Sound up 🔊 Common carder bee 🐝🎶 Happiness levels 😊📈 One of the Big Eight, the common carder bee is, as the name suggests, a widespread common species and is found almost everywhere in the UK. What bumblebees have you spotted recently? 👀

Just leaving this here!! 😬🤣🐝🤔🤔🤔

The BBKA is looking to collect data on honey bee winter losses and see if the 2022/3 winter was worse than normal Could you please take a few minutes to complete a short, anonymous questionnaire. The questionnaire will remain open until Sunday June 18th forms.gle/rkCWaqb39fEnQz…

Our lovely breeder queens are doing a great job this season Danish Buckfast Reserve your British-reared Buckfast queens now at borderhoney.com/products/briti… #buckfastbees #buckfastqueen #breederqueen #beefarmer #danishbuckfast #britishbuckfast #bfa #beefarmersassociation #honeybee

Did you know bumblebees have a “foot comb”? 🤔 Female bumblebees collect pollen by brushing pollen grains out of their hair and into their pollen baskets using a specially adapted comb on the tarsus (foot) 🦶🪥 Find out more about bumblebees 👉🏾 ow.ly/sjWB50OKlCu

study: Sublethal effects of oxalic acid on the bee Apis mellifera: changes in behaviour and longevity english.resistantbees.es/?p=356 via ResistantBees.com

Honeybees communicate with other bees using pheromones. In addition to their dances, honeybees also communicate with each other using pheromones. These chemical signals are used to alert other bees to danger, mark food sources, and regulate the behaviour of the colony.

Did you know there are over 20,000 species of bee in the world? #InsectWeek

The term washboarding refers to a behavior exhibited by honey bees on the front surface of the hive. It is characterized by bees repeatedly rubbing or scraping their abdomens against the hive's wooden surface. A short thread:🧵

Queenless colony shook out & within a few minutes marching happily into the next door neighbour hive.

‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions bit.ly/44CstRi

Let's start the week with something adorable: a sleeping male Buff-tailed bumblebee 🐝💤 What bumblebees did you see over weekend? 👇🏽📷🎥 📷 Michaela Flint

Big bumble bee queen enjoying my Astrantia ❤️🐝🐝

Defra update 29.8.33 So far in 2023 there have been 26 Asian hornet nests found in 23 locations. On the 23rd of Aug the NBU located 2 nests at a third location in Maidstone, Kent, which will later be destroyed. The NBU has active operations at a site near Canterbury, Kent.

The Apimondia Congress 2023 starts tomorrow! Join us in Santiago, Chile for #Apimondia2023🐝 Visit the Congresss website for the latest updates apimondia2023.com

Chile welcomes you to the 48th Apimondia Congress! 4 - 8 September 2023 #Apimondia2023🐝

Varroa Defense Investigations in our hives: - In this way SC bees fight against Varroa mites – Investigation of survivor colonies 09/03 - how do SC bees defend against Varroa mites? - Does the drone brood act as a Varroa trap in small cell english.resistantbees.es/?p=101

Edición de OCTUBRE Campo y Abejas NOTIC&AS Nº 200. Leer: calameo.com/read/004388337… Ley de Promoción de la Producción Orgánica. Apicultura en riesgo. Australia debe convivir con varroa. En Chile subestiman a la apicultura. Después de Apimondia, qué? Lanzamiento de Zafra Miel 2023.

📷 Honeybees are fascinating creatures that play a crucial role in our ecosystem. They are responsible for pollinating many of the fruits and vegetables that we eat, and they produce the sweet and delicious honey that we enjoy. bit.ly/3Zcy5ih