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The most important thing that bees do is pollinate. Pollination is needed for plants to reproduce, and so many plants depend on bees or other insects as pollinators.
When a bee collects nectar and pollen from the flower of a plant, some pollen from the stamens sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower, some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil. When this happens, fertilization is possible, and a fruit, carrying seeds, can develop.
Plants rely on bees and other insects to reproduce and so they have adapted, over time, to become more attractive to them. Bees are drawn to plants with open or flat tubular flowers with lots of pollen and nectar. A flower's scent can have particular appeal to bees, and its bright colours may lure the bees in.
Pink/purple coneflowers blooming in the Trailhead Community Park native plant pollinator garden, along the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 June 2024.
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▶ "Echinacea purpurea — commonly known as the eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea— is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to parts of eastern North America. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies, and barrens.
Many pollinators are attracted to E. purpurea flowers, such as bumblebees, sweat bees, honey bees, the sunflower leafcutter bee, and the mining bee, Andrena helianthiformis. Butterflies that visit include monarchs, swallowtail butterflies, and sulfur butterflies. Birds, particularly finches, eat and disperse the seeds through their droppings."
— Wikipedia.
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Not sure what happened to this wasp but it was dead and next to a dandelion covered in pollen, had a little play with a 19 stack. Now it lives on forever.
A feather-legged Scoliid wasp (Dielis plumipes) cleans bits of pollen from its head as it takes a break from feeding on a blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum).
Bumblebee on an unidentified purple flower at Itasca State Park near Bemidji, Minnesota.
A few feet from here is where the Mississippi River starts its 2,552 mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico.
I have heard several supposed meanings and origins of the word "Itasca" over the years. Many people say that it's an Ojibwe Native American word but they are wrong. It was derived from two Latin words - "VerITAS" and "CAput" meaning "true head."
A tiny beetle doing its bit to pollinate this wonderful white shrub rose. I don't know the proper name for these but they are of the open petal type with the glorious yellow/orange centre and amazing scent. Had to up the ISO as it was a handheld macro on a breezy day I needed the shutter speed! Taken with a Sigma 105mm macro with extension tube.
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Beautiful duskywing butterfly on one of my container flowers. I've found a lot of pollinators prefer yellow flowers.
Female Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis Horatius)
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The bees are really busy these days, they are a bit sluggish too, I can just put my hand on the flowers they are on and they climb right on for their photo shoot! This one was loaded head to butt with pollen from the sunflowers.
I may regret this statement but I have NEVER been stung by a bumblebee at this time of year, they are not moving very fast and don't seem to mind, after I do my photos I put them gently back on the flower I took them off.
The Pollinators Garden at the Penn State Arboretum opened recently and it is already amazing...it will be magnificent in a few years. I've never seen all pink coneflowers before...and while my photo doesn't have any pollinators in it, they were all over these beauties. Hope you have an amazing Friday!
Vibrant flowers and honeybees, summer in Texas.
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Echinacea Sombrero Poco™ Hot Pink (Echinacea x hybrida 'Balsompotin')
Bath House Pollinator Garden
White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas
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Cylburn Aboretum 10/2024
Baltimore, MD
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Camera - Nikon D7000
Lens - tamron 18-270 mm
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Plains coreopsis, agastache, evening primrose, set in a bouquet for flying critters. I added the agastache and coreopsis this year. The glossy leaves are the primrose. I may be able to get a photo of them tomorrow
For the 115 in 2015 Group - #66 Pollination
Usually a normal sight from early Spring onwards. But this year the very cold summer has made life difficult for the insects. We have seen almost no butterflies, and even these hardy wild bees have been scarce until a late warm spell in September!
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The aliens are still a miracle for me. Some of them seem to be evil and try to attack whenever i approach them while others dance around in peaceful harmony. Some of my new observations have come to the following clue: It seems that not only bees are an essential factor for pollination but also the aliens play some important role. Which one i can only guess - more investigations are needed. In the meanwhile i must always think of Mr. Spock and his famous quotation when he meets the unexcpected: Fascinating. ;o)
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Bee on a dahlia - sneaky pic taken at the garden centre, a brief stop on the way back from viewing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in Greenham, Newbury.
Day 161 of 2021 365 project
Lots of debate about why leaves turn red in the fall...red keeps the leaves warmer when the weather gets cooler; the chemical that makes them red acts as an antioxidant to help get through winter; red attracts more birds so the tree gets pollinated better; or the quality of the soil where the tree is located helps in determining the color (better soil = less red, worse soil = more red). Whatever the reason, they make a great photograph...this definitely is the best season for photography!!
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Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 250
Aperture – f/7.1
Exposure – 1/60 second
Focal Length – 60mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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