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Another Saturday morning means another vital thread concerning #bumblebee queens at this time of year!
Please #repost/#share as EVERY QUEEN BEE THAT SURVIVES GETS TO ESTABLISH A NEST that otherwise would not happen. Let me explain.
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#TIL that #bees have been around since the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and ancient bees seem to have also gone through a mass extinction!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti…
sciencedaily.com/releases/2013…
First Evidence for a Massive Extinction Event Affecting Bees Close to the K-T Boundary
Bees and eudicot plants both arose in the mid-late Cretaceous, and their co-evolutionary relationships have often been assumed as an important element in the rise of flowering plants.journals.plos.org
A bee diligently collects pollen from a crocus in Liberec, northern Czech Republic
Photograph: Slávek Růta/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
@photography
#bees
#flowers
#crocus
Please #repost.
Every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year!
So this is important to share.
Thank you.
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