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Gemma Sarracenia<p>My camera and eyes suck, so I want someone to outshine me here, what's your best pollinator pic?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a><br>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.</p><p># 128</p><p>Research in Argentina has found that since the 1990s 1 in 4 species of bee are no longer being reported in global records indicating that these species may have become so rare that no one is observing them in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/worldbeesanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbeesanctuary</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
🦅 🪿RKeller Photography🏳️‍🌈<p>Northern paper wasp on fading false blue indigo.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/PhotoHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MacroHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacroHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
The Medusa SpinsterThe bee balm blooms in one of the native gardens are so bright that no matter how I take a picture of it they radiate red. The butterfly weed is also trying to compete with the bee balm blooms <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/plantnatives?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plantnatives</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nativeplants?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gardening?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pollinators?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pollinatorgarden?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinatorgarden</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/biodiversity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a>
Time Isn’t Real Croosh<p>I absolutely love being able to retreat to my greenhouse for mini breaks during a hectic work day. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a></p>
Peter<p>First ever extraction!</p><p>(All of last year consisted of learning on the fly how to keep the bees happy &amp; healthy)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/Beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beekeeping</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a></p>
Pollinators<p>The hairy beardtongue plants are attracting shiny pollinators to the habitat as they bloom. The rock garden has short prairie plants, granular soil, and rocks. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minnesota</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nativeplants</span></a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a>.</p>
Catherine Rowan Jones/Ivy Fox<p>Day 1 of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/30DaysWild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>30DaysWild</span></a><br>In a new home &amp; a year on from my first <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/TKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TKR</span></a>, I'm keen to explore &amp; share my findings.<br>Very close to home, here's a couple of plants for <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> : bolting parsley, soon to flower, and heavily nibbled raspberry. Left behind by previous tenant, so my gain :)</p>
~meoralis~A good <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SilentSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> from <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Biederitz?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biederitz</a> to you all! 🐝<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Biene?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biene</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Kornblumen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kornblumen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Wildwiese?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildwiese</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Wildblumen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildblumen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Mohn?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mohn</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cornflowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cornflowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildflowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/meadow?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meadow</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/poppies?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poppies</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/eveningLight?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eveningLight</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Abendlicht?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abendlicht</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Abendsonne?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abendsonne</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pollinators?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stillerSonntag?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stillerSonntag</a>
oldguy52 - resist, live, love<p>June is many Months - too many to list, but many that are significant to me.</p><p>Pride Month<br>National Safety Month<br>Hemiplegic Migraine Awareness Month<br>Gun Violence Awareness Month<br>Great Outdoors Month<br>Cancer Survivors Month<br>National Pollinators Month</p><p>Juneteenth</p><p>Solstice</p><p>Celebrate what you can as best you can. Take time for yourself in Nature; away from the madness of the news and performative chaos. The chaos and noise will be there when you return. </p><p>Hugs to my former students who celebrate Pride. Hugs to my wife, a cancer survivor. I type this one-handed as I enter the second day of a hemiplegic migraine, barely muted by the meds. Take care of yourselves and of each other. There is no room for Hate.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/JuneAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JuneAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safety</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CancerSurvivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancerSurvivors</span></a></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p>"Positive actions and solutions for everyday life to make green living and working the norm."<br><a href="https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">sussexgreenliving.org.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Sussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sussex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/WildLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flooding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BrightonAndHove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrightonAndHove</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Brighton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brighton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ReduceRepairReuseRecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReduceRepairReuseRecycle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ReUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReUse</span></a></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p>"Sign up today! From planting wildflowers for bees, to listening to bird song, there’s endless ways to spend your wild month! "<br><a href="https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/WildLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/WildFlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildFlowers</span></a></p>
Mark C<p>I planted two new butterfly milkweed plants in our garden (the two in the rear toward the left). The one on the right is sprouted from last year's plant and doing quite well. The two I planted earlier this year appear to have died off. Hoping these do better.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ButterflyMilkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ButterflyMilkweed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ButterflyWeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ButterflyWeed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumbulCT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumbulCT</span></a> Connecticut</p>
ater<p>There was an absolute orgy of little green guys happening in the mint outside. This was the best picture I got.</p><p><a href="https://sb17.space/tags/BeeButts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeeButts</span></a> <a href="https://sb17.space/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <a href="https://sb17.space/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://sb17.space/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a></p>
Broadfork<p>Bee carrying a lot of pollen. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a></p>
Sarah Arnold<p>Strawberries coming along nicely. We are looking at how coloured films affect the behaviour and health of managed <a href="https://beige.party/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fruit</span></a> crops, in the hope of improving outcomes for both bees and crop in protected fruit systems.</p><p>We have been monitoring <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bee</span></a> activity on the crops. Over the next few weeks we will be harvesting and assessing <a href="https://beige.party/tags/strawberry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strawberry</span></a> fruit to see how the films affect plant development.</p><p>Supported by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BBSRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBSRC</span></a>, The East Malling Trust, and also partnering with Clock House Farm, Buzzup, and Biobest.</p>
ubi<p>A male Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) landing on a twig with an ant for scale (Polyrachis I think). </p><p>I managed to catch it mid flight because the males have a tendency to return to the same vantage point. So I just had to wait for it to come back. </p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/macroPhoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macroPhoto</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a></p>
KarloPhotoBi besöker blomma. <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/insectphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insectphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/insects?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/bee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/pollinators?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/pollinatorpower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinatorpower</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/flowersandmacro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowersandmacro</a> <a href="https://pixelfedsweden.se/discover/tags/flower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flower</a>
ater<p>Yeah baby, check out those <a href="https://sb17.space/tags/BeeButts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeeButts</span></a>.</p><p>(Why is it the bugs are only ever out when I only have my phone with me?!)</p><p><a href="https://sb17.space/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://sb17.space/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <a href="https://sb17.space/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://sb17.space/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a></p>
tickfoot<p>What a sweet little discovery. </p><p><a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/monarchwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchwatch</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nativeplants</span></a></p>