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fumblebeefae.bsky.social
How many pollinators can you fit in one photo? Found these two brown flower beetles mating next to flying ants and two foraging native bees (Hylaeus and Parasphecodes).

#nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
crown-bees.bsky.social
Beware Carpet Beetles while harvesting.

These pests eat pollen, chew through mud, destroy developing Mason bees, and can spread fast. 🐞🐝

#MasonBees #CarpetBeetles #BeeHealth #BeeBuyBack #NativeBees #Pollinators #CrownBees

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Carpet Beetles Found During Mason Bee Harvest #MasonBees #CarpetBeetles #Harvest
YouTube video by Crown Bees - The Solitary Bee Specialists
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November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
sfbaybees.bsky.social
Ever see a complete bee grooming routine up close? I’m not saying this Agapostemon subtilior female and I are heroes, but we are here to help. Enjoy this quality motion picture, complete with PG&E construction noises for that true California flavor. [Alameda, CA 10-27-25] #bees #nativebees
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
sfbaybees.bsky.social
Here's an uncommonly clear view of Anthidium manicatum (European wool carder bee) mating interaction. You can see how the female positions her wings safely out of the way, and how she's interacting with the male's feathery forelegs. [5-24-25] #bees #nativebees
A pair of European wool carder bees mating on a Aeonium arboreum plant flower. The female is is stroking the male's feathery forelegs that he's holding on top of her head. A pair of European wool carder bees mating on a Aeonium arboreum plant flower. The female is is stroking the male's feathery forelegs that he's holding on top of her head. A pair of European wool carder bees mating on a Aeonium arboreum plant flower. The female is is stroking the male's feathery forelegs that he's holding on top of her head. A pair of European wool carder bees mating on a Aeonium arboreum plant flower. The female is is stroking the male's feathery forelegs that he's holding on top of her head.
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
The American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus). With a drastic decline in the last decade+ (source: Xerces), this native bee is sadly threatened. What a beautiful sight! It’s been seven years since I last witnessed one. #Bombuspensylvanicus
Bombus pensylvanicus visiting a yellow Tithonia flower. nativebees wildlifegarden conservation ecology backyardwildlife Bombus pensylvanicus visiting an orange Tithonia flower bumblebees americanbumblebee threatenedspecies #bugsky endangeredspecies biodiversity pollinators pollinatorgarden inverts
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
direbecca.bsky.social
Native Pink Honeysuckle berries ripening earlier this month in #PtReyes. I'm adding their buds and blooms with a bumblebee from July.💚
More plant info. here...
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#WeekPforPink #AlphabetChallenge #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativeBees #NaturePhotos #InsectThursday #Bees 📷🌱
Close-up of clusters of red ripening berries dangling at the end of vining plants. Close-up of cluster of pink buds and a few blooms of same species of vining plant. There is a yellow and black bumblebee nectaring on the flowers.
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
sfbaybees.bsky.social
Cuckoo vs Cuckoo... the cuckooning? A Nomada bee (perhaps a male, from the looks of the slightly longer sniffing sticks) flies by a Coelioxys bee female (easy to tell from the one large spike on the abdomen vs several small ones males have). [Alameda, CA 6-7-25] #bees #nativebees
A yellow and black Nomada bee flying by a larger gray and black Coelioxys female bee that is nectaring on a magenta colored flower with yellow/orange pollen sprinkled about.
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
Morning snap from the garden
Asters and native bees. wildlifegarden sweatbee nativebees nativeplants aromaticaster #bugsky SymphyotrichumOblongifolium
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
A bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) with a trifecta of autumn blooming flowers: goldenrod, blue mistflower, and red salvia. #BombusImpatiens
A bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) visiting goldenrod ( Solidago ). In the background are lavender/blue flowering clusters if blue mistflower and the red tubular blooms of Salvia coccinea. nativebees bumblebees #bugsky easterncommonbumblebee bloomscrolling landscapedesign wildlifegardening
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
freddyb-aviation.bsky.social
Male valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa sonorina) in the garden. August 2024 #cvvhrn #bugs #insect #polinators
#insectphotography #beephotography #nativebees #valleycarpenterbee #bee #photography
October 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
A Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) with a golden and full pollen basket (corbicula). Flower is Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) #BombusImpatiens #bugsky #SymphyotrichumOblongifolium
A Common Eastern Bumble Bee with a golden and full pollen basket on the side of its legs. The bee is anchored on a purple petal, yellow centered Aromatic Aster flower. Its tongue is inside the yellow centered of the flower. nativebees easternbumblebee nativeplants aromaticaster asters bloomscrolling wildlifegardening bumblebee
September 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
melaniewindle.bsky.social
Obsession with cone flowers continues..

