Pollination 2010.

The first Bee 2010 on the first Crocus 2010.

Dudweiler, Saarland, Germany,

Feb 25, 2010

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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pollination

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A bumblebee in the backyard

Pollinating

Olympus digital camera

Pollination in flower garden / Utrecht

Kohima, Nagaland. December 2011.

Nikon D5100+55-200 VR Nikkor

Exif data

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)

Aperture f/8.0

Focal Length 200 mm

ISO Speed 800

Exposure Bias 0 EV

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art

Upper Paxton Township---Dauphin County, Pa.

Amarylis stigma (pink) with pollen grains (yellow) adhering to sticky glands on its surface. Some pollen tubes (olive green) carrying genetic material can be seen on top of the stigma. Imaged in low vacuum without prior dehydration. Dynamic focus and long working distance used for depth of focus.

Courtesy of Paul Gunning

Image Details

Instrument used: Inspect Family

Magnification: 62x

Horizontal Field Width: 4.83 mm

Vacuum: 24 Pa

Voltage: 10kV

Spot: 2.5

Working Distance: 15.3 mm

Detector: LFD

Trees and plants do not move around. How will they populate their species without interacting with other members of their species. Simple solution: call in guests and make them carry your pollen to spread love in the air.

This little bee was pollinating this tiny flower, while getting nectar to fill its tummy and to take back to its hive. Note its hind legs and bottom of abdomen laden with yellow shaded pollen grains.

Such mutual coexistence and altruistic dependence is called as "Apiphily", which means bee-friendship or "Love-Through Bees". For these plants and flowers, Love is truly in the air, carried by these beautiful winged insects!

If anyone knows the type of flower or bee, please let me know :)

A bee pollinates a trumpet vine flower. The raw file was processed in AfterShot Pro 2. The image was edited in PaintShop Pro. A curves layer was used to adjust the tonal range.

I do not know what kind of flower this is, I just know bees and small bugs loved it. It was hard to get this photo without a bug being on my focused flower.

Macro for the first time.

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He's doing his best.

An Independence Day walk around Green Lake, in Seattle.

Pollinating

Richmond, VA

When you hike in the sand, you expect to get sand in your shoes. When you hike in the sand during a Super Bloom, you get this (and sand in your shoes).

Panamint Dunes, Death Valley National Park.

Fruit from cross pollination. This species is not self-fertile but luckily there was a bloom of Passiflora cochinchinensis available. So, I will now have to wait and see if any viable seeds result.