💀 Bumblebees have an exoskeleton
📏 Hatched bumblebees can't grow bigger
🫀 The heart runs down the length of the body
🩸 Blood isn’t carried in veins and arteries, so organs sit in a pool of blood
📷 X-ray of a Tree bumblebee (The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust)
💀 Bumblebees have an exoskeleton
📏 Hatched bumblebees can't grow bigger
🫀 The heart runs down the length of the body
🩸 Blood isn’t carried in veins and arteries, so organs sit in a pool of blood
📷 X-ray of a Tree bumblebee (The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust)
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
73.
The species of bumblebee that inhabit more tropical parts of the world - where the growing season is long - can have colony cycles of up to two years and nests containing up to 2000 bees at any one time.
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature #insects
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
73.
The species of bumblebee that inhabit more tropical parts of the world - where the growing season is long - can have colony cycles of up to two years and nests containing up to 2000 bees at any one time.
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature #insects
Obviously killer bumblebees etc. cause it’s still a war.
Obviously killer bumblebees etc. cause it’s still a war.
Collecting some milkweed seeds to save for next Spring.
Bumblebees continue to enjoy marigolds & zinnias a full month into Autumn.
Happy Fall yall.
Collecting some milkweed seeds to save for next Spring.
Bumblebees continue to enjoy marigolds & zinnias a full month into Autumn.
Happy Fall yall.
#WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@sofiadartnell.bsky.social (University of Cambridge) explores their fascinating parasitic relationships, life cycle and ecological importance.
🎥 Now available to watch for FREE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfZ5...
@sofiadartnell.bsky.social (University of Cambridge) explores their fascinating parasitic relationships, life cycle and ecological importance.
🎥 Now available to watch for FREE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfZ5...
More variety for treasure guardians!
Some treasures are now guarded by a combination of bears and bumblebees. Since bumblebees are immune to melee attacks, you'll need archers to defeat them!
#unity2D #gamedev #indiedev #RTS #towerdefense
More variety for treasure guardians!
Some treasures are now guarded by a combination of bears and bumblebees. Since bumblebees are immune to melee attacks, you'll need archers to defeat them!
#unity2D #gamedev #indiedev #RTS #towerdefense
☆ Lauren • she/her • married
☆ books
☆ bring me the horizon
☆ fuzzybums (thats what my granddad use to call bumblebees)
☆ horror • found footage • japanese
☆ j/rpgs
☆ truecrime
☆ boardgames
☆ tarot
☆ coffee
☆ gardening
↻ + ♡︎ appreciated
☆ Lauren • she/her • married
☆ books
☆ bring me the horizon
☆ fuzzybums (thats what my granddad use to call bumblebees)
☆ horror • found footage • japanese
☆ j/rpgs
☆ truecrime
☆ boardgames
☆ tarot
☆ coffee
☆ gardening
↻ + ♡︎ appreciated
(2 More bumblebees in October sunshine!)
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
(2 More bumblebees in October sunshine!)
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
72.
Arctic bumblebees have adapted to (up to now!) a short cool flowering season.
They have large first broods of about 16 female workers that forage continuously all day and overnight during bright #arctic nights.
#bees
#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
72.
Arctic bumblebees have adapted to (up to now!) a short cool flowering season.
They have large first broods of about 16 female workers that forage continuously all day and overnight during bright #arctic nights.
#bees
#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
70.
Bumblebees transport pollen in ‘baskets’ on their hind legs and nectar in their honeystomach.
They can carry their body weight in nectar and up to 90% of their body weight in pollen.
What they carry affects how they fly.
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
70.
Bumblebees transport pollen in ‘baskets’ on their hind legs and nectar in their honeystomach.
They can carry their body weight in nectar and up to 90% of their body weight in pollen.
What they carry affects how they fly.
#bees
#bumblebees
#nature
And its inspiration comes from some very familiar East Anglian landscapes.
And its inspiration comes from some very familiar East Anglian landscapes.
I hope the bumblebees found it, I know pther insects did.
I hope the bumblebees found it, I know pther insects did.
https://ow.ly/zO0U5102lKp
https://ow.ly/zO0U5102lKp