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For day 4 of #PollinatorWeek2021 we are going to look at bee biodiversity.
Below is a thread giving just a small taste of the vast variety of shapes, colors, and behaviors among the more than 20,000 bee species in the world.
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Below is a thread giving just a small taste of the vast variety of shapes, colors, and behaviors among the more than 20,000 bee species in the world.
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In Pennsylvania there are over 400 species of bees, in the US there are over 4000.
A survey of the general public found that "only 14%
of people were able to guess within 1000 the actual number of bee species in the US" digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewconten…
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A survey of the general public found that "only 14%
of people were able to guess within 1000 the actual number of bee species in the US" digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewconten…
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Roughly 70% of bee species nest in the ground, that's true around the world, and here in Pennsylvania.
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Day 3 of #PollinatorWeek and we want to highlight one reason why bee pollinators are important: they pollinate our crops and food!
Below are some fun facts about crop pollinators:
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Below are some fun facts about crop pollinators:
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With over 90 different crops relying on bees for their pollination services, we have to take a moment this week to thank a bee for the food on our tables.
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Here are a variety of crops that 50% or more of their yield is dependent on pollinators, we would probably not have these foods without our insect friends!
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It’s day 2 of #PollinatorWeek and we’re celebrating the queen bees and her hives, honey bees!
Below is a thread of fun facts about honey bees.
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Below is a thread of fun facts about honey bees.
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Honey bees are eusocial, they live in hives of thousands of bees but only the queen lays eggs.
The amount of eggs laid by a queen in a single day can weigh more than her own weight!
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The amount of eggs laid by a queen in a single day can weigh more than her own weight!
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Honey bees can beat their wings over 11,000 times per minute, that is twice the rate of hummingbird's wings.
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For #PollinatorWeek2021 we’re excited to showcase some fun info about bee pollinators, especially ones we work with in the López-Uribe Lab. Today is all about squash bees!
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Squash bees are ground nesting solitary bees that pollinate plants in the genus Cucurbita, such as pumpkins, squash, zucchini, and other gourds.
Squash bees do look similar to honey bees but ecologically they are very different. Honey bees live in huge hives and squash bees are solitary. Here are tips to help you tell them apart
It's #PollinatorWeek so let's bust some myths which often come up when I give presentations or talk to folks. Note: these will be Canada-centric. #savewildbees #PollinatorWeek2021
#1 Bees die when they sting: Honeybees are the only sp. that I know of w/ barbed stingers that get stuck when they sting. They have colonies w/ 10-60k workers & if some die while defending it's less of a big deal than for native spp.
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#2 Bees are striped yellow & black: bees are incredibly diverse. There are 20,000+ spp globally and they come in all sorts of colours & sizes. In Canada, the sweat bees are the largest group and they are mostly grey, green & silver!
