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Whilst unsuccessfully trying to photograph busy bees in my garden, I managed to capture this hoverfly which stayed still a little longer for me.
It is milkweed’s time in the garden. Ants are crawling all over the sticky blooms which smell so sweet!
LA: Lonicera xylosteum
EN: Fly honeysuckle
DE: Rote Heckenkirsche
HU: Ükörkelonc
This shrub that is endemic to Europe and Asia.
About 1-2 m high. Grows in deciduous forests. Likes fresh, moist, nutritious soils with lime.
After pollination the red berries ripen in pairs on the shots. They are not edible. Birds like them though.
Despite being mainly hunters, wasps may also play the role of pollinators sometimes. In the photo: a wasp consuming floral resources in Serra do Cipó, Brazil.
Not sure what kinda wasp this is, it was about an inch in length with sizable wings too.
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Hard to discern which species of hummingbird with so much pollen. Guessing Rufous female?
Santa Rita Lodge, Arizona
A little busy Bee : ))
Hope everyone is having a great week.
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Camera Olympus E-620
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture f/3.2
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias +0.3 EV
- Andrena haemorrhoa
An early mining bee on top of a blue daisy.
Photographed in my garden with a reversed 50mm lens.
July 2023 - Unseen 2023
A very popular spot
this is part of unseen 2023, my annual look back through the year via pictures that did not make it to Flickr the first time around
As I reached to pick a bloom,
A thorn it pricked as if in scorn;
For I had threatened its' short life
By attempting to my home adorn.
So oft we reach for things of beauty
And thus to claim them for our own
But when we do, their spirit ravish,
Find they perish when no seeds are sown.
Some gardens meant to view as wild
And their beauty multiply
but when we reach to cut their limbs,
We sadly kiss their life goodbye.
Pinks and reds, yellows and blues,
Sprinkled like paint upon the meadow;
God's canvas of beauty for us to view
And thus spread their joy when allowed to grow.
A bee searching for nectar and pollen in a flower. This interaction occurred along the banks of the Cape Fear River, near Lock and Dam #1
An art installation by Australian renowned artist Patricia Piccinini
Exhibition : Curious Affection
GOMA Gallery Of Modern Art
Cultural Centre . Brisbane
Minolta XM , Voigtlander Macro Apo-Lanthar 125mm F2,5 SL, Rollei Retro 400S, (40) Spur Acurol N, 13min. 30 sec.
MSU AgBioResearch scientists Rufus Isaacs and Doug Landis have identified a number of native plants that attract beneficial insects to landscapes.
Isaacs, professor in Entomology, is especially interested in plants that c an attract native bees to blueberry fields to help farmers pollinate their crops.
Landis, professor in Entomology, is starting field trials to see if fields bordered by native plants have fewer pest insects as well as higher yields.