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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1/n 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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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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1/n 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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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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1/7 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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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!

A thread: Squash bees are ground nesting solitary bees that pollinate plants in the genus Cucurbita, such as pumpkins, squash, zucchini, and other gourds.