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#bees

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Colin Purrington

Beautiful print of Osmia conjuncta by @minouette. #bees #insects #snails #cepaea #shells #art #linocut spore.social/@minouette/109755

8”x8” Lino block print of a small blue and black bee Osmia conjuncta landing on an upturned empty Cepaea snail shell in gold with brown on cream coloured washi paper
Spore by Project MushroomEle Willoughby, PhD (@minouette@spore.social)Attached: 1 image Here’s my #printerSolstice @printerSolstice #linocut for the prompt “texture”. The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. #printmaking #masonBee #snailShell #OsmiaConjuncta #Cepaea #sciart #EasternSnailShellMasonBee #nativeBees #pollinator #washi
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Colin Purrington

@nev Another cute bee you might try to find is Osmia inermis, a rarely-photographed species with a Palearctic distribution. Their mud-and-chewed-leaves brood chambers can be found by FLIPPING ROCKS. To narrow down which rocks to turn over you should look for pollen-laden mason bees disappearing into pebble fields. #bees #rocks #osmia #insects inaturalist.org/observations/2

iNaturalistMountain Mason Bee (Osmia inermis)Mountain Mason Bee from Schwaz, Österreich on July 26, 2018 at 04:45 PM by iwo2022
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sollat

Three big fluffy bumblebees (and one honeybee) were all over the huckleberry bush today. Didn’t even notice the tiny flowers. The sound of buzzing was such a sweet surprise. Buzzfest 2025

Bombus vosnesenskii (maybe)

A big fluffy bumblebee hanging upside down on a huckleberry branch to get at the tiny light pink flowers. The bee is mostly black with very pale yellow stripe at the bottom of the abdomen and a sort of headpiece in the same shade.
A big fluffy bumblebee climbing up a huckleberry branch to get at the tiny light pink flowers. The bee is mostly black with very pale yellow stripe at the bottom of the abdomen and a sort of headpiece in the same shade.
#Bees#Bumblebees
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The Bee Guy

Okay, okay…here’s the genuine bee fact for today.
No Taylor Swift.
No Marvin Gaye.
No trickery.
No fools.
Just a lovely Common Carder #bumblebee on a vital #dandelion flower.
Go easy folks.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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# 79 contd.
This plant stressing bee behaviour may be a ‘tough love’ adaptation as #climate breakdown brings bees out of hibernation earlier.
If no food is available #bees die, pollination suffers and plants disappear too.☹️

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The Bee Guy

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 80

A 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 #TaylorSwift were found to decrease mating event duration and often inhibit entirely mating between #bumblebees.
#bees
#nature
#April
🐝🌍

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