bees definitely like blue (explored)

bee on cranesbill in my garden

Explore 2021-06-28 😃

 

Not only on Mondays the blue flowers like cranesbill, sage and of course the lavender are always well occupied with wild bees and bumblebees. They really dig blue flowers 😉 Happy new week everybody 😄☀️

 

Bees prefer to approach the colors blue and yellow. They cannot recognize the color red as such - because bees are red-blind. When bees leave their hive to scout the surrounding area for rich sources of foraging they only see the red flowers as a dark spot. A poppy blossom field that is red-covered for us is completely black from the bee's point of view. However, they can detect ultraviolet light very well because they orient themselves to the position of the sun when flying. The flowering plants use these abilities of the bees for themselves and have pigments that reflect the ultraviolet light of the sun.

 

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

 

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