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Five second video of a parasitic cuckoo wasp at one of my insect hotels. I love how their antennae are always in motion. And their huge eyes. And their metallic color. But huge pain to ID. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #CuckooWasp #chrysididae #insects #bees #wasps

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Please leave the leaves. And make a vow: no more leaf blowers!

#Nature #Bees #Biodiversity

Cutaway drawing of a bumblebee queen hibernating inside a leaf-covered nest in the corner of a yard beneath the snow.
Text says:
MOST BUMBLEBEE QUEENS NEST JUST BELOW THE GROUND OR UNDER PILES OF BRUSH IN WINTER.
LEAVE THE LEAVES. BAN THE LEAF BLOWER. IN THE SPRING, AVOID RAKING, TILLING AND MOWING UNTIL THE QUEENS EMERGE FROM THEIR WINTER NESTS IN MAY.

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226d

Bike security in Bristol is reaching new levels. #bike #bees #bristol

A bicycle attached to a Sheffield stand with a U-lock. It is guarded by an entire swarm of cute honey bees, hanging from its handlebars.

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210d

A violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea), spotted in #Goettingen, Germany.

#photography #nature #wildlife #insects #bees #CarpenterBees #Göttingen #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #Fujinon #XF90mm

(photos: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Photo of a large black bee covered in in yellow pollen, flying close to the opening of a violet bell-shaped flower.

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Photo of a large black bee covered in in yellow pollen, sitting on the edge of a violet bell-shaped flower.

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Photo of a large black bee covered in in yellow pollen, sitting inside a violet bell-shaped flower.

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118d

#bees #gardening #flowers

Did you know? When bees grow s, they don’t always make it back to the hive. Instead, they spend their last night resting gently on a flower beneath the stars. If they see another sunrise they gather a last bit of pollen

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The January cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features a Review by Brenman-Sutner & Zayed on how new developments in 'omics techniques have enabled unique insights into the ecology and evolution of bees.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf226

📸 Amro Zayed

#genome #evolution #bees #pollinators

Genome Biology and Evolution | January 2026 cover

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