odd hum of wings on the breeze. It’s life Jim, but not as we know it…much anymore.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.# 69If you are lucky enough to have <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/solitarybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solitarybees</a> in your garden - LOOK AFTER THEM! They build small solitary nests in cavities in the ground/timber/walls, fly for only a few weeks, don’t swarm and are superb <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

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