#thebeeat3 search results

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 314 What strategy do foraging #bumblebees use to decide which flower to choose & how long to work it? Why the maximum rate of energy return strategy of course,😂 which prioritises the amount of nectar/sugar collected per minute.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 313 Glyphosate Based Herbicides (GBH) are the most widely used #pesticides globally. Increased use of genetically engineered glyphosate-tolerant crops which allow GBH application throughout the growing season hugely increases GBH

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 312 # 311 contd Exposure to #glyphosate damages #bumblebees' fine-color discrimination. Small disturbances in color vision can be disastrous for foraging success as #bees try to distinguish between visually similar flower types.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 311 A recent Finnish study which exposed #bumblebees to field realistic doses of the #glyphosate based #herbicide Roundup found that the bumblebees' fine-color discrimination & long-term memory were significantly impaired. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 310 Study: Train two bumblebees to push a Lego block for a reward. Now allow access to the task earlier to Bee 1. She waits for Bee 2 to catch up to start pushing the Lego hinting at ‘actively coordinated collaboration’ in #bees.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 309 #Insects tend to navigate by use of path integration and landmark guidance for homing. Bees being #bees however display more complex behaviors, including creating novel shortcuts and optimal routes between locations.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 308 Despite the small size of their brains #bumblebees are really really good at navigation. They navigate on a par with vertebrates and in certain aspects their sense of direction is better than that of humans. #bees #nature

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 307 Research suggests that protecting/enhancing existing #hedgerows with early blooming species like #willow, hawthorn, ground ivy, red dead-nettle, maple & cherry could improve bumblebee colony success rate from 35-100%. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 306 # 305 contd. The research indicated that a two week gap in the availability of forage to a #bumblebee colony during March/April could result in up to a 90% reduction in numbers of daughter queens subsequently produced. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 305 # 304 contd Larvae drive demand for food in #bumblebee colonies but where are these resources deployed? The larvae require POLLEN for GROWTH… and THERMAL regulation of the brood uses up most of the energy from NECTAR. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 304 # 303 contd. Research found that a bumblebee colony’s demand for nectar and pollen is a function of the number of larvae in the nest rather than the number of active female adult workers. #bees #nature #science #education

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 304 Researchers in France observed bumblebees travelling over great distances by hitching lifts on passenger airlines. Queens, males and worker females were all recorded engaging in this behaviour although one anomaly was the

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 303 # 302 contd. Bumblebee food demand peaks during March to June. Shortage of food during these critical months can result in dire consequences for colony survival/queen production and risks local population extinction. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 301 Recent research analysing trends in virus and parasite transmission in bees, by season, indicates that honey bees likely play a role in increasing virus levels in wild #bumblebees each spring. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 300 The back & forth motion of bumblebee wings create vortices in the air like tiny hurricanes the eyes of which have lower pressure than the surrounding air and keeping those eddies of air above the wings helps #bees stay aloft.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 299 Heat-stress research indicated not only that female worker #bees struggle more than males in adapting to unusually high temperatures but also wild #bumblebees seem more affected than ‘commercially manufactured’ bumblebees. 🐝

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 298 Bumblebee antennae (which the #bees use to ‘smell’) that had been exposed to 40°C heat events continued to have greatly impaired scent responses 24 hours later (in cooler ‘normal’ temps) and no consistent pattern of recovery.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 297 The effects on #bumblebees of exposure to a simulated extreme temperature event appeared more severe in female workers reducing ability to smell floral scents by up to 80%. Male #bees were less affected with a 50% reduction.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 296 A recent study suggests that the ability of #bumblebees to detect floral scents may be severely impaired by heatwaves/high temperature events. #bees #nature #worldbeesanctuary #insects #science #education #insects

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 294 # 293 contd. The queen now loses some of her dominance over her workers. Some ‘go for it’ and lay eggs of their own. This causes strife between sister workers and between daughters and queen. Harmony breaks down in the nest.

