I have a new enamel pin set on kickstarter now. A lot of people told me they liked the honeybee from my previous one that did not get unlocked, so now I have made a bug set.

I need more bug knowledge in my life.

I offer these facts in return:

Bees:

• Bees speak through dance.
• Only female bees have stingers.
• Male bees are thrown out of the hive during winter to conserve resources.
• Bees will play with balls for fun.
• Honey can last for hundreds of years when properly preserved.

Ants:

• Ants speak through pheromones.
• Ants have graveyards.
• If a living ant has the pheromones of a dead ant they will be brought to the graveyard (either by self isolation or brought their through peers).
• Ants are one of the only other species to declare wars.

Scorpions:

• Scorpions glow under a black light.
• Scorpions look after their offspring after birth.

It was a nice day with a warm breeze.

I found this firebug in my greenhouse, I thought they might be an unusual morph but I looked them up and I think that is just what they look like right after moulting. The black spots take a while to appear.

I gathered a lot of greens and herbs for the kids. Bunnies love bamboo btw, fortunately it grows in my garden.

social wasp drones have matured and started to set out
Polistes fuscatus, Dolichovespula maculata