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loriweidenhammer.ca
Writer, artist, and advocate for native bees in British Columbia
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Delighted to hear that the gnome appreciators approve of one of my less well gnome books :)

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Good morning! 🪶

submitted 6 hours ago • 9 comments

Tree swallow. John Poole wetlands. Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park. St. Albert, AB 🪶

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

So looking forward to this event. I am a HUGE fan of Wayside Select Books and Art! #bees #victorygardensforbees

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The weedin' and whackin' has begun. Can't wait to start planting a cover crop of Phacelia tanacetifolia! #adventuresinrockcreek

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

#bees

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What extraordinary flame-like patterns 🔥

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

A favourite find for #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge this week... the gorgeous Bee orchid! 🌸🐝 The plants are much smaller here than last year due to the lack of rain but always a joy to see them! 📷 Happy new month everyone! #StunDay #Photography #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin #wildflowers

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

My first Agapostemon of the year. 🐝💚💜 #bees #insects #inverts #macro #photography #eastcoastkin

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Female leafcutter bees are easy to spot because they collect pollen on their bellies instead of their legs like most bees. They also leave evidence when they cut circles from leaves and flowers to build nests for their young. #bees 🌱🐝 #gardening

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Least flycatcher is singing the song of his people. Chirups every half second, for minutes, hours, forever? #birds

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

My books are selling fast but you can now get them in four amazing locations in Osoyoos! The Quirky Quail has them along with other unbeelievable goodies. You can get them at Wayside Select Books and Art, the Osoyoos Museum and the Happy Paper Palace! #victorygardensforbees

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Utility ROWs that are managed reasonably (eg, periodic mowing), can serve as important habitat for our prairie, savanna, and woodland flora Within 50m of this photo are blue-eyed grass, columbine, mountain mint, hairy bedstraw, whorled loosestrife, Robin's plantain etc. Scientific names in alt text

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HBN Lunchtime Walk Movies presents: “The Ceratina Method”. Not a lot of pollen-carrying hairs, but using their mandibles and all four other legs, plus carrying on the bottom of the abdomen, they get it done. Watch that packing speed. [Berkeley, CA 5-28-25] #bees #nativebees

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“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?’” ~Rachel Carson Silent Spring, 1962 Belated birthday remembrances for a woman who changed the world. Let’s do it again. Permanently.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Monday morning vibes 😒

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

New paper by Etter et al. on "Rare plant’s need for native pollinators threatened by invasive plant-pollinator relationship": doi.org/10.26786/192...

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COSEWIC, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, recently met to assess 14 species... Using their strict criteria, they found that the iconic Snowy Owl is Threatened. More details on this and other species at: cosewic.ca/index.php/en... #EndangeredSpecies #SpeciesAtRisk

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Unexpected LIFER! Mr. Great-tailed Grackle def put on a show - he must've know how EXCITED I was! Not supposed to be here - or used to not supposed to be here or...out of range map - but now a handful of sightings since 2018 in location and off the "rare" list. Sure's hell was rare to me! #birds🪶

submitted 19 days ago • 42 comments

When you find the right flower #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #bees #insects #inverts #garden #macro #photography #eastcoastkin

submitted 22 days ago • 12 comments

When you're in Osoyoos, bee sure to pop into the museum and check out my merch in the gift shop! There's a lovely pollinator garden to stroll through and the museum displays are awesome! #bees #victorygardensforbees

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This Western Bluebird at Swan Lake in Princeton yesterday. 🪶

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Some of you already know exactly what this picture sounds like. Western meadowlark, Swan Lake, Princeton, BC. 🪶

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

Killdeer and young. I had a brief surprise encounter with these on the beach, where some fresh water created a little stream. (heavily cropped at 700 mm). #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Bombus centralis on Roundleaf Alumroot, up Fairview Mountain in Oliver today. 🐝

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

For #WorldBeeDay here's Bombus vandykei on bush penstemon. And a semi-regular reminder that keeping honey bees is a net-detriment to saving the bees in NA. 🐝

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Two yellow-bellied marmots defend their turf on the mean streets of Princeton, BC.

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Happy World Bee Day! I am off to Princeton, BC to do a bee walk and talk. This is a blue orchard bee noshing on Oregon grape in a fire-ravaged area of Mt. Kobau. She's a beacon of hope, beauty and resilience! Check out the pollen on her face and belly! #bees #everydayisbeeday #victorygardensforbees

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

It's #WorldBeeDay, but honey bees are an introduced species here in North America xerces.org/publications...

submitted 24 days ago • 20 comments

Happy World Bee Day! You can now purchase my book on Amazon or order it at your favourite local independent book store! www.amazon.ca/Victory-Gard...

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Happy #WorldBeeDay to the bicolored striped sweat bees that have been shining up my lunch breaks at our park's pollinator garden. The world has become so much richer since I started paying attention to our beautiful native #bees.

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Who's been tiptoeing through the pussytoes? #bees

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Also saw my years-first Lazuli Bunting up Fairview Mountain, at a spot we've returned to several times over the last couple years. 🪶

submitted 25 days ago • 7 comments

No kidding, one of my favourite photos I've ever taken. Things got very grebey yesterday #birds 🌿 (Eared grebes)

submitted 25 days ago • 99 comments

I found my pinup digger bee boy for World Bee Day on Tuesday staying nice and cozy in a shrubby pentstemon flower. #bees

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

Cool! Now we just need to stop cutting down the fruit trees and replacing them with grapes....

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

I very rarely see Bullock's Orioles most years. This week I'm seeing them everywhere. Okanagan Channel. 🪶

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

Lori will never promote herself, for some reason, so I wanted to plug an interview she did with "The County Writes, The County Reads" on 99.3 County FM out of Prince Edward County, Ontario. She talks about native bees, gardening for native pollinators, and performs a reading from her book. 🐝

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments