#Japanese honey bee

[ayanos-pl]

オカメザクラでニホンミツバチが吸蜜＋花粉集め。オレンジ色の舌が見えますね（2月29日）

pszczoła(Apis cerana japonica) na kwiatach wiśni (Prunus incamp cv. Okame)

Japanese honey bee (Apis cerana japonica) on cherry blossoms (Prunus incamp cv. Okame)

[mourningmaybells]

are they really your friends if they don't form a bee ball to heat up and kill your enemies with you?

[natsumipocket]

Kyocera HONEY BEE® 4

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[audible-smiles]

When gardeners get a little too enthusiastic about "native plants good, invasive plants bad", they miss a crucial fact; very few plants have zero value to wildlife. An abandoned urban lot full of invasives still offers some options for shelter, habitat, and food...sure, the species who make best use of them are going to be the resilient generalists quickly adapting to urban life, but it's something. A barren parking lot offers pretty much nothing except human waste scraps.

So when you're managing an area with a large number of invasive plants, you have to keep in mind that in the short-term, you'll actually decrease the complexity of the ecosystem by removing plants. Obviously you're going to make up for it in the long-term with plants better-suited to your region, but some of those will take years to reach maturity. A lot of experienced native plant gardeners will recommend tackling a large space in sections so you don't turn your entire yard into an empty expanse of wood chip mulch all at once.

[alcnfr]

Some of the life teeming around the Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) blossoms this morning...

Banded Longhorn Beetles (Typocerus velutinus)

Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica)

tiny Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae... spp.)

Western Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae... spp.)

[fish-pancakes]

[quotation--marks]

It occurred to me that the pigeons and the pickpockets, the immigrant beside me, the tourists, we were all just HERE. You could tell, looking at them ambling around the plaza in their white scarves, that those mothers no longer thought their children might come home. Maybe this was their way of expressing the constant, unending frustration they carried in their hearts, of giving form to the time they had lived through, of refusing to let what had happened get lost in the oblivion of simply being here, like this, right now. Cradling pictures of their daughters and sons, the old women chatted among themselves. That made me feel the reality of it all the more. That’s how it goes, I thought. This is time passing. This is the colour of sorrow.

Yoshimoto Banana, Bee Honey (trans. Michael Emmerich)

[warrenwoodhouse]

Western Honey Bee on a Japanese Thimbleweed by Warren Woodhouse (Artwork)

Original hand-drawn and hand-coloured A4 artwork based on a photo I took of a Western Honey Bee on a Japanese Thimbleweed and made during my unaccredited art class. I’ve included both my original sketch and the final coloured in version.

Artwork by @warrenwoodhouse

📸 iPhone XR (Product Red)

📃 A4 Plain Art Book Paper

🖌 HB Pencil; Colouring Pencils

🗓 14th February 2020

📍 NCL Westgate Community College, West Road, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England, United Kingdom.

[ayanos-pl]

フェンネルにはニホンミツバチも来ていたよ（6月24日）

[nionom-art]

First drafts for Bee!Kagami and Turtle!Luka

You have no idea how hard the Bee!Kagami was to design… I’m still not 100% satisfied with it.

I thought it would be funny if Kagami’s bee hero name was a real Japanese name just like Ryuko is. Hachimitsu means honey bee so it was perfect.

Turtle!Luka (or Terrapin as I decided to call him) was actually a surprisingly easy design. I’ll probably just tweak a couple of things here and there.

[natsumipocket]

Kyocera HONEY BEE® 4

[jlb1982]

After watching that video, I’ll never look at a honey bee the same way again. No, honey bees, you are no longer just the humble makers of the stuff I use to sweeten my tea; you are noble warriors, who will fight to the last even when outmatched by a superior enemy.

Source: Lauren Davis, i09

[hideki-koga]

二ホンミツバチ （Japanese honey bee）

[r0-boat]

Whb monsters part 2

+ (Bee! Beelzebub)

Since all the kings are out let's do this one more time ;)

Most of Beelzebub's headcannons and still hold up So I'm not going to go back and change those so I guess he has two choices now.

Read part 1 here

Bee!Beelzebub (monsterchange!)

Contrary to popular belief bee hybrids are not always diligent workers... Beelzebub was that exception. He was and still is a go with the flow all fun no work kind of guy

The only few times you see him act so invested is when it comes to you or anything is passionate about.

Belphegor(Baku?)

Bee!hybrids do not make their own honey but they are still attracted to sweets with their great sense of smell if they smell anything sweet they will automatically be gravitated toward it. Beelzebub found you because of that something of yours smelled so sweet he couldn't help but investigate.

