Bee.

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

Dream beyond thoughts and prayers.

#bee #goodnight #dream

I know
I know.
There is a reason.
I just haven’t come up with it yet.
Leave it with me.
#bees
#latebutgreat

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 154.

Bumblebee worker behaviour is not uniform. Number of flights taken, time spent in the nest & favourite forage patches will vary leading to differences in quantity/quality of food contributed to the nest by individual #bees .

Late you say.
Free spirited I counter.🙄

It’s the weekend folks.

Have the best one you can.

You know the drill.

Be gentle.
Be kind.
Be true.
Be like #bees .

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 153.
# 152 contd.

Some #bumblebee workers don’t do the ‘direct flight to favoured flowers’ efficiency thing.
Instead these free spirited individuals roam freely foraging unfamiliar #flower patches helping spread plant genes more…

Bee.

Goodnight Jim Bob!

Dream dreams of dandelions
Tall as the trees
Great yellow behemoths
Teeming with bees…

#bee #goodnight #dream

No editing by me of this shot from BeeGirl tonight.
Was quite chilly in the doghouse last night!😂🐶
#birds #NaturePhotography
#willowwarbler #nature

Late?
Late?
I’ll have you know I spent my day changing research behaviour to direct efficient research of favoured fact sources and spent most of the day diligently foraging these sources for…
Methinks maybe I’ve been hanging with the bumbles too much…🙄🐝😊
Never!
#bees

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 152.
# 151 contd.

After a few exploratory flights most, but not all, bumblebee workers change flight behaviour to direct, efficient flights to favoured flower sources and spend most of their lives diligently foraging in these…

Bee.

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

If we all dream the same dream is it merely a dream?

#bee #goodnight #dream

I’ll be in trouble for this with BeeGirl for screenshotting and thus editing and diminishing her superb photo but that’s my comfort zone - in trouble!
Just wanted to zoom in on this little fecker’s beak full of berry.
Another fantastic capture my darling.
I’ll be out in the…

And you thought I’d forgotten about you!
Never.
Just decided to try #theBeeAtMidnight for a change.🙄
Actually late as I left the house for the first time in a while today and found myself thoroughly surveying the surrounding landscape stopping to sample facts until…
What?
🤥😊

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 151.

On leaving the nest for the first time #bumblebee workers thoroughly survey the surrounding landscape on long looping exploratory flights; stopping often to ‘sample’ #flowers until they discover a favourite patch.
#bees

Stones, The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland. Creating shelter. Improving habitat.
#bees
#wild
#nature
#habitat
#shelter
#stones
#Ireland
#sanctuary

Please note:
The bumblebee featured in the attached clip is not Bombus dahlbomii (also called the Flying Mouse!) as we are The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland not The Bee Sanctuary of Patagonia and only feature imagery of #bees from the sanctuary here.
Also please note: Early!😊🙄🐝

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 150.

The world’s largest bumblebee is Bombus dahlbomii. Found in Patagonia queens can be 4cm long. Unfortunately now in serious trouble due to European #bumblebees being introduced to pollinate greenhouse crops since 1997.
#bees

Phoebe giving me the evil eye, think she was planning something when I called her name !!!
#dogs

Lovely seedlings. Organic flowers for bees. Most flowers/plants you buy from garden centres/home stores will be treated with a cocktail of chemicals even the ones labelled “bee friendly”. The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
#bees
#flowers
#GrowYourOwn

‘Trying to make some sense of it all
But I can see it makes no sense at all
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Chokers to the left of me
#Genocide to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you…’