Ele Willoughby, PhD on Nostr: the rusty patched bumblebee* (Bombus affinis), a sweat bee (Agapostemon sericeus), ...
the rusty patched bumblebee* (Bombus affinis), a sweat bee (Agapostemon sericeus), eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), the common eastern bumblebee (B. impatiens), a long-horned bee (Melissodes sp.) and centre: eastern snail-shell nesting bee (O. conjuncta). And that we need them and their kin to pollinate our food and the plants in our ecosystem at large. 🧵3/4
*likely no longer found in Canada, but common in my youth
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