That's why he was there knocking on your window And now he knows the reason why you're so irresistible.

He decides to be a diligent worker when it comes to your pleasure.

Asmodeus(Satyr)

When you felt a dip into your bed you groaned pulling the blankets over your head. You thought it was Beel slipping himself into your covers like he always does so you pay no mind. The next morning you woke up to quite a shock. You screamed but no one heard... Right. Your monsters have all gone out for the day something about important business??

There he was a strange man sleeping in your bed. His long tail tusks on his face and horns to match. Your screech woke him up as he groans rubbing his eyes as if he was just as upset as you were. You gave him a minute to explain himself as you reach over to grab the nearest object you could use as a weapon. The strange Man black hair covering his face size groans sliding his hair back before saying "What a hassle... Looked like you were having some good sleep so I came in. You have 'friends' of mine here."

When You heard him say You immediately put the object down. Yeah you're not surprised. Ever since you 'adopted' Satan the same thing happens almost every two to three months. Weird stranger breaks into your house... Claims to know your roommates and huzzah he's correct! You rub your temples. You are 90% sure he is correct And if he isn't well He might not live long enough to get very far if he does kidnap you. "All right... I believe you. Just stay right there I got to call someone..." He was already making himself at home laying on your bed with his elbow propped up His Japanese style clothes covering his body. As soon as you left the room he finally relaxed

"Damn wasn't expecting her to say yes... Welp guess I don't need this form anymore, Glad I kept enough energy for this disguise... Damn thing is a hassle..." He hissed through his teeth the previous long tail horns and tusks begin to evaporate as if it was nothing but smoke replacing his horns was pointed ears, and his singular long tail, splits into nine fluffier ones.

Yeah he could explain why he made a disguise.... But that's all too much work.

A knock at your door. You didn't expect visitors and to your knowledge you didn't order anything. But still you went to the door everyone was home, your tiger, your dragon looking like they're yet again about to fight, Your not so busy Bee and your snake trying to strangle him, Your fox is sleeping curled up next to the fireplace. Using his tails as a blanket, and even your vampire who flew in not too long ago now drinking a warm cup of coffee. That knock caught all of their attention as you went to the door.

Curled horns on his head covered with long black hair, blood red eyes that stared through you, His naked chest wrapped with vines and- you only saw a flash of what he looked like before your tiger slammed the door shut so hard, the wood cracked. Expression of worry and panic mixed with the usual rage who shared a look with everyone else who definitely saw...

Everyone knew this day was coming, They just didn't expect it to be today. You had no idea why your monsters were so freaked out. As the man no sat his hooves cross. Your monsters looked at him as if The world's biggest douchebag walked into the room. You have no idea why He's cute little tail, his cheery yet sultry smile, curled horns paired with soft fluffy ears made him look like a sheep and His hot fucking face and bod . I mean you were getting a vibe but nothing about him seemed overtly strange well no stranger than the gaggle of 6 idiots in this house already.

You broke the silence "Would you like some tea?" His eyes who had not left you for a second light up as a smile curved bigger. "Oh I think I would like something more sweeter than tea." You were a fool, living with horny monsters and you were a fool... "Oh? What would you like then I think we might have soda-" He purrs You could see his tail wagging. "Oh Sweet thing, I'm not talking about beverages~"

It was like reality shattered around you, because how the fuck are you supposed to respond to that? Your eyes go wide as your face flushes hot. Satan was gnashing His teeth already in his wild form his claws digging into the cushion trying everything in his power not to pounce, Mammon and Beel was amused by the comeback... Leviathan was about to join forces and kill this man at how flustered you got but he didn't want to take any step near that thing The thought of just touching it makes him want to puke, Belphegor stirs in his sleep, Lucifer had just finished his coffee.

[flowerishness]

Prunus serrulata var. 'Kanzan' (Japanese flowering cherry) and Apis mellifera (Western honey bee)

Hanami

When people talk about cherry blossoms they usually mean this species, Prunus serrulata, the Japanese flowering cherry. In Japan Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers (花, hana) but it almost always refers to pink flowering cherry trees(桜).

In Vancouver, the history of cherry blossoms dates back to the 1930s. Two of the main Japanese port cities, Kobe and Yokohama, donated 500 trees to the Japanese cenotaph in Stanley Park to honor Japanese Canadians who served in the First World War.

There are now over 45,000 cherry trees in Vancouver. We have an annual Hanami Festival and I think this year's must-see event is the Sakura Days Japan Fair at the Van Dusen Botanical Garden (April 13/14). I'll be there. I think I'll take my camera. I'm hoping for a sunny day.