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Osmia avosetta: these solitary bees place their eggs in colorful nesting capsules that are constructed from flower petals, nectar, and mud

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Submitted ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    The true easter fluffies!

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They look like something the bee sells on Etsy.

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  • napkin2020@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    > Humans casually taking their magnum opus because they seem kinda cool

    🐝:

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Babe wake up - new favorite bee just dropped

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  • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bonus science fact: they are also adorable little fuzzy ladies.

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  • fedikitty@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It looks like they’re celebrating Easter! It’s really pretty.

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  • sangeteria@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lowkey wanna eat the nesting capsule

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  • Elilol@fedinsfw.app ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is awesome! more like this plz.

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