Day 22 #artAdventCalendar my bee (and other pollinator) propaganda I made for Manufactured Ecosystems. Thinking about the future of pollination and seeking solutions from technological and nature-based knowledge. This is essentially my conclusion: we can aid our beleaguered pollinators with technology but their continued success is vital. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #typography #insects #entomology #ecology #pollinators #nativeBees #butterflies #moths #manufacturedEcosystems #mastoArt

Honey bees get the headlines.

Native bees keep ecosystems running.

Protect habitat, not just hives.

#NativeBees #PollinatorProtection #BiodiversityEastern
Carpenter Bee https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/eastern-carpenter-bee/

I love PBS, and I love native bees. What a great clip! #nativebees #savethebees #pollinator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPvfQ12Y0mE&t #PublicMedia #PBS

Native bees and the Great Western Woodlands

"A new species of native bee with devil-like "horns" has been discovered in Western Australia's Goldfields...Mining is basically wholesale destruction. Whilst they can do a bit of rehab, they're never ever going to put things back how they were, realistically...Dr Prendergast said native bee surveys were not required by mining companies or agricultural enterprises when clearing land, and, like other invertebrates, bees tend to miss out on the conservation limelight."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/horned-lucifer-bee-discovery-goldfields/105997548
#invertebrates #NativeBees #CriticalMinerals #mining #biodiversity

Time for more blue orchard mason bees on blueberry flowers!

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1740430609

#linocut #printmaking #pollinators #masonBee #blueberry #nativeBees

Northeastern North America might not have the lush colours of the tropics but I still think the metallic green sweat bees (_Agapostemon_) on the bright purple and saffron New England aster (_Symphyotrichum novae-angliae_) are just as fine to look at as any rainforest scene.

#BloomScrolling #bugstodon #NativeBees #insects #bees #Hymenoptera #Halictidae #Asteraceae

So, I can say that given the observations made by myself, my hubby and my neighbors, the bumblebees have made a HUGE comeback in #SouthernMaine this year (despite the drought)! There were very low #Bumblebee populations last year (more #CarpenterBees and #honeybees and a few smaller #NativeBees). A lot of us are #GardeningForPollnators and #GardeningWithoutChemicals , so I think that's helping!

#SolarPunkSunday #Bees #BeeHugger #BeeHuggah