Did you know native bees are crucial pollinators? They play a vital role in our ecosystem by pollinating wildflowers and crops, ensuring biodiversity and food security. On this World Bee Day, let's celebrate and protect these tiny heroes that sustain our planet! Learn more about their incredible impact in this insightful article from National Geographic. - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/native-bees-pollinators-world-bee-day

#WorldBeeDay #Pollinators #SaveTheBees

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Yesterday was #WorldBeeDay
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#WorldBeeDay #bees #insects #insekten
Zum #Weltbienentag mal ein Lieblingsfoto aus dem Archiv

No, the Bees Are Not Okay

#WorldBeeDay #WereldBijenDag

https://www.nrdc.org/bio/daniel-raichel/no-bees-are-not-okay

> On World Bee Day, bees need our help as much as ever.

Today was World Bee Day and I celebrated by going for a neighborhood walk to find some cute little bees to photograph and not antagonizing into stinging me. #respect #worldbeeday

I got some pretty great wildlife shots today at Swan Lake! #vancouverisland #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (and I guess #worldbeeday too)

This Hunt's bumblebee landed on my shirt and stayed there long enough to worry me. I set it down in a raised bed, with a bunch of freshly picked dandelions, next to a tiny ceramic water cup. It woke up and started browsing on the flowers. I didn't see it go, but it did go.

#WorldBeeDay Native pollinators are key to both ecology and agriculture, but have yet to get their due.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/underappreciated-benefits-wild-bees

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#BookRecommendation for #WorldBeeDay :
Bee [Animal series] (2006) https://amzn.to/3UHz6hO via #AmazonAssociates

Party hat for #WorldBeeDay : bee(s) in your bonnet!
Hat, 1960s
Designer: Bes-Ben (American, founded 1920), made in Chicago, USA
plastic, synthetic, cotton
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2006.74.6: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/128400

I didn't get much gardening done this past weekend, but, it is World Bee Day, and the bees have found my garden.

For #WorldBeeDay + #BearAwarenessWeek :
Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (Flemish, c.1520-c.1590)
Fable of the #Bear and the #Bees
Bruges, 1567
print, etched & hand-colored, H 95 mm × W 112 mm
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-70: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1996-70

For this #WorldBeeDay, if you like #fiction and #honeybees, I've got just the thing for you!

My book, Apis, is 50% love story and 50% bee facts, and always 100% free along with my other books from my website (epub): https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks

or in other formats from: https://books2read.com/u/mdPXAO

#WorldBeeDay :
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987)
Flowers & #Bees, c.1961
Ink & tempera on Strathmore paper, 29 x 23 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Flowers---Bees/BE027E29FF6C15F7

For #WorldBeeDay, here's a ton of big old bees, mostly carpenter bees I think, enjoying the blossoming eastern redbud (_Cersis canadensis_) at Trinity-Bellwoods. I've noticed leafcutter bees really prefer eastern redbud leaves as well.

For #WorldBeeDay + #BearAwarenessWeek :
John Bucknell Russell (Scottish, 1819–1893)
The #Bear and the #Beehives
oil on canvas, H 149.2 x W 73.5 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Haddo House 79.1.2
via Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-bear-and-the-beehives-196834/

For #WorldBeeDay + #BearAwarenessWeek (AND #MedievalMonday + #ManuscriptMonday !): a medieval Winnie the Pooh?
from Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue & of Custom)
N. Italy, 2nd quarter 15th c.
British Library Harley 3448 f. 10v
https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=2438

#WorldBeeDay on #MonochromeMonday:
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
The #Bee (L'Abeille), from Histoire naturelle
1936, published 1942
Aquatint, sugar lift etching, & drypoint on ivory laid paper
Sheet: 36.5 × 28.5 cm (14 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago 1946.439.22
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/128347/the-bee-from-histoire-naturelle