#i love BEES

[beepostsdaily]

certified bee post! 🐝

it's me and my caffeinated drink against the world

[reasonsforhope]

"Next Monday [6/17/24] is the start of National Pollinator Awareness Week, and one Colorado advocacy group is hosting a flower planting drive to rewild Colorado’s meadows, gardens, and just maybe, its children too.

Created by constitutional amendment in 1992, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) is a state-funded independent board that invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces.

This year, GOCO’s offshoot Generation Wild is distributing over 100,000 free packets of wildflower seeds to collection points at museums, Denver Parks and Rec. offices, and libraries all over the state to encourage kids and families to plant the seeds in their backyards.

The Save the Bees! initiative aims to make the state more beautiful, more ecologically diverse, and more friendly to pollinators.

According to a new report from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 20% of Colorado’s bumblebees are now at risk of extinction. Even in a small area like a backyard, planting wildflowers can make a positive impact on the local ecosystem and provide native bees with a healthy place to live.

“The Western Bumblebee population has declined in Colorado by 72%, and we’re calling on kids across Colorado to ‘bee’ the change,” said GOCO Executive Director Jackie Miller.

Named after Generation Wild’s official mascot “Wilder,” the Wilderflower Seed Mix was developed in partnership with Applewood Seed Co. and packets are now available for pickup at designated partner sites including more than 80 Little Free Library boxes.

By distributing 100,000 Wilderflower packets, Generation Wild is providing more than 56 million seeds for planting in every nook and cranny of the state. All seeds are regionally-native to Colorado, which is important for sustaining the living landscape of bees, birds, and other animals.

Additionally, by using flower species adapted to the Mile High climate, landscapers and gardeners need to use less water than if they were tending non-native plants.

“Applewood Seed Co. was excited to jump in and help Generation Wild identify a seed mix that is native to the Colorado region and the American West, containing a diversity of flower species to attract and support Colorado’s pollinator populations,” stated Norm Poppe, CEO of Applewood Seed Co. “We hope efforts like this continue to educate the public on pollinator conservation and the need to protect our native bees and butterflies.”

Concluding her statement Miller firmly stated that children grow up better outside, and if you or a parent you know agree with her, all the information on how to participate in Save the Bees! can be found here on their website, including a map showing all the local pickup points for the Wilderflower Seed Packets."

-via Good News Network, June 13, 2024

[needlepointers]

they have magnets in their faces so they can kiss ^-^ inspired by @cappuccannie.craft on tiktok!

[liberate-te]

The truth about fireworks

[bog-bitch]

Male Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina), which is in my totally unbiased opinion one of the most underrated insects.

[mspaint-flower]

bee fowelr? Ity bity bee

tknny even

beeflower

[ichigoporky]

i love bees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🐝💛🍯

[cat-of-doodles]

am beegirl btw. jus so u know :-3

[midnitemoontrip]

pancakes or waffles?

🐝🍯🥞

[happyfoxx-art]

The big shopping weekend is here! Got a bee lover in your life? This is for YOU! Head on over to happyfoxxcreations.com to get your bee bag!

Shares massively appreciated! Small Businesses unite :D

[atranswolfgirl]

[beepostsdaily]

certified bee post! 🐝

[the-crow-in-the-blooming-tree]

𝐎𝐡𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐟 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 | 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲

[casual-praxis]

After all the Alt-Vio shenanigans lately, I thought it might be nice to have Vio visit a much less aggressive variant of himself, and @rosescore245’s own Slime Rancher Vio seemed like a good candidate!

Look, they're already bonding! I’ve wanted to draw them interacting for a while now, but getting all the other AU stuff figured out came first sadly. :')

I tried to get as close as possible to how Bald-Vio (lmao) looks, though it's probably not entirely acurate. I really really wanted to give him a lab coat but it's one of the only thing's I know he doesn't have haha.

Jumpscaring other Vio's is one of the only fun aspects to the glitching problem in Vio's opinion. His poker face may be on point, but he finds it hilarious.

I wonder what they'd talk about.

[primepalindrome]

Honey bee 🐝

[beepostsdaily]

What do the Tf2 Mercenaries think of bees/ how would they react if they found bees?

silly idea I had, and a fun crossover of my interests

original bee post 🐝