Sofia
@sogreenwashed.bsky.social
Educator 👩🎓
MSc Animal Welfare & Behaviour, BSc Hons Zoology 🦄
Talk to me about animal behaviour, health & welfare, dogs, bees, snails, and hyenas! 🐝
MSc Animal Welfare & Behaviour, BSc Hons Zoology 🦄
Talk to me about animal behaviour, health & welfare, dogs, bees, snails, and hyenas! 🐝
Have you ever been looking closely at a bumblebee and seen her lift one leg up in the air?
This is called the "disturbance leg-lift response", and is a "go away" warning signal from a bee who feels threatened!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#bumblebee #animals #beehaviour
This is called the "disturbance leg-lift response", and is a "go away" warning signal from a bee who feels threatened!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#bumblebee #animals #beehaviour
July 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Have you ever been looking closely at a bumblebee and seen her lift one leg up in the air?
This is called the "disturbance leg-lift response", and is a "go away" warning signal from a bee who feels threatened!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#bumblebee #animals #beehaviour
This is called the "disturbance leg-lift response", and is a "go away" warning signal from a bee who feels threatened!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#bumblebee #animals #beehaviour