#Ants #pollinating #locoweed #blooms

a #bumblebee emerging head first from a rose colored #rhododendron flower after #pollinating it

(taken yesterday)

Are there any flowers that Western honey bees avoid? My sister just got several hives and she is worried about the native bee population having nothing left to eat. I'd love to give her a list of plants to seek out for her property. In Central Oregon, so ideally drought-tolerant, too. Thanks for any ideas. #bees #honey #beekeeping #gardening #honeybees #entomology #flowers #apiary #apis #insect #pollinating #pollinators #oregon

Let’s learn about #bumblebees

More than 250 #species of bumblebees live around the world, #pollinating a wide variety of #plants

https://www.snexplores.org/article/lets-learn-about-bumblebees

#Forsythia are #ornamental #shrubs in Central #Europe that are originally native to #Asia. The shrubs planted in #parks in Germany are the hybrids Forsythia x #intermedia. It is a hybridization of the species F. suspensa and F. viridissima. As a result of €globalwarming, the flowering period in Central Europe is shifting further and further forward. The flowers are #sterile and therefore of no interest to #pollinating insects.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025, photo 2022

who can #rewild acres of land, but it makes more of a difference than you may realize. You may just be creating a place where a #pollinating insect flying by can get some nectar, or lay her eggs. Moreover, by planting #NativeSpecies you're showing your neighbors these plants can be just as beautiful as non-native ornamentals, and they may follow suit.

In a time when #HabitatLoss is the single biggest cause

5/6

@Bellingen
Pollinators. By Warren Bee. An exerpt:

Pollinators.
We pollinate any stamen' of his property
We're damn good too
But you can't bumble any bee off the street
You gotta be handy with the stinger, if you know what I mean
Earn your keep
Pollinatorrrrsss, mount up!

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon
Warren Bee was on the streets tryin' to buzzume....

#bees
#pollinating
#rapping
#random

Nectary
By Alison Smith And Dr Chris Hassall
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Lightwaves 2023
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A red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) enjoying our New York aster (Symphyotricum novi-belgii). :) #gardening #butterfly #pollinating

#Rare #flower makes #fake bee #blood to lure #pollinating #insects
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2383731-rare-flower-makes-fake-bee-blood-to-lure-pollinating-insects/

#Frogs as #Pollinators? https://blog.nature.org/2023/07/05/frogs-as-pollinators/

Between #fruits, #flowers and #nectar: The extraordinary diet of the #frog Xenohyla truncata https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352249623000101

"Nestled on a branch in the forests of #Brazil lives a frog that may well be helping #trees reproduce. It could be an inadvertent effort – the frog wants to sip nectar and covers its back with #pollen in the process – but if it is helping trees reproduce, it’s the first #pollinating frog ever recorded."

Maybe Do Some Pollinatin'... #Pollinating #Pollinators #GardeningMastodon

https://youtube.com/shorts/ra0WtkNFGUE

This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science
Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower
It’s likely that the nectar-loving frogs, also known as Izecksohn’s Brazilian tree frogs, are transferring pollen as they move from flower to flower, the authors say.
https://www.science.org/content/article/brazilian-frog-might-be-first-pollinating-amphibian-known-science #frog #pollinating

Early #spring #ephemerals are out in S. Quebec. I love to see the mix of colours from red (red trillium) to purplish-white (hepatica) to yellow (coltsfoot) & white (bloodroot).
#pollinating greater bee fly (Bombylius major) as an added bonus.

A video of a #bee #pollinating the #prairie, from that same #nature walk.

Spring beauty miner (Andrena erigeniae), a ground-nesting bee that collects pollen from Claytonia spp. (Montiaceae). #bee #flowers #pollen #pollinating #insect #nature #plants #MacroPhotography

Tropical milkweed. Saw two butterflies hovering nearby, perhaps for the nectar of this plant. #nature #naturephotography #pollinating #plants