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Gill Perkins
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CEO Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Inspirer. Knowledge. Energiser. Veg gardener, conservationist, current affairs, BUMBLEBEES, slave to a cat. Views my own
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Especially pleased to see my first Early Bumblebee of the year amongst all the Buff-taileds yesterday. #spring #earlybumblebee #bombuspratorum #britishbees #bugsky @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @davegoulson.bsky.social @bumblebeegill.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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What an incredible photo, thank you so much for sharing 🧡
February 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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We’ve landed on Bluesky! 🐝

Follow us for the latest #bumblebee facts, project news and conservation updates 💙

Let’s get buzzing – say hi and tell us why you love bumblebees 👇
February 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Did you know there is no dedicated team or person in Defra for grasslands, despite them covering 40% of England? 🤯

We're joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social & partners in calling for the Gov to establish a Grassland Taskforce to unlock their value 🌱

Learn more: www.plantlife.org.uk/our-work/the...
February 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨

The latest findings from #BeeWalk, our national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔

Read on: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...
February 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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January 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Let's pretend it's July 7th instead January 7th. A hot summer day with a small metallic green sweat bee on the Bee Balm in my garden!

#invertebrates #NativePlants #FallBack #FallBackFlowers 🌿
January 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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January snow squall on the moors of South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Silver crystalline light and a biting northerly wind

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
300x200mm

#SouthUist #OuterHebrides
#Watercolour #Watercolor
#Landscapepainting
January 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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A bit of homework today. We have a couple of talks coming up and though I had a winter shot of the hardy banana bed (musa rajapuri, musa ‘Helen’& a good form of musa sikkimensis) I had no summer shots, then I checked videos and found this flamboyant performance from August!
🌱
January 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Pulmonaria blue ensign just beginning to flower in the polytunnel. #plantsforpollinators
December 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Well the perfect present
December 25, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Happy Christmas to all lovers of bumblebees…..well ok everyone then, because you might all have a bumblebee in your heart one day 🐝
December 25, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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The first of your #12DaysofFoxmas today - your Christmas #FoxOfTheDay from @jennyurqhart !
December 25, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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All is Calm
All is Bright
🎄🎄🎄
December 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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Bee.

‘Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas Movie House.
Merry Christmas Emporium.
Merry Christmas you wonderful old Building & Loan…’

Merry Christmas George Bailey.
To all the George Baileys out there.

Sometimes you live your dreams without knowing.

#MerryChristmas 
#bee #goodnight #dream
December 25, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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A tenuous link to the festivities for today’s post. Merry Christmas all.
Turkey Oak, Quercus cerris. Leaves deeply divided with typically 5-8 pairs of lobes. Buds surrounded by long, narrow stipules. Acorn cup covered by narrow, long, spreading scales
December 25, 2024 at 7:18 AM
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Bee.

‘And goodnight to the street sweepers
the night watchman flame keepers
and goodnight Matilda, too…’

Dream beyond the wars of men without souls…

#bee #goodnight #dream
December 23, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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When I stand in this spot I know I'm about to see birds and crabs, maybe some dolphins, feel the wind and hear the waves and get lots of sand in my shoes. Glorious

#ArtAdventCalendar 🌿
December 23, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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A super evening with the incomparable Olly Smith, wine and bumblebees
September 4, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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"People should care, quite frankly. Because if you're silent about injustice, you're giving consent to it." (Mark Konrad)(Photo Credit: Christian Buehner/Pexels)

Happy Saturday, y'all.
December 14, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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Bluesky is proving well up to the task of providing helpful & informative Syria coverage. Some amazing footage around. Verification etc can only make things better moving forward.
December 8, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 8
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 8, 2024 at 8:10 AM
#bumblebees have a lovely day
December 8, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Bumblebees can fly in a straight line even with a 30 mph cross wind…but perhaps not this weekend!
December 8, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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“Nectar-robbing” is a well-known phenomenon, but a few years ago I saw something a little different- a bumblebee cutting open a trumpetvine (Campsis radicans) flower to retrieve pollen. Does this have a name? #bees #inaturalist #pollination

www.inaturalist.org/observations...
American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
American Bumble Bee in August 2022 by James Kindt. Interesting behavior- American bumble bee cuts open closed trumpetvine flower to get inside. No...
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December 1, 2024 at 4:22 PM