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It's a Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in flight. It's puzzling to me why the lower part of this bee's hind leg is so long and looks the way that it does, as I can't find any photos elsewhere that look like this. Anyway, Happy Wing Wednesday, folks!
A bottle fly visiting a flower in my garden. A lot of people don't realize that flies are critical pollinators in both natural and agricultural systems. A recent analysis of crop species found that flies visited 72% of the 105 crops studied (bees visited 93%). This is just one of the ways that flies contribute to the ecosystem. I can understand peoples initial distaste for flies, due in large part to their portrayal in popular media. I used to feel the same way about them but as I've learned more through my macro photography I've grown to appreciate a lot of the insects that most people don't.
A worker bee, wearing a dusting of pollen and filling her pollen sacs as she visits cherry blossoms. Backyard photography.
wild honey bees takes the responsibility to pollinate this date flowers. there r both male date palms and female date palms. After reaching maturity, the male date palm yields flowers that produce the pollen, and the female date palm yields flowers which will become dates.
A Fiery Skipper Butterfly on a Zinnia flower
Photographed on Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
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It's a Western Honey Bee, I believe. And this little creature was definitely doing its job; it was one of many bees that were moving rapidly from blossom to blossom in a patch of wild asters.
Happy Wing Wednesday
It was a gloomy, overcast day off that I had a few days ago... When in doubt, I wander with the macro lens on and see what happens haha.
From my archives: I always enjoy seeing bees at work and this one chose some lovely flowers to gather pollen from.
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Péguilhan, Haute-Garonne, France
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Macro shot using 11 mm extension tube. I was photographing flowers when this bee arrived. I had to get quite close with the extension tube so I was pleased I managed to get a well focused shot.
"The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy."
Emily Dickinson
When weeding in my flower garden, I used to see white clover flowers as weeds. However, white clovers are a great source of nectar and pollen for honey bees. The plant flowers from May to September, and its long blooming period attracts bees and other pollinators. White clover is also high in nectar sugar, so bees often visit it before other nectar sources.
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