markhortonphotography: Last May, I noticed a flurry of activity from the many red mason bees (Osmia rufa) The activity was focused around two old open drill holes, where a washing line had previously been fixed.
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Agapostemon texanus . . image for a book, Bees of California, with Gretchen LeBuhn of the Great Sunflower Project
Yeah, just gonna keep reblogging this one…
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Anthidium mormonum . . sample account image for book, Bees of California, with Gretchen LeBuhn of the Great Sunflower Project . . ink & watercolor with labels added in AI
Beeeeeeeeees
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Agapostemon texanus, WIP, First Pass With Acrylics . . image for a bee book with Gretchen LeBuhn of the Great Sunflower Project
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Hey look, everyone, I was on TV talking about bees in Connecticut!
(My boss, Kim, comes on around 2:05 and there’s me at 2:18 working in the field with my coworker Krystian! I even get to say a few derpy words at 2:43…)
Bee high five! Bombus impatiens queen on a sunflower last month in Connecticut.
Snuggle Bees - Laikipia, Kenya :3
by National Geo staff
Most species of bees on the planet are solitary and not social like honeybees. Among the solitary species, females have nests to return to at night, but males have nowhere to go and end up sleeping on vegetation. Sometimes males will huddle together for warmth and comfort. Here are two different species of male bees, an Amegilla bee on the right and a long-horn bee (Tetraloniella) on the left, that have snuggled up together on a stalk of grass in a sheltered spot under an acacia tree.
(via: National Geo) (photo: Dino Martins)
Oh god, dying from cuteness…
