Bee elves on shelves

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Nash Turley

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:00:02 PM12/18/25
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Howdy, I thought y'all might get a kick out of these bee-themed elf on a shelf memes by Kit Prendergast (bee biologist in Australia), there are more on the original Instagram post:  
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Nash Turley

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:19:42 PM12/18/25
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The one on the ice cream cone is a bee in the genus Amegilla, a genus not found in the Americas, so I assume that one is Amegilla on vanilla, maybe y'all can reply with guesses for the others :)  

Pete Woods

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:27:57 PM12/18/25
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Lasioglossum on opossum…

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Peg Friese

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:33:35 PM12/18/25
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Ceratina on Sabrina 

Otruba,Elizabeth

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:39:57 PM12/18/25
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Bombus on a rhombus, thought I was trying to make parallelogram work for a bit.....

Liz Otruba (she/her)

MS in Environmental Science

Drexel University Class of 2024

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Peg Friese

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:44:11 PM12/18/25
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Hylaeus on Amadeus?😆

Pete Woods

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:51:24 PM12/18/25
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Xylocopa on Europa!

Peter Woods
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Pittsburgh PA 15208
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Nash Turley

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Dec 18, 2025, 5:52:38 PM12/18/25
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Y'all got them all!  😁

Pete Woods

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Dec 18, 2025, 6:42:37 PM12/18/25
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Here's another I just made

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Tracy Snyder

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Dec 18, 2025, 10:50:37 PM12/18/25
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Habropoda on Yoda’s soda. 😄
 
Tracy

Margarita M Lopez-Uribe

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Dec 19, 2025, 5:36:06 AM12/19/25
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That is a good one, Pete! 😂

Happy holidays everyone!

Margarita 

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Charles, Leslie

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Dec 19, 2025, 8:34:49 AM12/19/25
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These were amazing! Thank you for sharing.    

Leslie Charles
Elk Lake Elementary
First Grade Teacher


susanljanton

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Dec 20, 2025, 11:58:08 AM12/20/25
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These are hilarious.  I can't stop chuckling.

Happy Holidays Everyone,
Susan Janton

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