Non-honey bees

I decided to take part in #inkober2024 and to make it a #beetober on my blog. The first drawing is a bit cheated, as I’m in a train and have only a gel pen with me, so it’s not exactly ink drawing.
Topic of day 1 is: backpack. What can it have in common with bees? Some do carry tiny backpacks, thanks to the curious scientists who want to know where they are going! Larger species, like honeybee or bumblebees, can be equipped with little transponders which allow to track their movements with the radar. Scientists can follow each individual bee and see where and when it forages. Crazy, isn’t it? 🙂

f you want to see how bee backpacks look in real life, check this link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237085202_Unravelling_the_mechanisms_of_trapline_foraging_in_bees