It's A time to appreciate these wonderful creatures. Here's a drawing I did of a bee on a scabious flower

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It's 🐝 You might think of bumblebees or honeybees quickly, but these amazing insects come in all sorts of colors and sizes around the world! From the tiniest at 1.8 mm long to the largest with a 6 cm wingspan, there are an estimated 20K bee species on Earth!

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On here are an exquisite bit of Cretan filigree jewelry from-almost unbelievably-7th century BCE & a gold plaque depicting the Bee-Goddess Melissa from Rhodes about 1,000 years later. She fed the baby Zeus honey not milk as in top of Poussin pic. He loved her for it

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What better way to highlight the importance of pollinators than with these delightful bee illustrations from Muffet’s ‘Theatre of insects' from collections

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In Greek Mythology the Thriai were three prophetic nymphs with the heads of women and the bodies of bees. Apollo was taught the art of prophecy from them. They needed honey to give a true omen and that’s what people offered them to ask them about their future.🐝🍯

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🐝 My uncle Larry asked if yesterday’s Bee Boy had a sister, and he does! And here she is- complete with her honeycomb. If you’ve ever tried to get honey🍯out of your hair, then you know how important a honeycomb is🐝
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🐝 happened recently. This little bee boy wants to tell you all about them- and ANY day will do. 🐝

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Yesterday was forgot 2 post this illustration I got 2 use as a screen saver. The illo is called Bee Heard & is by . We always put it up on the studio monitor, on recording days. Check out Chris’s other art https://t.co/Df5DoEO18V

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Did you know there are about 4,000 species of bee in North America? They can be found anywhere that flowers bloom.

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Today is apparently ! Bee'n meaning to post this Q Bee pic for a while, and now seems like an appropriate time.

Either way, we should take the time to appreciate how awesome and crucial bees are to us, our food, and the environment

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