#bee

mkwadee@diasp.eu

This is the last week of #summer but today is hot and #sunny and so the #pollinators are out doing their thing before it gets to damp and dark and the #flowers wither away. In the front #garden, one of the #plants attracts a lot of #bees and #hoverflies. Here are some pictures I took with my #camera using a #MacroLens.

I'm not sure whether this is a #Bee or a #HoverFly.
Bee on yellow flower

You can see the #PollenSacs on this #Bee.
Bee with pollen sacs

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

Bee on yellow flower

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Macro #Horticulture

eileen@despora.de

Ban bee-killing neonic seed treatments!
Please send a message to your state legislators to ban dangerous neonic seed treatments!

Honey bee colony losses continue at alarming rates. In the 2022-2023 season, commercial beekeepers saw a mortality rate of 48.2 percent in their hives, almost as bad as the 2020-2021 season with the highest loss rate ever reported (50.8%).

New York State made history in 2023 when Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Birds and Bees Protection Act to ban neonicotinoid (neonic) coatings on corn, soybean and wheat seeds.

The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators has stepped up to address the crisis with legislation to restrict the use of bee-killing neonic insecticides . Across the country, bills to ban, restrict or regulate neonics have been introduced in 23 states and passed in Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/63589/action/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source

#Ban #Neonic #Bee #Killer #Insecticides