Mastodawn

***this avocado is off a tree that NEVER BEFORE produced fruit. Someone asked us to put a rescue beehive there, and the tree is now LOADED with giant avocados. Anyway, that's why people keep asking us to put any captured swarms of bees on their property. #pollination #beekeeping

schneckenhaus 5d ago

Eine Biene im zeitigen Frühling sammelt Pollen an den ersten Blüten, ihre Hinterbeine bereits schwer von gelbem Staub. Die Sonne wärmt gerade genug für ihren kurzen Flugradius, während die meisten Pflanzen erst zu treiben beginnen.
13.02.2026, #Greece #Peloponnese #Argolis #bee #macro #spring #pollination [2]

Julian Mar 12

This is a meadow plant bug (Leptopterna dolabrata; German: Langhaarige Dolchwanze) on the underside of this plant. As it was evening the light was difficult but it creates an comfortable atmosphere for finding the little creature.

Taken with Sony Alpha 6000, Samyang Macro 100mm, 1/3200s, ISO 800

#macrophotography #macro #makrofotografie #makro #photography #fotografie #outdoor #nature #natur #naturaleza #bug #beetle #käfer #heteropteran #heteroptera #wanze #Sony #Samyang #allgäu #animal #animalphotography #tier #tierfotografie #wild #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wilderness #Wildnis #spring #closeup #details #detailed #flower #flowerphotography #Germany #макро #фотографія #німеччина #фотография #Германия #природа #pollination

Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽Mar 2

This new field of science shows #ElectrostaticEcology as part of pollination and parasites!

https://youtu.be/ql35lWxuaVU?si=4MpdZ1VzRe5zgaAy

#Pollination #Bees #Nematodes

We Just Found a Mind-blowing New World of Electrostatic Biology

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f_L Feb 28

[quote]對於植物來說，若昆蟲採花時能盡可能持續地造訪同一種花，對該植物來說是件好事，因為這有利於同種的交互授粉。不過不會有人認為昆蟲是為了幫助植物才這麼做，比較合理的原因可能是因為這種模式可以提升他們的效率...達爾文《異花授精與自體授精在植物界中的效果》林居正譯
searching image是一種用來解釋動物採集食物/獵物時的概念，意思是如果一個食物資源需要特殊處理，那動物在同時有多種資源的覓食場，表現出先集中注意力在其中一種特定資源上。所以捕食貝類、隱蔽獵物等需要學習技巧情況，捕食者行為會出現試探、練習、熟練的過程。如果不考慮學習成本，使用單一資源在處理時間上可以呈現更高效的捕食曲線。然而在討論訪花時，因為對昆蟲而言看起來太輕鬆，所以容易忽視學習訪花技巧的成本對昆蟲行為模式的影響。但其實訪花技巧非常複雜，而且處理時間相對昆蟲壽命有更大的佔比，每朵花多十秒對蟲而言肯定是巨大的。奇特卡在《蜂的心智》更進一步敘述這個學習模式的記憶與注意力解釋，讓蜂類的searching image概念更完備。

#iread #pollination #foraging #bee

VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner Feb 28

Bees are great at spotting bright flowers especially yellow because their vision is adapted to UV light, which makes yellow hues stand out vividly. This helps them find nectar-rich blooms efficiently, boosting pollination & keeping our ecosystems thriving. 🌼🐝 #Bees #Pollination