POLLINATION-NATURE AT WORK
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Small creatures travel from plant to plant carrying pollen on their bodies sustain our ecosystems by helping plants reproduce.
The bees are also back in my garden this year again visiting the flowers and feeding on the nectars, so glad I have created a nice place for all the pollinators :)
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Did you see 👀 the spider on the bee? (Better in Large)
"Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.” ― John Muir.
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I still have more Alaska images I will be posting, but will intersperse them with others.
I added a bit of a painterly effect for Slider Sunday. HSS!
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Shot with Pentacon AV 80mm f2.8
A female Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovers before dipping into a bee balm blossom. If you look closely you can see bits of pollen on her bill.
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a bee cautiously at work on a spiky Echinacea 😉 For a HMBT! ☀️
Seen in the botanical garden "Schloß Trauttmansdorff" in Meran.
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro @f3.5
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Not sure if this is a Carnolian or Italian Honey Bee at work on the sunflower. They are the two predomiant honey bees used in this area. View large to see pollin on the body.
This morning on my way to take pics of my favorite ospreys, I ran into this pollinator field. I never made it to the ospreys.
This bee, most likely Leafcutting bee, Megachile sp., has a flat abdomen and it seems that it collects the pollen on the hairs of its abdomen and not in baskets as the honey bees.
TWU Butterfly Garden in Denton, North Texas
Common Hoverfly (Melangyna viridiceps)
With the Jade, Lavender and Daisies all in bloom I am seeing good numbers of Hoverflies this last week.
Saturday Self Challenge - photographing a bee.
Spotted when I was walking Ross at Coombe Hill yesterday, there were several bees pollinating the thistles. I took several photos, this was the best one
Great pollinators, it is fantastic to see them very close with our macro lenses. usually very busy to care while we photograph them, but you always have to be careful specially if you don't know if you allergic to them.
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Martha,
I finally got outside. it was windy during golden hour, and the pollinators were just briefly lighting. This is the result...
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live." - Albert Einstein
Hmmm...I wonder how true that is. Long ago..probably true. Nowadays...who knows? Yes, bugs could be pesky, but we don't realize how important some are. Like this little bumblebee, busy collecting pollen, unknowingly pollinating this female pumpkin flower. The bees and other bugs do a fantastic job pollinating every year...I even get some pretty fascinating cross-pollinated pumpkins and gourds. Only rarely is there a slow morning insect-wise that gets me to go out and hand-pollinate.
Time to go catch up! Have a wonderful Wednesday, my friends!