Bee City Brandon

A group of Brandon, Manitoba, citizens who want to promote native pollinator importance to our city. 🐝

[Nature Manitoba @NatureManitoba]

Deemed a pest, but the role that mosquito larvae play in the aquatic ecosystem cannot be underestimated! Still a few spots left in our Immature Mosquito workshop. Learn about & celebrate the secret immature life stages of the mosquito. Register today here: https://t.co/8G3Z2z2cfx

[Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust]

🌱 Download your FREE March bumblebee menu and get planting this month! 👉 https://t.co/oqsUeGGgYa

#BeeTheChange #FlowerPower #GardeningTips #SaveTheBees

[NCC_CNC Media @NCC_CNCMedia]

A neighbour of the Hazel Bird Nature Reserve is donating his land near Baltimore, Ont., to be conserved by @NCC_CNC. The landscape is protected thanks to his generosity and support from @ONenvironment and @environnementca's Ecological Gifts program. https://t.co/4WIfmAAbV6

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

We love to see our agriculture community support and bring awareness to the essential native prairie grasslands here in MB. ♥️🌱

[The Brandon Sun 🇨🇦 @thebrandonsun]

WTW: For 20 years, a fourth-generation Melita-area cattle producer has been helping protect native grassland pastures and species at risk along the Souris River Valley in partnership with the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation. https://t.co/gwYdF7CJYW #bdnmb

[Winnipeg Public Library @wpglibrary]

Best Native Plants For Your Garden Online
with Master Gardener Linda Dietrick

Tuesday, March 8: 6:30 - 7:30PM

To register, visit
https://t.co/WQk0ikl3mp

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

The Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) is a type of giant silk moth found in Manitoba that can reach a wingspan of 15cm!

These moths overwinter in cocoons and emerge as adults in the summer.

#bdnmb @BeeCityCanada @NatureManitoba @BdnRiverbank

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

Why we're not talking about honeybees when we say #SaveTheBees: a quick breakdown.

#bdnmb @CityBrandon @BeeCityCanada @BdnRiverbank @BUSU37 @ACCSA_MB @BdnEnviroCom

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

@BumblebeeTrust Thank you for being such an amazing resource!

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

What to do if you find a hibernating bumblebee?

From the @BumblebeeTrust:

https://t.co/mQctiaAMDM

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

"...the honey bee is hardly at risk of extinction. “There are more honey bees on the planet today than at any time in history..." #bdnmb @BrandonUni @NatureManitoba @NWF

The Truth About Honeybees:
https://t.co/ErC3JGMEqn

[BeesYU @BeesYork]

#TerminologyTuesday
Today features the bee leg. Like most insects, it is divided into the serial parts, from base to apex: coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, tarsus. In females, the hind leg (the image IS a hind leg) will usually have the scopa.

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

“If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live.”

Is a common quote attributed to Einstein. But did he really say it? 🧐
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Spoiler: probably not, no.

https://t.co/LaOCycwxtf

[Bee City Brandon @BeeCityBrandon]

We are Bee City Brandon! 🐝

#bdnmb @BeeCityCanada @CityBrandon @BdnRiverbank @btateach @NatureManitoba @BNRC1 @ThinkBrandon1st @LibraryBU

[The Xerces Society @xercessociety]

The final numbers are in! In a remarkable outcome, this winter's Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count brought a final tally of 247,237 butterflies, an over 100-fold increase from the previous year’s total of less than 2,000. Read full details at https://t.co/YBs468Io8L

[The Xerces Society @xercessociety]

New tool alert! Xerces has launched a searchable list of systemic #insecticides with info including their toxicity to #bees, their persistence, strength, and where they can be legally used. Access via https://t.co/Gw9mdbjogV

[The Bees In Your Backyard @BeesBackyard]

We just got a fresh batch of posters from the printer. Visit our online store for details. https://t.co/mv7T9I8lco

[BeesYU @BeesYork]

It's that time of year again - our bee of the year wrap up! For those of you who are new followers, each year we post the most popular bees (from our Instagram account) for the last two weeks. This years 10th most popular bee was Notanthidium bizonatum.

[Dr. Teri Cocke @TeriCocke]

I wish all insects went around like pokemon & yelled out their scientific name as their call & I could just have a note pad & record em all down without having to take them back to the lab

[Sarah Steele Cabrera @swamphiker]

How to anger all entomologists with a single photo.