#nativebees

[coffeenuts]

[love-elizabeth]

Field journal 📔

ID: Halictidae family (unsure of genus or species)

Common name: Sweat bee (named because on hot days, they seek out sweaty humans to lap up their sweat—which contains salt and proteins—which they will then save for their young.)

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Since I couldn’t narrow down this bee’s ID very far (there are 60 species of sweat bee in FL alone), I can’t tell you much about the species pictured, but I *can* tell you some fun new vocab words I learned while reading about this diverse family of insects. 

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In the past, I have heard animal species referred to as specialist or generalist species in reference to how picky they are in what they eat, but in pollination ecology, the following terms can be used.

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Polylectic: this refers to insects that gather pollen from a variety of unrelated flowering plants.

Oligolectic: this refers to insects that only pollinate a single family or genus of flowering plants.

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(Most sweat bee species are polylectic, but there are some that are oligolectic!)

📸 I believe the plant pictured is Genus Seymeria / blacksenna.

📍Orange County, FL

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#bee #sweatbee #florida #nativeplants #nativebees #savethebees #nature #entomology

[fortunesque]

We had a tiny friend show up at Talos' memorial flowers today 🖤 #bees #nativebees #bachelorbuttons #flowers https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg13Oheuu6_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[usgsbiml]

Triepeolus concavus:  Svastra Home Invader.  Triepeolus are a primarily New World group and lay their eggs mostly, but not entirely, in the nests of long-horned bees (Eucerini), mostly Melissodes.  Interestingly (to me), I can't find any records of them parasitizing Eucera (in the strictly old fashioned sense) but if you google around you will see mentions on websites that they do.   I feel like these websites are incorrect, so someone please correct me if I am wrong.   Eucera are a spring long-horn and maybe Triepeolus just don't do spring (I certainly know of no spring records).  In any case the species at hand invades the hulking long-horn group of Svastra, not Melissodes.  Consequently, they are a bit larger than most Triepeolus (as if anyone cared).  This bee was collected in the California Central Valley in Yolo County for research on small-scale restoration in agricultural areas. Claire Kremen's 10-year study of hedgerows shows the benefits of planting native shrubs and forbs in agricultural areas for native bees. Photo by Erick Hernandez.  

[mysticfoxcreation]

🌺Pink Poppy🌺

Pink Symbolizes Imagination, Luxury and Success. 🦊

[josephbrooksjewelry]

Huge bumblebee on a Cosmo flower, so big the flower was bent over. #lovebees #bumblebee #nativebees #insectlover🐞 @josephbrooksjewelry (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVJDYzBhq5m/?utm_medium=tumblr

[criarabelhas]

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🌳🌼🐝 Melipona torrida 🐝 Abelha Manduri 🐝🌼🌳 @criarabelhas https://www.criarabelhas.com.br https://Instagram.com/criarabelhas https://www.facebook.com/criarabelhas/ #criarabelhas #asf #abelhasnativassemferrao #abelhasnativas #abelhas #mel #meliponicultura #manduri #meliponas #meliponatorrida #meliponário #manduritorrida #natureza #fauna #insetos #insects #nature #savethebees #nativebees #preservacaodasabelhas #polinizadores (em Rio Grande do Sul) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTArZREnsY0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[norfolknaturalist]

Common Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) in Pinery Provincial Park, May 2017. Bumblebee queens spend the winter in sheltered locations and emerge in mid-April or early May to begin new colonies. They build these nests underground, usually in abandoned Chipmunk or Mouse burrows. Unlike Honeybees which have a rigid nest structure, Bumblebees lay their eggs throughout the underground chamber in clumps. . . . . . . . #nature #ontario #bumblebee #bombus #bombusimpatiens #bumblebeesofinstagram #bumblebeephotography #bees🐝 #nativebees #ontariobees #beesofinstagram #socialinsects #insect_of_our_world #insectlover #pineryprovincialpark #pinerypp #nature_addict (at Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend) https://www.instagram.com/p/COiIfJIga6g/?igshid=1x00xvjr169h8

[sageinthegarden]

A new snapshot from https://sagesacre.com/2021/04/05/the-bee-hotel-has-occupants/

The Bee Hotel Has Occupants

The bee hotel I built last year

Last year I built a bee hotel in the hope of providing housing for some of our native bees. It looks like it worked because I can now see at least four little mud covered holes in the logs I placed in the hotel, which tells me I’ve got some mason bees in residence.

Closeup of a mason bee’s nest in the bee hotel

I’m not sure how to tell whether I have carpenter bees (the big black ones) hanging out because, other than knowing they nest by burrowing into rotting wood, I have no idea what I’m looking for. I did see a few buzzing about the hotel last fall, so I’m hoping that at least one or two found Le Hotel de Sage suitable.

