miniature bee

The daisy is little more than 1cm (1/2 inch) wide.. so the bee is tiny!! It looked like an ant and it was only because I noticed the tiny yellow pollen sacs that I realised it was a bee. It had a large bubble of liquid (saliva?) which it was continually rubbing its front legs through... could it have been mixing it with the pollen?

 

Thanks to Katarina (kasia-aus) for providing the likely explanation... bees regurgitate nectar and dry it until it reached the right sugar content. That's what the bubble is.

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