Nina Judson CrespoFeb 24, 2025
Days 5 and 6 of #the100dayproject (eeep, I started early) and this is the first of my watercolor pencil sketches I feel good enough about to share.
This year’s project is to be centered around showing up for sketching daily and reacquainting myself with watercolor pencils.
Reference photo: Jordan Ryskamp on Unsplash.
#sketch #watercolorpencilsketch #watercolorpencil #watercolorpencilandink #bee #beesketch #beecolony #honeysketch #beebrood #beebread #workerbees
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺May 22, 2024

Researchers find unique adaptations of #fungus associated with bee bread
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-unique-fungus-bee-bread.html

An #Aspergillus flavus strain from bee bread of the Western #HoneyBee (#Apis mellifera) displays adaptations to distinctive features of the hive environment https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.10918

"The western honey bee, #ApisMellifera, stores large quantities of food in the form of #BeeBread... the abundant nutritional value of this food source also makes it an appealing target for #microorganisms."

Researchers find unique adaptations of fungus associated with bee bread

The past attempts of honey bee researchers to inventory the fungal diversity in honey bee colonies revealed that Aspergillus flavus is frequently found in hives. In a new study, researchers have discovered that this fungus is uniquely adapted to survive in bee colonies.

Phys.org
Mark DunkApr 28, 2023
What happens when bees make pollen into magic bee bread https://www.honeybeesuite.com/what-happens-when-bees-make-pollen-into-magic-bee-bread/
#bees #honey #nature #beebread #pollen
What happens when bees make pollen into magic bee bread

The process of changing regular pollen into bee bread preserves and enhances the food value of pollen for raising healthy honey bees.

Honey Bee Suite