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Kaunergrat nature park records 50 wild bee species #biodiversity #Kaunergrat #wildbees
Kaunergrat nature park records 50 wild bee species
Researchers have recorded 50 wild bee species in the Kaunergrat nature park in Tyrol during the first survey of the area’s diversity, ORF reported. The findings include several rare species, including the red snail-shell bee. The project, titled “Biodiversity hotspot Kaunergrat: Wild bees of the …
www.dailyalpine.com
September 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
francescacochis.bsky.social
Back from the XXXV SItE National Congress in Genoa, where I presented the #UrbanBEE project and the role of citizen science in fostering inclusion, awareness and #stewardship of urban nature! 🐝🏙️🌿

@birdlabtorino.bsky.social

#citizenscience #urbanbiodiversity #biodiversity #ecology #SItE #wildbees
September 11, 2026 at 9:50 AM
insectessociaux.bsky.social
New research article! 📰

Polidori & Ferrari reveal that whether a bee nests underground or in the open, and whether it lives alone or in a colony, largely determines which parasitic flies will target it 🐝
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #Parasitism #WildBees #CoEvolution #Diptera
September 1, 2026 at 9:16 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Große/Blauschwarze Holzbiene.
Violet carpenter bee
#Wildbienen #wildbees
🌻🐝
Blauschwarze Holzbiene auf einer Sonnenblume. Die Flügel schimmern bläulich im Sonnenlicht. Violet carpenter bee on a sunflower, its wings shimmering blue in the sunlight. Blauschwarze Holzbiene auf einer Sonnenblume. Die Flügel schimmern bläulich im Sonnenlicht. Violet carpenter bee on a sunflower, its wings shimmering blue in the sunlight. Blauschwarze Holzbiene auf einer Sonnenblume. Die Flügel schimmern bläulich im Sonnenlicht. Violet carpenter bee on a sunflower, its wings shimmering blue in the sunlight. Blauschwarze Holzbiene auf einer Sonnenblume. Die Flügel schimmern bläulich im Sonnenlicht. Violet carpenter bee on a sunflower, its wings shimmering blue in the sunlight.
August 31, 2026 at 6:00 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Die Drei von der Tankstelle.
#Ackerhummel #Honigbiene #GelbbindigeFurchenbiene
#Wildbienen #Hummeln
🐝
#CommonCarderbee #honeybee #GreatBandedFurrowBee
#wildbees #bumblebees
Gelbbindige Furchenbiene (männlich), Honigbiene und Ackerhummel auf der Blüte einer Prachtscharte. Great-banded furrow bee (male), honeybee and common carderbee on the blossom of a blazing star.
August 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
jandestripman.bsky.social
Een akkerhommeltje op de zomerasters, vanochtend. De 1e foto niet helemaal scherp vanwege de actie.

(A carder bee on the summer asters, this morning. The 1st photo not quite sharp because of the action.)

#bloemen #flowers #insecten #insects #hommels #wildbees #natuur #nature #balkon #balcony
Een akkerhommel - zwart met oranjebruine rug - vliegt op een zomeraster - geel hart met witte bloembladeren - in de zon op het balkon. (A common carder bee - black with orange-brown back - flies on a summer aster - yellow heart with white petals - in the sun on the balcony.) Een akkerhommel is geland op een zomeraster in de zon op het balkon. (A common carder bee has landed on a summer aster in the sun on the balcony.) De hommel op een andere asterbloem. Het zonlicht strijkt over de witte bloembladeren en de oranje rug van de hommel. (The carder bee on another aster flower. The sunlight brushes over the white petals and the orange back of the bee.) De akkerhommel zit op het hart van de aster, de kop naar boven, om nectar en stuifmeel te verzamelen. (The carder bee sits on the heart of the aster, its head upwards, to collect nectar and pollen.)
August 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
manygoats.bsky.social
p.dw.com/p/1AtOP

#WildBees : populations decimated by neocotinoid and other #pesticides as in the US

Wild bees are overlooked in city/county policies in western politics

#wildbees
#wildPollinators
For biofuel and food, Europe needs more bees
Europe doesn't have enough bees. If it did, researchers say, yields on biofuel crops could dramatically increase. The energy boost would be entirely insect-driven and reduce environmental pollutants.
p.dw.com
August 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
restpoll.bsky.social
In the podcast, Gartenupdate, Julia Osterman (@juliaosterman.bsky.social), talks about the lifestyle of wildbees!

