Babe wake up - new favorite bee just dropped
Osmia avosetta: these solitary bees place their eggs in colorful nesting capsules that are constructed from flower petals, nectar, and mud
Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Drusas@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Bonus science fact: they are also adorable little fuzzy ladies.
Elilol@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
This is awesome! more like this plz.
Hupf@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
That was beautiful.
And the alt-text made me laugh hard enough to hurt myself lol
fedikitty@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It looks like they’re celebrating Easter! It’s really pretty.
sangeteria@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Lowkey wanna eat the nesting capsule
napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
> Humans casually taking their magnum opus because they seem kinda cool
🐝:
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The true easter fluffies!
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
They’re little artists! 🎨
bassomitron@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They look like something the bee sells on Etsy.