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Drawing Nectar. Honeybee, Apis mellifera, on Geranium versicolor, Pencilled Geranium, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Those 'flower lines' on the petals of Geranium versicolor are a kind of road sign for insects directing them to the pollen and nectar of a particular plant. It's always fascinating to watch those insects, in this case a Honeybee. Look only at its proboscis delving deeply to draw nectar from our Pencilled Geranium.

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Uploaded on April 22, 2024
Taken on April 22, 2024