Happy Valentine's Day! St. Valentine was, according to wikipedia, the patron saint of "Affianced couples, against fainting, beekeepers, happy marriages, love, plague, [and] epilepsy". https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/curious-fact-of-the-week-saint-valentine
I'm gonna focus on #bees and #beekeeping, because bees are cool. 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🍯
I'll try to keep photos and details cw'd in this thread out of respect for apiphobic folks; please let me know if I mess up though!
Bees are, like, SO smart Afficher plus
Bees' color vision range is different from ours--reds aren't as visible to them but they can see way further into ultraviolet range than we can. http://www.beeculture.com/bees-see-matters/
When a bee's looking for a flower they use their AMAZING EYES to see SUPER FAINT blue rings that direct them to flowers https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/the-secret-blue-halo-of-flowers/543228/
They also have compound eyes??? but that stuff gives me a headache
bee physiology Afficher plus
bee sex Afficher plus
@polychrome Thanks! :D