#i love bees :)

[reasonsforhope]

"Next Monday [6/17/24] is the start of National Pollinator Awareness Week, and one Colorado advocacy group is hosting a flower planting drive to rewild Colorado’s meadows, gardens, and just maybe, its children too.

Created by constitutional amendment in 1992, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) is a state-funded independent board that invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces.

This year, GOCO’s offshoot Generation Wild is distributing over 100,000 free packets of wildflower seeds to collection points at museums, Denver Parks and Rec. offices, and libraries all over the state to encourage kids and families to plant the seeds in their backyards.

The Save the Bees! initiative aims to make the state more beautiful, more ecologically diverse, and more friendly to pollinators.

According to a new report from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 20% of Colorado’s bumblebees are now at risk of extinction. Even in a small area like a backyard, planting wildflowers can make a positive impact on the local ecosystem and provide native bees with a healthy place to live.

“The Western Bumblebee population has declined in Colorado by 72%, and we’re calling on kids across Colorado to ‘bee’ the change,” said GOCO Executive Director Jackie Miller.

Named after Generation Wild’s official mascot “Wilder,” the Wilderflower Seed Mix was developed in partnership with Applewood Seed Co. and packets are now available for pickup at designated partner sites including more than 80 Little Free Library boxes.

By distributing 100,000 Wilderflower packets, Generation Wild is providing more than 56 million seeds for planting in every nook and cranny of the state. All seeds are regionally-native to Colorado, which is important for sustaining the living landscape of bees, birds, and other animals.

Additionally, by using flower species adapted to the Mile High climate, landscapers and gardeners need to use less water than if they were tending non-native plants.

“Applewood Seed Co. was excited to jump in and help Generation Wild identify a seed mix that is native to the Colorado region and the American West, containing a diversity of flower species to attract and support Colorado’s pollinator populations,” stated Norm Poppe, CEO of Applewood Seed Co. “We hope efforts like this continue to educate the public on pollinator conservation and the need to protect our native bees and butterflies.”

Concluding her statement Miller firmly stated that children grow up better outside, and if you or a parent you know agree with her, all the information on how to participate in Save the Bees! can be found here on their website, including a map showing all the local pickup points for the Wilderflower Seed Packets."

-via Good News Network, June 13, 2024

[liberate-te]

The truth about fireworks

[bog-bitch]

Male Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina), which is in my totally unbiased opinion one of the most underrated insects.

[mspaint-flower]

bee fowelr? Ity bity bee

tknny even

beeflower

[midnitemoontrip]

pancakes or waffles?

🐝🍯🥞

[happyfoxx-art]

The big shopping weekend is here! Got a bee lover in your life? This is for YOU! Head on over to happyfoxxcreations.com to get your bee bag!

Shares massively appreciated! Small Businesses unite :D

[atranswolfgirl]

[forestgreenivy]

Carpenter Bee working hard on a patch of globe amaranth flowers. I love watching pollinators do their thing.

[the-crow-in-the-blooming-tree]

𝐎𝐡𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐟 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 | 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲

[beepostsdaily]

What do the Tf2 Mercenaries think of bees/ how would they react if they found bees?

silly idea I had, and a fun crossover of my interests

original bee post 🐝

[safiru]

Another weekend with bees, helping with harvesting honey.

Unfortunately this time the weather wasn't the best (windy and not very sunny) so the bees were not that calm as before but we managed to finish 12 from 19 beehives 🐝.

And I'm so happy that I got a few jars of this honey, it feels somehow special to me ☺️.

[graveyardgremlins]

Do you think that duke can see shrimp colors if he wants to?

That would be so fucking funny. so yes, he can

[shelovesplants]

I absolutely love bees and I've noticed such a huge decline in them in the last 3 years😔 my garden used to be full of them, now it's just a couple here and there😪 do you're part to save the bee's🐝

[backyardentomologist]

Nevada Bumblebee!!

These fuzzy fellows are native to North America, and can be found all along the west coast (from Alaska to California) as far east as Wisconsin, and as far south as New Mexico and Arizona, as well as some parts of Mexico.

They are very large bees, easily twice as big as the average honeybee, and somewhat noisy too—I heard this guy buzzing from several feet away.

In the third picture, you can see their tongue, which they use to drink the nectar from flowers. Only two of the seven bee families have long tongues—the rest have, well, short tongues.

[kkdas]

I love bees 🐝

[primepalindrome]

Bee brave. Artwork for a friend