Have a listen here: www.podcast.de/episode/7057...

#wildbees #podcast #outreach
August 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
joj66.bsky.social
Hummelgebrummel an einem sonnenblumigen Morgen. #Ackerhummel
Bumblebee humming on sunnyflowery morning.
#CommonCarderBee
🐝🌻
#Wildbienen #wildbees #Hummeln #bumblebees
August 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
malioli.bsky.social
Summer Harmony
There is a unique beauty in the warm, golden hues that define late summer on the island. This wild bee blends seamlessly into the textures and colors of the dry, spiky wildflower while catching the radiant sunlight.
#MacroPhotography #WildBees #NatureInDetails #SummerVibes
August 20, 2026 at 6:15 AM
joj66.bsky.social
#Wildbienen im Garten.
#wildbees in the garden.
🐝🌻
August 19, 2026 at 10:04 AM
jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social
Follow @butterfly-project.bsky.social and meet the visionary researchers behind our 25-partner transformative Horizon Europe consortium on how society depends on pollinators.

Pollinator stewardship

Proactive pollinator habitat restoration

Living labs

#slowhope
#pollinators
#wildbees
#resilience
butterfly-project.bsky.social Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · Aug 7
In the second video of our “Voices of BUTTERFLY” series, meet Seyed-Ali Hosseini-Yekani🦋.

Ali is an agricultural economist. He simulates the macroeconomic effects of pollinator decline to help decision-makers and politicians anticipate and counteract these effects.
August 10, 2026 at 6:59 AM
sepponet.bsky.social
Leafcutter bee feeding at the semi-wild garden.
Nice things happen, when you you mow the grass less often and let #wildflowers bloom.
#pollinators #garden #moveless #wildbees
August 8, 2026 at 7:24 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Gewöhnliche Furchen-/Schmalbiene auf Lanzen-Eisenkraut (Verbene) und Majoran.
Furrow/sweat bee on blue vervain and majoram.
#Wildbienen #wildbees
August 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
joj66.bsky.social
Dee Blutweidrich lockt Insekten an:
Ackerhummel
Schwarze Keulhornbiene
Blattschneiderbiene
Grünädriger Kohlweißling

Loosstrife luring insects:
Common carder-bee
Cucumber small carpenter bee
Leafcutter bee
Cabbage white butterfly

#Wildbienen #Hummeln #Schmetterlinge
#wildbees #butterflies
🐝🦋
August 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
jandestripman.bsky.social
Een klein groefbijtje op en in de bloem van een lobelia.

(A small sweat bee on and in the flower of a lobelia.)

#bloemen #flowers #wildebijen #wildbees #insecten #insects #lasioglossum
July 24, 2026 at 8:11 AM
joj66.bsky.social
(Möglicherweise) "Dünen"- oder "Zweifleck-Pelzbiene", im Garten am Haus.
(Possibly) little flower-bee, in the garden at the house.
Anthophora bimaculata
#Wildbienen #wildbees
🐝
July 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Waldpelzbiene, im Garten am Haus.
Fork-tailed Flower-bee, in the garden at the house.
Anthophora furcata.
#Wildbienen #wildbees
🐝
July 23, 2026 at 7:56 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Baumhummel auf einer Kugeldistel im Garten am Haus.
Tree bumblebee on a blue globe thistle in the garden at the Haus.
#Wildbienen #Hummeln #wildbees #bumblebees
🐝
July 20, 2026 at 4:20 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Gelbbindige Furchenbiene auf Wiesenflockenblume im Garten am Haus.
Halictus scabiosae
Great-banded furrow-bee on brown knapweed in the garden at the house.
#Wildbienen #wildbees
🐝
July 17, 2026 at 5:56 AM
the-14.com
Why you are seeing bees struggling to survive this summer
#Environment #Weather #Bees #Pollinators #SaveTheBees #Biodiversity #WildBees #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #Pollination #Ecosystem #Heatwave #GlobalWarming #Gardening #Pesticides #Agriculture
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Why you are seeing bees struggling to survive this summer | The-14
Discover why bees are struggling this summer, how heat, pesticides and habitat loss threaten pollinators, and simple ways you can help them survive now.
the-14.com
July 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social
Europe ‘at risk of a pollinator crisis’, study suggests

sustainabilityonline.net/research/eur...

