Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
816 followers · 938 posts · Server spore.social

For my ‘Redbud and the Bees’ piece ( ) explores how trees, are increasingly common in Toronto due to their popularity with gardeners and a warming climate. They are popular with our native but this includes the Eastern carpenter bee (whose range is also expanding with climate change) …

#pollinatorweek #multimedia #linocut #woodcut #printmaking #collage #redbud #bees #pollinators #sciart #insects #biodiversity #climatechange #carpenterbees #leafcutterbee #masonbees #toronto #mastoart

Last updated 1 year ago

Mary C Legg · @pogomcl
206 followers · 1294 posts · Server ohai.social

Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/2.8 1/320 iso: 500 Prague, Czech Republic September 2, 2021

#bees #xylocopa #carpenterbees #hymenoptera #apidae #pollinators #insects #invertebrates #macro

Last updated 1 year ago

cynthia rose · @cynthiarose
208 followers · 743 posts · Server sfba.social

I saw the strangest thing yesterday: a honeybee hitching a ride on the back of a male carpenter bee. Very hard to catch on camera and I wasn’t sure what I was seeing at first but it soon became clear that both bees were alive, not fighting, not fucking, the honeybee was just riding the carpenter bee like a horse! 😳 wow!

#bees #honeybees #carpenterbees #nature #pollinators

Last updated 2 years ago

Derek Caelin 🌱 · @derek
1480 followers · 1584 posts · Server sunbeam.city

Welp, we've got in the side of the house, by the roof. We could fill the holes with wood putty, but if the wood is too far gone I'd love to just move the beam into the woods (let the bees have their home) and replace the wood with a new board.

Anybody have experience with this? I really want to avoid insecticide if I can help it, and I don't want to hurt these important .

#carpenterbees #pollinators #bees #insects #askfedi

Last updated 3 years ago