#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 277

The three simple eyes, ocelli, on the upper front of the bumblebee head are very sensitive to UV light and seem to act as sensors for light levels, but unlike the compound eyes, they are not capable of forming useful images.
#bees

#nature #education
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #biodiversity
#insects #vegan #bumblebees

Trockenmauern sind durch ihre zahlreichen Fugen ein idealer Lebensraum für viele Pflanzen und Tiere. Dieses Peertube-Video zeigt ich, wie eine Trockenmauer mit integrierten Hohlräumen als Unterschlupf für Igel, Frösche, Kröten, Molche, Ringelnattern und andere Gartenbewohner direkt am Teich entsteht – für mehr Vielfalt und Struktur im Naturgarten.

https://peertube.wtf/w/jQj3MHF6KY8EhKjc2sNa9Q

#wildlife #nature #natur #garten #naturschutz

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Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, November 18, 2021

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2021Nov19_birds_and_cats/2021nov18_crane_IMG_5403c.html

#birds #SaltplainsNWR #Oklahoma #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography

Rosie's Pan, Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItdXaWUVF48

#africa #wildlife #live #webcam

Wildlife art exhibition at Attenborough

https://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/events/2026-03-01-art-exhibition-molly-fleming?mc_cid=016296d96a&mc_eid=dbbc646d22

#art #wildlife #MollyFleming
#NottinghamshireWildlife #exhibition

Center Parcs and The Wildlife Trusts are calling on the Unicode Consortium to create an official red squirrel emoji – and help protect one of the UK’s most iconic and endangered native #mammals. 
#wildlife #squirrels #redsquirrel #Eichhörnchen

https://www.change.org/p/create-a-red-squirrel-emoji-help-protect-one-of-britain-s-most-endangered-native-species