I love those spikes

#nativeplants #nativebees
#bloomscrolling
September 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
direbecca.bsky.social
For #InsectThursday here's a Fog-belt bumble bee (Bombus caliginosus) on female Coyote Brush(Baccharis pilularis) last month in #PtReyes. Also known as Obscure bumble bee, they have a vulnerable conservation status.💚

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NativeBees #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱🐝
Close-up of a hairy black with light yellow bumble bee feeding on a white flower of a female coyote brush.
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
Bumblebee’s bum.
A bumblebee covered in pollen facing away from the camera. wildlifegarden pollinators nativebees bloomscrolling
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
sfbaybees.bsky.social
Speaking of the end of Longhorn bee season, here is the most impressively elderly male I've yet seen. An amazing amount of hair loss considering they never go into nests, which is how females lose their hairs (hole/tunnel friction). [Alameda, CA 8-16-25] #bees #nativebees
An elderly male Longhorn bee on a yellow sunflower. You can tell his age from the impressive amount of hair loss and ragged wing edges. An elderly male Longhorn bee on a yellow sunflower. You can tell his age from the impressive amount of hair loss and ragged wing edges. An elderly male Longhorn bee on a yellow sunflower. You can tell his age from the impressive amount of hair loss and ragged wing edges. An elderly male Longhorn bee on a yellow sunflower. You can tell his age from the impressive amount of hair loss and ragged wing edges.
September 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
helenhv.bsky.social
Today's #mobydick quote 🧵:
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#bugsky #nativebees 🌱 #bumblebee
Closeup of a bumblebee on a fuschia flower.
September 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
grrlscientist.bsky.social
Climate Change And Land Use Changes Combine To Threaten Native Bee Populations

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#bees🐝 #NativeBees #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #HabitatDestruction #EndangeredSpecies medium.com/grrlscientis...
September 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
randireigns.bsky.social
Inviting nature into your yard means making allowances and appreciating being a haven for insects, as well as cute baby birds. Our chicken coop hosts varying numbers of carpenter bees, and I love their antics! Never been stung tho I’m in and out of the coop daily. Let’s let nature in. #nativebees
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
elfndragon.bsky.social
The hatchening has begin!

#masonbeecocoon #masonbee #masonbees #nativebees #getoutside #becurious #natureiscool
A small mason cocoon with a hole in one end being held between a person's fingers. Artificial mason bee nest boxes are visible in the background.
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
stephscythes.bsky.social
#nativebees #bees 🐝 apple.news/AY_2hN3XmRXK...
Meet the Fluffy, Funky and Fabulous Native Bees That Call the U.S. Home — Scientific American
Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more important than honeybees A Martinapis luteicornis bee found in the desert in ...
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April 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
photoluglobal.bsky.social
Male valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa sonorina) deep in Indian hawthorn.

Sony A7RV; Sigma 105mm macro.

#sonyalpha #sonya7rv #sigma105 #sigma105macro #insectphotography #beephotography #nativebees #valleycarpenterbee #blackphotographer #eastcoastkin #bee #flowerreport #flower #photography
April 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
gizmotrinket.bsky.social
For #insectthursday I present this little bee that fell on me when I was photographing some cherry blossoms. I don’t know what kind it is but it was cute and after a rest it flew away

#bees #insects #nature #pnw #insect #photograph #photo #photography #macro #nativebee #nativebees #artistsonbluesky
A bee on an arm. The bee is mostly black and covered in pollen. It is quite small
April 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
shazzoir.bsky.social
Did you know #AfricanTulipTree blooms kill #NativeBees?
It was once planted as a #brisbane street tree & while regarded for its blooms, they're toxic to native stingless bees.

This map records locations of the ATT - Drop a pin on every tree you know about.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
fumblebeefae.bsky.social
Did you know that tomatoes require a special type of pollination called buzz pollination aka sonication? Luckily our Aussie native bees can do this!

And the result is lots of tomatoes for our dinner tonight! Thanks bees! #cooking #nativebees #entomology #science 🧪
January 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
bughaven.bsky.social
A picture from my garden, taken some past June. Of the #nativebees I see in my urban Philly neighborhood, leafcutter bees are some of the most ubiquitous. They like #milkweed flowers quite a lot: here's one foraging on the Common Milkweed that grows in the alley behind my rowhouse apartment.
A close-up of a Leafcutter bee clinging to a pale pink milkweed flower against a white background. The underside of its abdomen is covered in yellow pollen.
February 9, 2024 at 3:19 PM