#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 212 Research suggests that even relatively short periods (a matter of hours) of exposure to heatwave‐like temperatures can severely impair the cognitive performance of insects including #bumblebees. #bees #nature #science #environment #education 🐝🌍

Bee Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep. In these tawdry times, dream elegant dreams… #bee #goodnight #dream

And for the landscape orientated among you…never let it be said… Have the best day you can folks. Don’t waste it. You won’t get to live it again. Do that thing! #bees #live

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 211 The central place foraging behaviour of #bumblebees requires that they have cognitive capacities such as navigation, memory and learning. Anything which impairs these capabilities will impact upon the health of the colony. #bees #nature #science

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 210 Bumblebees are central place foragers - they locate floral resources, fly to them as efficiently as possible, determine the most rewarding flowers, memorise their location, return food to the nest and then remember/repeat! #bees #nature #science

Here’s a #MondayMorningMinute with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary. Take a moment. #pause Go do some #good. Have the best week you can. If you’re not having a good week - tell someone. And if someone tells you - Listen. Really #listen. #mentalhealth #wellbeing #resilience #fungi #Monday

Bee ‘Everytime we say goodbye, I die a little, Everytime we say goodbye, I wonder why a little…’ Night y’all. Dream they didn’t smile as they report the evil. As they host the greedy. As they compromise themselves in the presence of psychopaths. #newsanchors #journalists #bee #goodnight #dream

‘Raindrops keep falling on my head But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red Crying's not for me, 'cause, I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining Because I'm free…’ Day 5 November 7 Rain falls constant in uncertain times… #TheBeeGuysSenseOfRain #rain #ASenseOfRain

It’s #Friday folks. Have the best #weekend you can. You know the drill: Be #kind Be #gentle Be #true Be like #bees Speaking of which here are a few honey bees for balance: …Oh…and stay out of the Oval Office…old men/drug lords might fall on you…

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 209 # 208 contd Bumblebee v Honeybee When searching for a specific ‘target’ #bumblebees are slower but more accurate than #honeybees which are faster/more impulsive and make more errors. Bumblebees sacrifice speed for accuracy. #bees #nature #facts

‘Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.’ Nabokov Day 4 November 6 Another day filled with fine rain that ghosts through places it ought not be. #TheBeeGuysSenseOfRain #rain #ASenseOfRain

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 208 Bumblebee v Honeybee The series continues. Research found that when searching for a ‘target’ (eg a specific flower) #honeybees and #bumblebees employ different speed-accuracy trade-off strategies! To bee 😞🙄continued. #bees #nature #environment

Dusk in the village. Gournay-Loizé France September 9th That warm dry evening breeze. A dryness of the air we don’t get here in Ireland. #catchup #perspective #offsanctuary

‘Here comes the rain again Falling on my head like a memory Falling on my head like a new emotion…’ Day 3. November 5. Again that fine invisible rain that feels like walking through the breath of the heavens. #TheBeeGuysSenseOfRain #rain #ASenseOfRain

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 207 Once more with the #bumblebee v #honeybee theme: Bumblebees employ a neat trick called ‘buzz pollination’ to dislodge hard to access pollen in certain flowers. Honey bees don’t got this move in their repertoire! #bees #nature #environment

Busy summer. Reflections and catch up over the next while. Humour me. Indulge me. Suffer me. Or not. It’s happening any way. Saintes. France. Early September. First foray to mainland Europe in 12 years. #perspective #offsanctuary

‘The sound of the rain is a soft, gentle sigh, A whisper of nature, a lullaby…’ Wordsworth Day 2. November 4. A fine misty rain all day here. Not quite enough to grasp, but there constant to damp the lungs. #BeeguysSenseOfRain #rain #ASenseOfRain

No landscape bee today folks. Why? Just to be awkward…what a lovely word…actually an awkward word when you stop to really look at it…two w’s with a k in between…I like the cut of its jib…anyway…where was I?…oh yes…no landscape bee today. Why? A glance of a honey bee instead. You’re welcome! #bees

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 206 Again the #bumblebee v #honeybee theme: Bumblebee eyes allow higher spatial resolution in vision than honey bee eyes so details are clearer, however, honey bees have better colour discrimination abilities than bumbles. #bees

Bee ‘Closing time, you don't have to go home But you can't stay here…’ Goodnight folks. Dream beyond the Shire, beyond the lies, beyond the psychopathic tech whores… #bee #goodnight #dream

#TheBeeGuysSenseOfRain #rain Managed to escape to France for an oh-too-brief moment in early September (more on that again). One day standing on a bridge over the river Sèvre Niortaise in the city of Niort watching fish in the water below and a kingfisher by the bank, a local lady… 1/x

It’s #Monday. It’s The Bee Guy. He’s early. Musk’s a wanker. All facts. Have the best week you can folks. Stay away from their narrative and be good humans. You can still choose that. In the meantime, here’s your landscape #bee:

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 205 Continuing the bumblebee v #honeybee theme: Whereas honey bee hive/colony tasks are ‘assigned’ by AGE of the bee, bumblebee nest tasks are related to the SIZE of the individual bee rather than the age. #bees #bumblebees #nature #environment 🐝🌍