#pollinators
#bees
#IPBES
#wildbees
#bumblebees
#butterflies
#moths
#hoverflies
#flowers
#pollination
#ecosystemservices
#biodiversity
#ecosystemrestoration

Full study here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Europe ‘at risk of a pollinator crisis’, study suggests - Sustainability Online
Europe could be facing a 'serious pollinator crisis' unless coordinated action is taken to halt the decline of wild pollinator species, a study has suggested.
sustainabilityonline.net
July 13, 2026 at 11:43 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Dichtpunktierte Goldfurchenbiene, ... glaube ich, auf Rainfarn und Schafgarbe (Garten am Haus).
Halictus subauratus, ... I believe (haven't found a general English name) on common tansy and yarrow.
#Wildbienen #wildbees
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Goldfurchenbiene auf einer gelben Rainfarnblüte. Halictus subauratus on the yellow blossom of common tansy. Goldfurchenbiene auf einer gelben Rainfarnblüte. Halictus subauratus on the yellow blossom of common tansy. Goldfurchenbiene auf einer gelben Schafgarbenblüte. Halictus subauratus on the yellow blossom of yarrow. Goldfurchenbiene auf einer gelben Schafgarbenblüte. Halictus subauratus on the yellow blossom of yarrow.
July 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
joj66.bsky.social
Gemeine Seidenbienen auf Blüte der (Garten-)Schafgarbe. Wir sehen sie seit vielen Jahren bei uns im Garten.
Davies' cellophane bees (colletes daviesanus) on yarrow blossom. We have encountered them for many years in our garden.
#Wildbienen #wildbees
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Zwei Seidenbienen auf gelber Blüte der (Garten-)Schafgarbe. Two davies' cellophane bees on yellow yarrow blossom. Zwei Seidenbienen auf gelber Blüte der (Garten-)Schafgarbe. Two davies' cellophane bees on yellow yarrow blossom. Zwei Seidenbienen auf gelber Blüte der (Garten-)Schafgarbe. Two davies' cellophane bees on yellow yarrow blossom. Eine Seidenbiene auf gelber Blüte der (Garten-)Schafgarbe. A davies' cellophane bee on yellow yarrow blossom.
July 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
joj66.bsky.social
Goldwespe auf Wilder Möhre. Ich mag ihr metallisches Funkeln. Schöne Geschöpfe.
Cuckoo wasp on wild carrot. I like their metallic sparkling. Beautiful critters.
#Wildbienen #Naturgarten
#wildbees #naturalgardening
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Goldwespe auf weißer Blüte der Wilden Möhre. Goldwespen haben ein metallisches Schimmern von grün zu blau zu rot. Cuckoo wasp on white blossom of a wild carrot. These wasps have a metalic glimmer from green to blue to red. Goldwespe auf weißer Blüte der Wilden Möhre. Goldwespen haben ein metallisches Schimmern von grün zu blau zu rot. Cuckoo wasp on white blossom of a wild carrot. These wasps have a metalic glimmer from green to blue to red. Goldwespe auf weißer Blüte der Wilden Möhre. Goldwespen haben ein metallisches Schimmern von grün zu blau zu rot. Cuckoo wasp on white blossom of a wild carrot. These wasps have a metalic glimmer from green to blue to red. Goldwespe auf weißer Blüte der Wilden Möhre. Goldwespen haben ein metallisches Schimmern von grün zu blau zu rot. Cuckoo wasp on white blossom of a wild carrot. These wasps have a metalic glimmer from green to blue to red.
July 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM