World Bee Day, theme 'Bee together for people and the planet'

natureMay 20, 20263958,702

World Bee Day on May 20, designated by the United Nations, used the theme "Bee together for people and the planet" to spotlight urgent action to protect bees and other pollinators. Conservation groups and beekeeping organizations shared practical guidance: plant native wildflowers, reduce pesticide use, create nesting habitat, and support local beekeepers. Bees are diverse, with roughly 20,000 species worldwide, and pollinators support about 35 percent of global crop production. Protecting pollinators matters for food security, farmers' incomes, and the resilience of ecosystems that sustain our diets.

Marianne Denton

@mariannedenton.bsky.social

BlueSky Trending shows Bezos as # 1 and World Bee Day as # 4. Whatever we can collectively do to replace bees over bezos, you know that you need to do. #WorldBeeDay

Small black native bee collecting purple pollen from a mariposa lily stamen. Close up and face on with large black eyes.

38520d ago

Marianne Denton26

ugh. World Bee Day has dropped to # 5 - #WorldBeeDay #NativeBees

Michelle F.5

Here's a few of my favorite bee shots I've taken!🐝 #WorldBeeDay

Coconino2

Is that bee on a mariposa lily? Looking like leichlin’s or bruneaunsis?

Friedrich2

Bees honestly deserve all the attention today 🐝🌼 Tiny creatures with a massive impact on our planet and food systems. Happy #WorldBeeDay!

Adam Sharp

@adamcsharp.bsky.social

Happy World Bee Day! Here’s a list of how bees buzz in ten different languages… 10. Bzzz (Czech) 9. Bzzz (Bulgarian) 8. Bzzz (French) 7. Bzzz (Slovene) 6. Bzzz (Catalan) 5. Bzzz (Polish) 4. Bzzz (Portuguese) 3. Bzzz (Italian) 2. Bzzz (Spanish) 1. Wing wing (Korean)

36620d ago

Sarah 钟怡珊20

In Chinese they say 嗡嗡 (wēng wēng, pronounced something like wuhng wuhng)

DragonAt609

What goes Zub Zub? A Bee in reverse.

BIG JIM PEPPER8

In the Polish one, you're omitting the diacritic marks. each one of the z's is pronounced slightly different

Charlayn von Solms8

In Afrikaans bees go 'zoem'.

Impudent Strumpet3

I want to know if Korean bees actually sound different. Like would a human perceive "That bee is buzzing differently from the bees we have at home?"

Orkney Library & Archive

@orkneylibrary.bsky.social

Today is #WorldBeeDay so we made a bee out of books and now we're buzzing. 🐝

A bee made out of yellow and black books

37020d ago

AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸

@alinagrafik.eurosky.social

#WorldBeeDay My lone photo of a bee to honor World Bee Day today, August 20th. 🐝 #EastCoastKin #ECK #Macro #Bee #Bloomscrolling

Close up image of a large, fuzzy bee sitting in the center of a bright yellow flower that has tinges of pink/orange on the ends of the petals. The center is a dark maroon with bright orange stamens. Dark purple/blue leaves are in the background as well as a few bright green leaves.

35620d ago

linda2.bsky.social2

I was surrounded by bees today. Most joyful. Your photo too, Alina x.

Jen C Mars

@jencmars.bsky.social

Here are some nice bees I've met #WorldBeeDay

Photo of a bi-colored sweat bee standing on the spiny red center of a coneflower head against an out of focus green background. The bee has a bright metallic green head and thorax, a striped abdomen, and is covered in fine golden hairs. This bee has been doing a lot of work and the back legs are fat with pollen. It's a beautiful bee.

29120d ago

Jen C Mars7

Many, if not most of my photos are taken in Chicago, often in my own yard or nearby natural spaces. We have an amazing variety of wildlife here, including many beautiful species of native bees.

John Lechner3

I don't know how you get such sharp close pictures, the bees I meet never stop moving! 😄

c0nc0rdance

@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

It's World Bee Day! 🐝 This little Mason bee (genus Osmia) demonstrates exceptional strength & fortitude in removing a nail from a brick wall. Mason bees are solitary: the females make nests from mud or, in this case, masonry walls. So, our narrator should say: "good lass." (📷: MrDowner1306, YT)

23620d ago

c0nc0rdance28

Male mason bees, in fact, may only live a few days, just long enough to mate, while the females stick around to create a home for the offspring. This species produces neither wax nor honey. They lay a single egg on a "bee loaf" made of pollen & nectar kneaded into a lump.

Rory Dimond4

Do you know that this was staged? The guy slotted it into an existing nest hole. Still faurly impressive strength and problem solving abilities though.

Helen Whistberry

@whistberry.bsky.social

It's #WorldBeeDay? Bees are adorable #SciArt

Digital painting of extreme close up of a pink poppy with yellow center. A very cute and tiny gold and brown bee is clinging to the center stamens and is partially hidden by one of the pink petals.

18220d ago

E.M. Anderson | the brain-only writer too hot for bluesky2

I rescued one from my basement just earlier!

pi pudding 🪱🍓

@puddingandp1.bsky.social

bee dad and his bee children for bee day #art #tadc #worldbeeday

16619d ago

Juliet Turner

@juliet-turner.bsky.social

Happy World Bee Day!🐝🥳 Here’s a collage of some of the bee species I have photographed in the garden so far this year: My garden bee list is at over 20 species now!

18620d ago

John Lechner

@johnlechner.bsky.social

Here's a new cartoon, enjoy! 🐝 #invertebrates #WorldBeeDay

Cartoon of a bee sitting in a comfortable chair looking at the TV which has the words "POLLEN FORECAST" and a graph getting higher each day. The bee smiles and says, "Excellent!"

15220d ago

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary

@merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social

Love to see our pollinator friends here at the sanctuary! 🐝 #worldbeeday

Photo of a carpenter bee about to land on a bright pink crabapple blossom.

16820d ago

Robyn

@handcranked.bsky.social

Let's celebrate #WorldBeeDay with #BlurBee photos. Why throw away a perfectly good bee photo because of a little blur? This one has two tiny spiders. #EastCoastKin #bees #ECK #photography

A photo of a blurry bee flying near a stalk of fuzzy purple flowers on a Mexican sage plant. The stalk goes from just right of center at the top of the photo to close to the right corner. There are two tiny spiders on the cluster of purple flowers the bee is flying toward. The one closest to the bee is in focus and the one on a shorter petal farther back is blurred. The background is a blur of green with a bit of purple in the upper right corner.

18620d ago

Viktoriay Yakimush

@viktoriay.bsky.social

"A bee doesn't eat anyone, doesn't need victims, only gifts. But the bee itself gives gifts like a king." 🫶🐝 #WorldBeeDay #BlurBee #macro #macrophotography #InsectThursday #mobilephotography

This vibrant macro photograph captures a bee collecting nectar from a lush inflorescence. Key details: Central subject: The bee, with its detailed, transparent wings and dark, fluffy body, is deeply immersed in the flower, emphasizing the dynamism of the moment. Flora: The flowers are rich yellow, gathered in dense clusters (likely mahonia or a similar garden plant). The petals appear delicate and slightly backlit by the sun. Composition and light: The photograph was taken with a shallow depth of field - the background is softly blurred, which highlights the insect. Natural sunlight creates contrasting shadows and highlights the texture of the hairs on the bee's back.

16020d ago

Tom Astle

@tjalamont.bsky.social

Happy #WorldBeeDay – here is a favorite, the death camas mining bee, Andrena astragali, on its namesake toxic flower, death camas (Toxicoscordion sp.). Only a few generalist insects can tolerate the toxic nectar & pollen, but this bee specializes it it. Some of us like our food spicy. #Bugsky 🌿🐙📷