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TomLooks like good pollination on the apricot tree even though I'll probably remove all but a few if they set.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BloomScrollingWithBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrollingWithBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoneyBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyBees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orchard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApricotBlossom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ApricotBlossom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApricotTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ApricotTree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apricot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apricot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlowerWithBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlowerWithBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April9</a>

DeeAnn LittleWithout my glasses I thought that this was some weird dirt clump on the floor that I was about to sweep up, until I saw it moving (very slowly, I don't think it can fly right now). It's having a drink of sugar water from a jar lid and hopefully it'll perk up. <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugstodon</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

TomHoney bee in an Orange Emperor tulip.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BloomScrollingWithBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrollingWithBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoneyBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlowerWithBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlowerWithBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April9</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangeFlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OrangeFlowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollen</a>

TomHoney bee on a sarvis berry blossom.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BloomScrollingWithBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrollingWithBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoneyBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlowerWithBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlowerWithBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April9</a>

Don Ray<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fruit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/orchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orchard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a>One much warmer day later…Same cluster of buds on the pear tree. Most of the buds here are open, and 1/3 of the buds overall on the tree. Pollinators have noticed!

I AmAnitaBig bumblebee rushing buzzily through the undergrowth. If I was childish I would say it sounds like it’s farting, but I won’t because I’m a very mature and responsible person. 👀 <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garden</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

TomA short bee video after lots of beekeeping things today. Not a lot of pollen but it only got up to 53F/12C today and no sun until late afternoon.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeVideo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeMovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeMovie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoneyBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyBees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April8</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a>

TomLots of bees gathering water after the rain, I guess this leaf provided something tasty.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoneyBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyBee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April8</a>

Tom<a href="https://epicure.social/@Pollinators" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Pollinators</a> I looked it up to be sure and it's the Lorenzo Langstroth's 1861 book Hive and the Honey Bee, which is the third edition. It was not in the first edition.Copy of it here:<a href="https://archive.org/details/practicaltreati00langa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/practicaltreati00langa</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeeSwarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeSwarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bivouac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bivouac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

Pollinators<a href="https://mastodon.social/@firephoto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@firephoto</a> And thank you to the 1853 Hive and Honey Bee book. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>.

Mazz@1984:blob_cat_ohnoes: Oh no! <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VarroaMite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VarroaMite</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> Varroa mite detected in ACT raises bee industry concerns | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT <a href="https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8936395/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8936395/</a>

NatureMatchCuts Podcast<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LazyGardening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LazyGardening</a>: birds have introduced the native <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Arum" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arum</a> maculatum at their drinking place. A fascinating <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23plant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plant</a> catching drain flies as <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pollinators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Birds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> eat the red berries at the forest edge and excrete the seeds. More <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gardening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23animals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-07-when-gardeners-run-wild-part-1/id1630784381?i=1000606747381" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NatureMatchCuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureMatchCuts</a>

Petra van Cronenburg"In this week’s podcast, Emily Polk learns of the enduring generosity and spirit of survival of these tiny creatures, and glimpses the greater circles of loss that connect us with the more-than-human world. Listen to “Telling the Bees." via <a href="https://zirk.us/@emergencemagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@emergencemagazine</a> <a href="https://emergencemagazine.org/podcast/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://emergencemagazine.org/podcast/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/natureWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#natureWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reconnectingWithNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reconnectingWithNature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moreThanHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moreThanHuman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a>

LionelBA rather beautiful shining gold hoverfly. Epistrophe eligans.The season for insects is now well under way and dramatically different than last year.<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/hoverfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hoverfly</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

J blueFuzzy little punks!Three days the flowers were blooming and no insects came even though they were swarming the blueberries.I spent over an hour hand-pollinating this bush this morning and now 3 different species of bees are visiting the flowers.WERE THEY WATCHING ME???Habropoda laboriosa, blueberry digger bee Osmia taurus, tuarus mason bee Apis mellifera, western honey bee<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/garten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garten</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/jardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jardin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/%E6%98%86%E8%99%AB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#昆虫</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insekten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insekten</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fleuristonfil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fleuristonfil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/%E8%8A%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#花</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

Backyard EcologyOver a hundred Dunning's mining bees (Andrena dunningi) are back in the front yard again this year! WARNING: Graphic Content <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spring</a>

LionelBThey are moving very fast, visiting their favourite shrubby Teucrium flowers. Hairy-footed Flower Bee once more. <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/solitarybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solitarybees</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

Gav_patI left a shady corner from mowing this spring and it’s covered in Lesser celandine flowers - such a pretty flower - so glad I did! I now have an early Wildflower corner! • <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lessercelandine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lessercelandine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ranunculaceae?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ranunculaceae</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/buttercup?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buttercup</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mellowyellow?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mellowyellow</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildflower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflower</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildcorner?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildcorner</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pollinators?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

jaja"Just BeeCause" teableau for 04/05/25"Just because," because bees are a just cause.<a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tea</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Teableau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Teableau</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/TeaCozy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeaCozy</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/TeaCosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeaCosy</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/VintageChina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageChina</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handmade</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sewing</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Crafting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crafting</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Honeybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Honeybees</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Figurines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Figurines</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dogs</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/HerbalTea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HerbalTea</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oregon</a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Miniatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Miniatures</a>

KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)A good day for first solitary wasp to emerge<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

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