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Pollinators keep on bee-in'
Cause it won't be too long.
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
18 May 2020.
▶ A carpenter bee, busy pollinating a native yellow Lance-leaved coreopsis.
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Good to see bumblebees on the thistles and other wildflowers on the Ham Lands doing what they do best.
Heavy with pollen, a Honeybee was still hard at work early last fall with a tubular plant in the Bellevue Botanical Garden in Belleuve Washington State. Spring is here!
LARGE - It is said that when/if the bees disappear from this world, so will we!
There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.
Single RAW - Levels & Curves adjustment in Photoshop.
Hope you're not too "Bee zzz", have a nice week-end :)
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts, egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths.
Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some, like the Monarch, will migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Some species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees; however, some species are agents of pollination of some plants, and caterpillars of a few butterflies (e.g., Harvesters) eat harmful insects. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.
The Bumble Bees is on the “special concern” list. These pollinators are very important to us... needed to grow crops, including apples, tomatoes, blueberries and legumes, as well as trees, shrubs and wildflowers.
Be kind.
Abeja posada en Margarita Africana... tomada con un tubo de extensión Meike de 31mm y un flash con difusor
Xylocopa virginica (more commonly known as the Eastern Carpenter Bee) is a common sight in gardens across the American northeast, but just one of several members of its genus that is native to North America. Though they are often confused with bumblebees, they are easily distinguishable by their bare black abdomens and the bald spot on their thorax.
Here, an Eastern Carpenter Bee visits a zinnia, a good place for it to find pollen and nectar to eat.
I think that this is one of my favourite ever shots, love the detail, love the bumblebee covered in pollen. Really proud of this photo
This tiny hoverfly (about 5mm) is visiting the anthers of a Tradescantia plant in our garden. The plant is considered a weed here, but I leave some around for the Blue-banded bees which like visiting it. The hoverfly is possibly a Eumerus species.
Pollinators of all sizes are important. In Ontario there are over 400 kinds of bees. I do not know what this is. I came across an interesting site highlighting some types of bees and the importance of pollinators.
www.uoguelph.ca/oac/news/meet-ontarios-pollinators#:~:tex...
Pollinator, July 2019, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Green Sweat Bee
Lots of pollinators in the yard just now.
Don't know the species of this one, if you know please advise.
I see quite a lot of people who seem to think that it is just bees and bumblebees that are any good at pollinating flowers.
In reality, any insect visiting flowers tend to pick up at least some pollen and hoverflies, like this female Eristalis (most likely an Eristalis rupium) on a common yarrow (Achillea millefolium), aren't far behind bees in this (involontarily) task.