Here’s a #MondayMorningMinute with #nature here on #worldbeesanctuary. Take a moment. #pause Go do some #good. Have the best week you can. If you’re not having a good week - tell someone. And if someone tells you - Listen. Really #listen. #mentalhealth #wellbeing #Fall #leaves #health #autumn

Bee Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep. Dream dreams so bright they light up lives. #bee #goodnight #dream

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 204 Continuing the bumblebee v #honeybee theme: The annual colonies of #bumblebees are substantially smaller than those of honeybees. Bumblebee nests house at most a few hundred bees. Honey bee hives house tens of thousands. #bees #nature 🐝🌍

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 203 The evolutionary lines leading to today’s bumblebee and honey bee species have their origins in very different environments - #bumblebees in the northern temperate zone, #honeybees in the tropics and subtropics. #bees #nature #science #insects 🐝🌍

It’s #Friday folks! Have the best #weekend you can. You know the drill: Be #kind Be #gentle Be #true Be like #bees Oh…and scare somebody!!!! It’s #Halloween !! Orange pumpkins and masks? Sounds like a White House ICE meeting! Have some fun folks! Here’s your landscape #bee :

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 202 When foraging, bumblebees can make up to 1000 flower visits in a single hour. One thousand! To do this the ability to control flight to enable them to land precisely and quickly is essential. #bees #bumblebees #nature #science #insects 🐝🌍

Bee Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep. Dream dreams beyond reason. #bee #goodnight #dream

One for my Canadian friends! Go Jays! Looking good! Came across an old T-shirt of mine in a storage box over the summer - getting a lot of wear over the past few weeks - a 1991 relic. 12 years older than Yesavage. Go finish this Friday! OK Jays - Let’s Play Ball! #BlueJays #worldseries

Still not sure what time it is…3pm? 2pm? 4pm? 🙄😂 All I do know for sure is that it is time we took the demise of #bees and #nature seriously!As for climate, well…fuck Bill Gates. Whenever he’s finished taking it from Trump that is. Anyhow here’s your landscape bee for today.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 201 Research found that synthetic fertilisers and pesticides sprayed on flowers alter the electric field around these flowers. Bumblebees/pollinators detect this change and may be less likely to land on these flowers to forage. #bees #nature #science

Kestrel kestrelling by the sea. They drag me off-sanctuary once in a while. Sometimes it’s worth it.😂 Observed this amazing creature hunting along the sea-shore recently. A study in the majesty and engineering of nature. How perfectly still the head remains… #kestrel #birds #nature #sea #wildlife

Yep…you know what’s coming…for those who prefer their #bees in landscape format… Have a great day folks! Talk don’t scroll. Walk don’t ride. Be don’t consume.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 200 #Bumblebees make use of various floral ‘cues’ when interpreting if a flower is attractive/useful to them as a source of forage. These cues include scent, colour and the electric field of the flower. #bees #nature #environment #worldbeesanctuary 🐝🌍

Bee Sleep tight folks. ‘no I don't want your sympathy the fugitives say that the streets aren't for dreaming now manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories They want a piece of the action anyhow…’ Your streets. Your dreams. Ice free… #bee #goodnight #dream

‘This is my fucking village…show your face pussy, show your face pussy…’ Respect. This is how you do it. Relentless. There’s more of you than them. Much much more. Be relentless together. It is your village. #fucktrump x.com/pabloreports...

And for those with a penchant for the landscape image… They fucked with the clocks again…why must they mess with #time? The rest of the creatures we share this time and space with (and our own young un’s) don’t adjust their routine overnight. Don’t sleep on. Time to call time on fucking with time.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 199 Intensive agriculture causing a lack of mid/late season floral resources may be putting pressure on early emerging #bumblebee species to start colonies even earlier to ensure reproduction before forage resources decline. #bees #nature #science 🐝🌍

Bee Goodnight brave people. ‘Hey now, hey now, don’t dream it’s over…’ #bee #goodnight #dream

And for the phone tilters, the wide version: #bees #landscape

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 198 A study in Sweden found that the flight period of #bumblebees there advanced by 5 days over the last 20 years. In one area where agriculture is the main land use spring queen activity advanced by 14 days over 100 years. #bees #nature #science 🐝🌍

Mornin’. Read this recently and it hit hard. Good teachers are the foundations of good people and a better society. Great teachers are star dust. Maybe take a moment #teachers #kids #caring 1/x

Bee Night y’all! ‘See the time we shared it was precious to me But all the while I was dreaming of revelry…’ #bee #goodnight #dream

It’s #Friday folks! Have the best #weekend you can! You know the drill: Be #kind Be #gentle Be #true Be like #bees And if you want to renovate your place looks like you can just fire ahead now - no need to check with the relevant authorities or seek permits… Right-winging the East Wing baby…

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 197 Larger sized #bumblebees are capable of travelling further from the nest to forage and explore for #flowers. These big #bees are also able to transport larger loads of #pollen and #nectar than their smaller sized sisters. #nature #environment 🐝🌍

Mornin’. ‘Take the time to waste a moment…’ #nature #worldbeesanctuary #pause

Bee Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep. Dream naive dreams unbroken by reality… #bee #goodnight #dream