Outside of the few solitary bees, the hotel is also home to plenty of spiders, a mud wasp, and various other wood and hole dwelling insects.

For info on how I built my hotel and the bees native to California, check out my post from last August.

[labbbugs]

Starting my day off making det labels for bees 🐝🐝 most of which are Augochlora pura, a common but beautiful native Virginia bee! . #nativebees #entomology #entomologycollection #bees #nativebeesurvey https://www.instagram.com/p/CDyudJGgJB4/?igshid=a50k6kt2r2hw

[birdsy-purplefishes]

Look at this beautiful boy! I had no idea about this, but it turns out that #XylocopaSonorina/#ValleyCarpenterBee are sexually dimorphic. The females are black and shiny and cool-looking while the males are these adorable blond teddybears with handsome green eyes. I thought he was a totally different kind of bee or something! The males also don’t have a stinger. These bees are mostly solitary and like the name suggests, they carve out nests in dead wood. Photos 6 & 7 are of a female bee I saw about a week ago. The lighting wasn’t as good & she was in a hurry, but you can see how different they look. Both bees were feeding on #CaliforniaNativePlants. #SalviaClevelandii/#ClevelandSage for the male bee & the female was on #KeckiellaCordifolia/#HeartleafKeckiella. #solitarybees #nativebees #pollinators #savethebees #carpenterbee #xylocopa #californiainsects (at Jamul, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRuPjLDorg/?igshid=sjxaa8bmfg9a

[treetyoself]

👁❤️🐝’s Bumblebee (Bombus) on mountain mint (Pycnanthemum) . . . #bumblebees #wildbees #nativebees #mountainmint #bombus #pycnanthemum #pollinatorgarden #pollinators #vegetarianwasp #savethebees #beesofinstagram #buzz #lulalake #chattanooga (at Lula Lake Land Trust) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEH-8PuHqze/?igshid=tfed1g8o6zmq

[usgsbiml]

A weed that irritates everyone, thorny, leaves are shot through with holes from being fed on by many of its personal insect hosts, but...this is a native plant, related to tomatoes and T'ai Roulston's work in Shenandoah Valley shows that for some bumblebees this is the main pollen source in the summer.  So, inspect you preconceived notions and maybe let a few horse nettles (Solanum carolinense) bloom in the back of your garden.  Don't be a flower snob.  Specimen and picture by Helen Lowe Metzman, Howard County, MD.    #horsenettle #flowersnob #nativeplant #pollinatorplant #pollination #bumblebees #flowers #usgs #bees #nativebees #conservation #ugly #forlorn #ignored

[janking-stuff]

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Buzz off #beesofinstagram #bees #shotoniphone #honeybee #nativebees #spring #bee https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-IK84goqs/?igshid=oj6ycynvkvtp

[northeastbaltimore]

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G’Morning! Hope you are able to take it easy today. Here are a few native bees collecting pollen and nectar on some of the sunflowers in our yard. Did you know we have several thousand types of native bees in North America? Most of which live in the ground! Our honey bees are actually originally from Europe and considered livestock ( though some do escape to become feral colonies living in hollow trees🌳 or other structures like wall cavities 😬). Bees need both pollen (protein) and nectar (carbs). The nectar they collect from flowers is dehydrated by fanning their wings to form the honey we eat. - 📸Guest post by @karlyfae and @bender_bryan of @chesapeakequeenco . . . . #northeastbaltimore #lifeissweetinthenortheast #visitbaltimore #baltimoremaryland #baltimoremd #thisisbaltimore #baltimorelove #iheartbaltimore #baltimoregram #bestofbaltimore #mybmore #wearebaltimore #wontyoubemyneighbor #beekeeperslife #beekeeping #nativebees #sunflowers (at Northeast Baltimore, Baltimore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1sjaNptUL/?igshid=1eb1j9n8xafdj

[criarabelhas]

🌳🌼🐝 Apis Mellifera 🐝🌼🌳 @criarabelhas www.criarabelhas.com.br Instagram.com/criarabelhas https://www.facebook.com/criarabelhas/ #criarabelhas #apis #apicultura #apismellifera #apiario #asf #abelhasnativassemferrao #abelhasnativas #abelhas #mel #meliponicultura #meliponário #natureza #fauna #insects #nature #savethebees #nativebees #preservacaodasabelhas #polinizadores #agriculture #agroforestry #naturalhoney (em Rio Grande do Sul) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFkW7AQnhig/?igshid=177t6589kvgsx