On Cold Earth. Honeybee, Apis mellifera, on Tulipa turkestanica, Turkestan Tulip, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Just over a year ago I posted a photo and description of this pretty, low, ground-hugging, 'cold-earth' Tulip: www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/52757248965/in/photoli.... It was first described 1873/1875 by famous botanist of St Petersburg, Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892) but had been collected on the borders of the Russian Empire and China by his son Johann Albert von Regel (1845-1908).
Last year I didn't see any insects on these tulips. But now Honeybees were foraging as the Sun and strong gusts of wind chased clouds away.
On Cold Earth. Honeybee, Apis mellifera, on Tulipa turkestanica, Turkestan Tulip, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Just over a year ago I posted a photo and description of this pretty, low, ground-hugging, 'cold-earth' Tulip: www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/52757248965/in/photoli.... It was first described 1873/1875 by famous botanist of St Petersburg, Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892) but had been collected on the borders of the Russian Empire and China by his son Johann Albert von Regel (1845-1908).
Last year I didn't see any insects on these tulips. But now Honeybees were foraging as the Sun and strong gusts of wind chased clouds away.