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Daylily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus) - Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Pollen coats the stamen of a daylily bloom.
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The Pollinator
Bumble Bee covered with pollen moving from flower to flower
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Arriving Pollinators
In the golden hum of wings lies the quiet architecture of survival. These honeybees, striped sentinels of the veld, weave invisible threads between flower and fruit, sustaining ecosystems with each delicate landing. Their choreography is not chaos but continuity the pulse of pollination, the heartbeat of biodiversity.
Canon 90D
Sigma 150-500
F6. 3
1/750
Auto ISO
South Africa
January 2026
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Northern Amber Bumble Bee (Bombus borealis) on Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada.
This stunning ‘i’iwi feeds on nectar from māmane blossoms. Its long decurved bill is well adapted to feed on the nectar of several endemic plant species that produce tubular flowers. The pollen visible on the bill will be conveyed to other blossoms making this scarlet honeycreeper an important pollinator in native Hawaiian forests.
Due to former hunting for its feathers to fabricate adornments for royalty its population dwindled. Now, its susceptibility to mosquito transmitted avian malaria has restricted the remaining population to high altitude forests.
2024 is Ka Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele: The Year of the Forest Birds.
While helping with monitoring the numbers of this threatened population of Stylidium semaphorum, I managed to capture photos of one of it's pollinators. An Aleucosia sp bee fly is being hit on the side of the thorax by the short column (or trigger) of the flower. Pollen Is visible on the side of the fly. It visits many flowers, sharing the pollen between.
Photos: Jean
Explore: 1 Sept 2019 #162
The macro world is pretty amazing when you are able to get a close look. These little pollinators look amazingly like helicopters.
Day 259
On the hike there are many beautiful plants such as this blooming flower on a cactus which attracts the eyes of anyone looking at the smaller joys provided.
A mesmerizing capture of intricate nature showcasing a busy worker bee gathering nectar from a colossal sunflower. It perfectly encapsulates the quiet industry of summer days.
Day 261/366 of Project 365 (Thursday, 2020 September 17 - 130th consecutive daily photo): Wasp and bee on Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula).
Bee on white Japanese andromeda flowers, Powell River, B.C., Canada.
Nikon D200
Zoom-Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5
36mm Vivitar Extension Tube
An Early Spring Haiga
Bees and crocuses,
Dependent on each other;
Mutualism.
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On 2-25-25, I discovered our first crocus of the year in our backyard. When I got closer I noticed a honey bee taking nectar from the flower and collecting pollen in the process. This bee looks drunk on nectar. ha The crocus provides nectar for the bee, while the bee spreads pollen from one crocus to another. This kind of symbiosis is called mutualism, where both species benefit from their relationship.
Southern Kentucky, USA.
Oxythyrea funesta on tarassacum
Nome comune in Italia: Cetoniella
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A female Lipotriches (Austronomia) species (possibly flavoviridis) getting stuck into a cuphea flower in our Brisbane garden on Boxing Day. Just look at all that pollen on her legs!
This is a capture for one of my course work submissions regarding flowers and insects.
The most recognized pollinators are the various species of bees, which are plainly adapted to pollination. Bees typically are fuzzy and carry an electrostatic charge. Both features help pollen grains adhere to their bodies, but they also have specialized pollen-carrying structures; in most bees, this takes the form of a structure known as the scopa, which is on the hind legs of most bees, and/or the lower abdomen (e.g., of megachilid bees), made up of thick, plumose setae.
Honey bees, bumblebees, and their relatives do not have a scopa, but the hind leg is modified into a structure called the corbicula (also known as the "pollen basket"). Most bees gather nectar, a concentrated energy source, and pollen, which is high protein food, to nurture their young, and inadvertently transfer some among the flowers as they are working. Euglossine bees pollinate orchids, but these are male bees collecting floral scents rather than females gathering nectar or pollen. Female orchid bees act as pollinators, but of flowers other than orchids. Eusocial bees such as honey bees need an abundant and steady pollen source to multiply.
Another hoverfly taking the chance to feed on pollen/nectar from an Echinopsis cactus whilst it flowered this year. Insects seem to love these flowers, but have only a short time to enjoy them because they wilt within 48 hours of blooming. We had 7 flowers initially, followed by this lone flower almost a week later than the first set.
This is an image of "Al" - the well known Allen's Hummingbird - after he had pollinated himself at the Los Angeles County Arboretum !!! Seen in July 2015.
On a desert candle plant, Caulanthus inflatus, bent over possibly from its own weight.
In the Temblor Mountains,
Carrizo Plain National Monument,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
As the wildflower season waned, we saw insects in full swing.
Flowers of all types bend and flow around
Leading my thoughts down paths of love and dreams
The wind blows through each flower on the ground
Lifting up clouds nothing is as it seems
Power in the fields is where the sun beams
Green is everywhere, wherever I look
Even the lilies in the streams and brook
Butterflies all float around this great field
And hummingbirds use their beaks as a hook
As flowers need to pollinate to yield
Russell Sivey
Ellesmere Port Cheshire