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Daily bee fact: bumblebee queens warm their eggs

Original: # theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 51. Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. To generate the

A popular science series posting a basic bee fact every day at 3pm shared that bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. To generate the body heat this requires, a queen makes up to 6,000 flower visits per day to collect nectar. The post highlights the role of bumblebees in biodiversity and the environment, and readers are engaging with the surprising scale of a queen's daily workload.

Why now: People enjoy and share accessible, surprising nature facts, especially ones about pollinators and biodiversity.

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• # theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 51. Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. To generate the body heat needed for this they will make up to 6000 flower visits per day to collect nectar. # bees # biodiversity # bumblebees # environment # nature #… · thebeeguy@mastodon.ie · 49

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