Built a little #nativebee apartment, all the holes are fractional to keep those metric European bees out lol

Just made of scraps I had laying around. There is a hole in the bottom of the post that just sits on a piece of rebar driven in the ground. I can turn it for better shade protection too #nativeplants #killyourlawn #GrowNative

Women Work to Save #NativeBees of #Mexico

A happy story about #bees, #BeeConservation, and empowering women in Mexico.

Mar 5, 2014

Excerpt: "Spaniards introduced European #honeybees to Central America around 1620, and they are now well established. European honey bees (and their Africanized form) do compete with gentle #NativeBee species for pollen and nectar on flowers. #MeliponaBeecheii is a #ForestBee, so if they could find flowering trees and shrubs, competition with honey bees might not be a problem. Alas, #Yucatan is heavily logged.

"The Yucatan peninsula sits right in the path of a lot of big storms; quite a few hurricanes, floods, and droughts have caused beekeepers to lose all or most of their hives. Native stingless bees are quite sensitive to #pesticides, so that isn't helping either."

Learn more:
https://www.wired.com/2014/03/women-work-save-native-bees-mexico/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/C5qzc

Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c4v1E2mRhw

#WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #EmpoweringWomen #YucatanBees #IndigenousWomen

Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on May 4, 2026

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026May11_birds_and_cats/IMG_5848c_2026may04_bumblebee.html

#bumblebee #nativebee #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography

Native bee on Dahlia cultivar in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on April 26, 2026

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026Apr30_birds_and_cats/IMG_5815c_2026apr26_flower.html

Also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354713553

#flower #bloomscrolling #nativebee #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography

Happy Boxing Day!

Hope you had a great Christmas if you’re celebrating and are enjoying your vacation otherwise. This is a little sneak peek of a new print I made recently of an alfalfa leaf cutter in the act of cutting its telltale half-moon cut in a leaf. I made a collection of prints to illustrate a little board book written by Lisa Jaffe about our pollinator friends in the garden. #InverteFest is hosting an anthology! 🧵
#wildBees #linocut #printmaking #invertebrate #pollinator #nativeBee

Genus Lasioglossum (sweat bee) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on August 15, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Aug31_birds_and_cats/2025aug15_nativebee_IMG_4442c.html

Also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310273878

#nativebee #pollinators #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography

Genus Lasioglossum (sweat bee) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on August 6, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Aug31_birds_and_cats/2025aug06_nativebee_IMG_4364c.html

Also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/304264904

#nativebee #sweatbee #pollinators #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography