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In summer, the Hitokotonushi Shrine in Ibaraki sets up on oasis for bees where they can safely collect water
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Okay, entomology brain is annoyed by a Tumblr ad
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Specifically, this one. First, Albert Einstein never said that.
Secondly, and more importantly, that is NOT a honey bee, or even a bee at all. That is a bee fly, a very important, very cute pollinator. However! They have parasitoid larvae! This means that they lay their eggs in the larvae of other bugs. Those eggs hatch, and those larvae eat the bug they're in from the inside out. Sounds horrible, but it's the way of things and I cannot understate how important these guys are.
The reason I'm annoyed about the picture of choice isn't even that they didn't picture a bee (not even in the right order- bees are hymenopterans. Flies are diptera.) What's really grinding my absolute gears about the choice here? Bee flies parasitize bee larva.
If you're going to use the wrong picture, at least don't use the picture of something that actively kills what you're trying to protect instead of the animal you're protecting.
Also, honeybees, Apis mellifera, don't need protection. They're fine. They're invasive in North America, even. Humans take care of them just fine. I'm a beekeeper, and I love them, but that's not where our efforts should be. We should be trying to protect native bees, there are a whole bunch that I bet you've never heard of that need help.
Anyway, rant over. Sorry, I just could not let that one go.
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arthistoryanimalia · 7 months
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For #WorldHoneyBeeDay 🐝 here are two golden illuminations from a pair of famous early 13th c. English bestiaries:
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Aberdeen Bestiary, Univ. Lib. MS 24 f.63r Aberdeen University Library
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Ashmole Bestiary, MS Ashmole 1511 f.75v Bodleian Libraries
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biophilianutrition · 6 months
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Natural Beauty
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tomhoppusdelonge · 2 months
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busy bee 🐝
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rattyexplores · 11 months
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Nest of the Asian Honeybee
Here we have the poisoned nest of the Asian Honeybee (Apis cerana). If you’re wondering why the nest was poisoned, it’s because this species is actually quite damaging to this area. The Asian Honeybee not only leaves in competition with native bees over nesting areas and food, but they may also carry a certain nasty mite known as the ‘Varroa mite’ (genus Varroa), which can be detrimental to European Honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) (1).
Lets take a closer look at this nest shall we. First we’ll start off with the eggs. You can see an egg inside a brood cell in picture 9. The eggs are very small, and take about three days to develop. After which the fat little larvae emerge, curling up and waiting to be fed by the worker bees. When the larva becomes large enough, the brood cell will be sealed, so the larva’s pupation will be undisturbed. The adult bee will chew its way out of the cell after emerging from the pupae (2).
You can tell which brood cell belongs to which kind of bee based on its appearance. The drones have a distinctly dome-shaped cap with a large pour in the center (pic. 7). Then, of course, there’s the queen’s brood cell, which is large, round and on the edge of the nest (pics 5-6) (3).
When it comes to this species, it’s important to stay informed about the ways in which they are damaging for the environment.
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Apis cerana
14/07/22
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vulturevalentines · 6 months
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B is for bēo  (Old English for bee)
The epic hero Bēowulf's name translates literally to bee-wolf, which is likely a kenning meaning bear.
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modern-fairy · 8 months
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Orange cosmos ☀️
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happyheidi · 2 years
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wisedumptruck · 3 days
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Reblog to spread. Thanks
Edit: other options (can't change the poll)
Applesheild
Gert's bees
BEES
Applebees
Bees²
*I will add any other ship names to the next one*
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classicwoodie · 10 months
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w-i-m-m · 8 months
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skippyin · 9 months
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Bee Mafia - "The Hit"
Starring: Stefano and Pip
(Sorry if tumblr crunches the quality)
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honeycomb-butch · 4 months
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"[T]his mouse was mummified by insects. Mice often enter honey bee hives in winter in search of a warm home. Honey bees would not tolerate such an invasion during the summer, but during the winter, they are clustered around the brood in the center of the hive and the corners of the hive interior go undefended, especially during colder weather. Sometimes the invading mice die a natural death, or perhaps the bees attack and kill them on a warm day in early spring (Should have left earlier!). In either case, the honey bees now have a dilemma because a mouse corpse is too big for them to carry out of the hive as they do with the bodies of dead bees and other debris. Their solution is to cover the cadaver with propolis, which effectively seals the dead mouse off from the rest of the hive. Notice they did remove the hair first.
Honey bees make propolis by gathering sap and other exudates from trees and mixing it with beeswax and saliva. The result is a glue-like substance that they use to seal small cracks, glue things in place, and help maintain sanitary conditions. Propolis is sticky and pliable at normal summer temperatures but becomes hard and brittle when cold. Propolis has antifungal and antibacterial properties." (source)
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mindblowingscience · 1 year
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The medicine was designed by the biotech company Dalan Animal Health to ward off American foulbrood (AFB), a contagious condition caused by a spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae.
Incorporated into the feed of a hive's worker bees, the oral vaccine is transferred into the 'royal jelly', which is fed to the queen.
The pathogen has only one known host: honeybee larvae. Once it infects a hive, it is notoriously difficult to eradicate. The only effective way to get rid of the bacteria for good is to send everything up in flames: the hive, the tools, and the bees themselves.
Any spores that don't burn can remain viable for 70 years or more, ready to infect the next colony that comes their way. Tragically, the bacteria can overcome an entire hive in as little as three weeks, leaving bee keepers little time to respond.
In 2022, Dalan sponsored a placebo-controlled trial on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine with great results. Not only did the medicine protect workers and the queen from dying of AFB disease in testing, it also bestowed immunity to the next generation by working in the royal's ovaries.
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They're girlfriends who start a honeybee ranch together
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