John Russell Honey
johnrussellhoney.bsky.social
John Russell Honey
@johnrussellhoney.bsky.social
Proud to call Winnipeg, Manitoba home 🍁 and proud to serve our community with some of the most unBEElievable honey on earth! 🌎🐝
honeyb.ca
#gobees #beesky #bugsky
Pinned
KHAAAAAAAAN! Dated Star Trek reference out of the way, we are looking for YOU! to be a bug 🐝 tester for our website "arcade" featuring an adapted open source version of the classic and immortal Space Invaders! 👾
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Perplexing Rotund-resin Bee
(Anthidiellum perplexum)

Bonita Springs, Florida
10-19-25

#StunDay #ColorADay #OrangeSun #eastcoastkin #native #bees #insects #macro #photography #macrophotography #pollinators #florida #Hymenoptera #art #wildflowers #flowers 🐝
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For the 🐝s!
Rex knows the cozy & warm reason to #LeaveTheLeaves
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Bike polo played in the tennis court of Dolores Park

📸 Sony a6700
🔘 Canon FD 28mm f/2.8

#sony #sonyalpha #sonya6700 #photo #photography #photographersofbluesky #photooftheday #sanfrancisco #sf #bayarea #california #bikepolo
May 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Our chocolate jets pucks~

📸 Michelle H.
May 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Cactus chimney bee in Cholla flower
(Diadasia australis)

Last week in Tucson, Arizona

#bloomscrolling #flowers #bees #nature #gardens #gardening #pollinators #macro #photography #desert #desertlife #nativeBees #insects #invertefest
April 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Releaf
April 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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April 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨 SIX FOR SIXTY SALE: THIS WEEKEND ONLY! 🐣 We have a limited stock of 6kg honey pails filled with liquid gold right here waiting for YOU! 🤯
honeyb.ca/sweetsweeteaster
#springatlast #easterhunny #nominiegghoneysorrrrry
April 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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An extra small Halictus tripartitus on my walk to work this morning. No special Bee Whisperer powers required for this one - at 53 degrees wiggling her sniffing sticks was pretty much her only motion. [Berkeley, 4-16-25] #bees #nativebees
April 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Female bicolored striped sweat bee
(Agapostemon virescens)

on Tithonia, two of our favorite subjects for #MacroMonday

September in Chicago

#macro #photography #art #nativeBees #bees #flowers #gardens #gardening #sunflowers #chicago #nature #eastcoastkin #insects #flora
April 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Here’s an insect that has confused generations of beginning entomology students. Do you recognize it?
April 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This the small version of these compact 100% beeswax pots we make and fill with our own organic skin cream blend including (actual) vanilla for a light and warm scent! As of this week, we now offer an unscented version for the purists 👌
honeyb.ca/browse
#ounceofprevention #superbiodegradable
April 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Native bee season is coming along nicely around here and the Andrena bees are having a festive time in the California Poppies. [Alameda, CA 4-3-25] #bees #nativebees
April 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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The mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae is an emerging pest of concern for honey bees, and a new study shows for the first time that the mites can indeed hitch rides on adult bees and thereby spread to other colonies.
Hitching a Ride: Why a New Mite Might Vex U.S. Beekeepers
A new study shows for the first time that Tropilaelaps mercedesae mites can hitch a ride on adult honey bees and spread to other colonies.
entomologytoday.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Pretty pair of small carpenter bees (Ceratina) enjoying a Chicory flower for #TwosDay

#inverts #becurious
April 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Compared to other colors found in nature, true blues are pretty rare—but the indigo milk cap (Lactarius indigo) has just that! This vibrant mushroom gets its color from a pigment that is a derivative of guaiazulene, a dark blue crystalline hydrocarbon.

Photo: Andrey Loria, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy April 1st everyone :)
April 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Checking under the hood of the Parliament stingless hive. The resin pots are filled with their unique #honey, a totally different architecture to honeybees.
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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New video of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot 🤖
March 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Flora is the Roman goddess of flowers & Spring 💫

Similar to #StBrigid she is also associated with new life & fertility

'Honey is my gift' she said, 'I call the winged honey-makers to violets, clover & greying thyme'🌿

#LegendaryWednesday #Spring #Equinox #Deities #Folklore #Honey #Nature
March 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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In Alaska, hundreds of hobby beekeepers have pivoted from traditional practices by sustaining honey bee colonies through sub-Arctic winters.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Local beekeeper challenges long-held view that honeybees can’t survive Alaska winters - Anchorage Daily News
Longtime Southcentral Alaska beekeepers say that for decades, many have killed their insects each summer. But for some, that’s begun to change.
www.adn.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

In response to numerous media inquiries about an octopus seen riding on a shark, marine biologist Dr. David Shiffman has released the following statement for attribution:

“Neat!”

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...
Watch an Octopus Hitch a Ride on a Shark—an Unusual Duo Dubbed the 'Sharktopus'
Researchers in New Zealand captured the odd pairing on video, but they still don’t know how to explain the behavior
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
KHAAAAAAAAN! Dated Star Trek reference out of the way, we are looking for YOU! to be a bug 🐝 tester for our website "arcade" featuring an adapted open source version of the classic and immortal Space Invaders! 👾
March 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Female Chocolate mining bee - Andrena scotica. Love the idea of chocolate mining 🤣 that’s the 3rd mining bee species for our N Cotswolds garden this year. #bees #springwatch
March 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM