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
#willow
#spring
#health
#trees

Mornin’.

Willow Trees.

Queen Bumblebees.

Spring.

One of the most vital plants for #bumblebees (and a host of other #insects).

Provide a desperately needed early #food source.

Now you know.

Respect, protect and plant Willow trees.

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#biodiversity #education #science
#wildlife

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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At this late stage in the nest cycle bumblebee workers can sometimes try to eat eggs laid by the queen who may try to maintain dominance by eating worker laid eggs, head-butting workers and even biting them!
#bees

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#wildlife #science
#biodiversity #pollinators
#education #worldbeesanctuary

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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
#spring
#primroses
#health

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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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.
#bees
#nature #wildlife
#biodiversity #environment
#insects #worldbeesanctuary
#science #education #bumblebees

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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As the #bumblebee queen starts laying ‘male’ eggs she stops emitting a pheromone telling workers to raise fertilised eggs as workers.
All further fertilised eggs laid are raised as queens.
But trouble is brewing!
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#bumblebees #nature
#worldbeesanctuary #biodiversity
#education #science #vegan
#environment #insects

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Option 2: Queens lay UNFERTILISED eggs late in the nest cycle which develop into MALE #bees with chromosomes from the queen only. Males have no father.
Laying male eggs signals the start of the end for the nest!

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#bumblebees #education
#wildlife #biodiversity
#knapweed #environment
#worldbeesanctuary