A Queen being mated I think. Spotted in my garden. ⁦@BumblebeeTrust⁩ #theBeeAt3 #bumblebees

Note: Bee in the attached #theBeeAt3 fact is not a Bombus dahlbomii as we only use our own footage from the sanctuary & we’re in Ireland not South America - though you wouldn’t know that if you saw the type of football we play here.😂 #Zico. So here’s what she really looks like.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No.61. Bumblebee queens prefer to hibernate in north facing slopes sheltered from the sun as these areas are later to heat up in Spring and so help prevent the queens from emerging too early. #bees #bumblebees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 25. Pollination is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma. Pollinators are animals that facilitate this transfer. Bees are kick-ass pollinators. To be continued… #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 48. What #bees see. Flowers evolved to attract bees/insects. Many have ultraviolet ‘nectar guides’ of ‘bee purple’ which are not visible to the human eye but a beacon to bees, pointing them to the #nectar/pollen source.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 47. Colours #bees see. For bees the visible spectrum starts in the yellow shades of orange, is at its highest in the bright blues and continues down into ultraviolet. They don’t see reds/maroon. Ability to see UV is vital.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. #16. It is often thought that hummingbirds have the highest metabolic rate (energy used per unit of time) of all animals however the metabolic rate of bumblebees is 75% higher. ‘I love not man less, but Nature more’ - Byron #bees

We’ll be at @DublinVegfest tomorrow if you’re at a loose end and fancy some good food, good company, live bee facts and climate chats. Drop by and say hello! We don’t sting - much!😂🤌🐝 #bees #theBeeAt3 #DublinVegfest

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 26. Apples, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, onions, avocados, celery, carrots, cucumber, watermelon, pears, peas, beans, broccoli, cabbage, coriander, lemons, sunflower oil, currants, cashews. Thanks to our little friends: #bees

Okay #theBeeAt3 prize question will be up here at 3.30pm. This week’s small prize will be a free annual HumbleBee ‘Friend of the Bees’ subscription which you can gift to a friend if you’re not interested yourself. You can check out what it is on our website if you want! Thanks.

Replaying #theBeeAt3 from this week. Make sure you catch these basic bee facts each day as there will be a test on Sunday to check you’ve been really paying attention. Small prize for the 1st correct response on our timeline. Be there. Or don’t. We’ll be there either way. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. #WorldBeeDay Special. A fact & a confession: I’m The Bee Guy & I talk to bees. On a regular basis. I greet them as they pass. I apologise for us. I ask if they’re okay. & #trees & #birds & #wasps But mostly #bees Bumblebees.

Way early today so that you can consume yet another incredible bee fact and get started on the weekend before you really ought to. Enjoy. Have a great weekend. And if you’re in your garden - go gentle - little creatures live there! #theBeeAt3 #weekend Pic courtesy @The_BeeGirl

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 42. Great flowers to have in your garden: Knapweed - Greater & Lesser, Vetch - Bush and Tufted, Bird’s-Foot Trefoil, Clovers, Phacelia, Borage, Sunflower, Calendula, Musk Mallow, Dandelion, Scabious, Thistle, Cosmos..1/2 #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No. 58. Relatively hardy & capable of vibrating their bodies to create heat, bumblebees are able to forage in cooler temperatures than honey bees. They can begin foraging earlier in the day & continue later into the evening. #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 13 Bees have five eyes. Two compound eyes on the side of the head and three simple eyes in between. ‘Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher’ - Wordsworth #bees #nature #solitarybees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 82. Bees don’t do #ValentinesDay. Don’t do poisoned pointless flowers. Don’t do plastic trinkets. Don’t do planet destroying toxic treats. Bees do #wildflowers. Bees do everyday. Be like #bees #Love everyday. Not just one day.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 36. No 35 contd.. If a single raised leg doesn’t warn you off a #bumblebee will often raise more legs. If you persist she’ll go belly up to reveal her stinger. Males do likewise but are bluffing - they have no stinger! #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No 51. As with all insects #bees have exoskeletons. Their skeleton is on the outside. Once they have hatched from their cocoons as adults they cannot grow any bigger.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. No. 59. #Bumblebees have four wings. The two back wings are smaller and are usually attached to the bigger front wings by a row of hooks. This can sometimes lead to the mistaken impression that they only have two wings. #bees