Alberta Native Bee Council

[Alberta Native Bee Council @ABNativeBees]

Check out our Fall Newsletter! Inside you'll find:
- Details on volunteer opportunities for our FIRST EVER fundraising casino in Edmonton,
- Bumble bee box maintenance and reporting,
- ANBC in the news and
- Our latest blog post!
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[Alberta Native Bee Council @ABNativeBees]

We hope you are able to spend this holiday season surrounded by friends and family. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at the Alberta Native Bee Council!

[Alberta Native Bee Council @ABNativeBees]

Today is the last day to order your Alberta Native Bee Council swag in time for Christmas! Visit our online store to make your purchases now, and support the conservation of native bees in Alberta.

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Last day of our Holiday Giveaway! Last but not least, for today's entry, comment on this post and tell us what your favourite species of native bee is!

Tomorrow we will draw for the prize (a copy of the book "Pollinators & Pollination"), and contact the winner. Happy Holidays!

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Holiday Giveaway, part 4! I'm sure many of our followers garden or appreciate gardens and flowers. For today's entry, tell us what your favourite flower is that is frequented by bees?

It's the second last day to enter our contest, so hop on board if you haven't yet!

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It's day 3 of our Holiday Giveaway! Today's question that you must answer to enter the contest is a two-parter. Tell us in the comments if you would be interested in attending a bumble bee box building workshop, and if so, in what part of the province? Prize draw this Friday.

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It's day 2 of our Giveaway! For today's entry to win a copy of the book "Pollinators & Pollination", comment and tell us where you would like us to lead Pollinator Walks this summer. We will post a new question each day this week, and we will draw for the prize this Friday.

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Holiday Giveaway! For the holidays, we will be giving away a copy of the book "Pollinators & Pollination".
To enter, comment on this post and tell us what you would like to see on our social media next year. We will post a question each day, and draw the winner this Friday.

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There is less than a week left to order your Alberta Native Bee Council swag in time for Christmas! Hurry to our online store to make your purchases now, or make a donation on behalf of your loved ones to support native bees in Alberta!

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It's now December! Have you started thinking about your holiday shopping? The Alberta Native Bee Council has some great options for the bee lover in your life. Check out our store to purchase t-shirts, mugs, or native bee posters this holiday season!
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This #GivingTuesday, make a donation to support the Alberta Native Bee Council. ANBC is a totally volunteer run organisation that works to promote conservation of native pollinator communities. Donate now to help bees!
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Did you know that it's our fifth anniversary? We are celebrating by holding our AGM and Bee Forum in person in Calgary, three weeks from now on October 22. We can't wait to hear from expert speakers about our native bees, and we hope you'll join us!

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We are excited to invite you to our AGM this year, which will include an evening mixer and a Bee Forum with many speakers who are passionate about native bees. Visit our event page to register.

We hope to see you there! 🐝

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We are excited to host another Pollinator Walk alongside the Edmonton Native Plant Society! If you are interested in joining us on the evening of Friday July 22, at Bunchberry Meadows, please register on our website.

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Enjoyed our content during #pollinatorweek? Join us on October 22 for the Alberta Native Bee Council's 5th Anniversary Celebrations! We will be celebrating together in Calgary on Saturday October 22, so save the date! We hope to see you there.

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Today is the last day to submit your bee photos and colouring pages for our #PollinatorWeek contests! Winners will be randomly chosen and they will be announced next week.

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Bees are ectotherms, meaning they can't warm up their bodies on their own. But some bumble bees can function like an endotherm. These bees can "detach" their wing muscles from their wings and move them so quickly that they can warm up their bodies.
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Social bees have "haplodiploidy" where males have only one set of chromosomes (haploid) and females have two (diploid). That means that when a haploid male mates with a diploid female, the female gives birth to diploid daughters. Later, those daughters will produce haploid males.

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This Saturday is a great time to photograph some bees to submit to our photo contest! See our website for contest rules and how to submit photos. Tomorrow is the last day of the contest! #pollinatorweek #bees

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Bees can't see the colour red because they don't have a photoreceptor for it, like humans do. Red appears as black as it goes farther from yellow to orange to red. Instead of red, bees see more into the violet range than humans. #pollinatorweek #bees