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I have three of these vintage Meakin teacups - not rare or expensive but charmingly quaint and decorative.
May pop flowers or a little plant in them (if I've gone to the trouble of making a hot drink I want a BIG mug full... plus I don't suppose they're dishwasher-proof).
taken with my polaroid sx-70 & 600 film
This was taken on the north west coast which is currently covered in smoke from nearby fires. It was disturbingly dry when we visited. This ladybird Coccinella undecimpunctata was slurping up the moisture on the Marram grass.
Bees need bee food and water to survive. Bees rarely store water, but bring it in as needed. Bees Use Water For:
1. Cooling - In the heat of summer, it is used for evaporative cooling. Similar to human-designed air conditions, the bees spread a thin film of water atop sealed brood (baby bee cells) or on the rims of cells containing larvae and eggs. The workers inside the hive then fan vigorously, setting up air flow which evaporated the water and cools the interior of the hive.
2. Humidity - Worker bees use water to control the humidity of the colony, not just the temperature.
3. Utilize Stored Food - Bees need water to dilute stored honey that has crystallized (become too high in glucose) or in the case where beekeeper feeds them dried sugar crystals, they need water to dissolve the sugar. Without water, they can't access these food sources.
4. Larvae Food - Another type of bee in the hive is the nurse bee, who feeds the developing larvae. They consume large amounts of pollen, nectar, and water so that their hypopharyngeal glands can produce the jelly that is used to feed the larvae. A larvae diet can consist of water up to 80% on the first day of larval growth and about 55% on the sixth day.
5. Digestion - They need it in the digestion and metabolization of their food, as do most organisms.
Info source: growtherainbow.com/…/35730115-why-honey-bees-need-w…
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good insect identification app? The one I have told me this is a sulfur, or white butterfly. :-/
This shot was taken as the skies prepared for a storm. What attracted me was the contrast. I didn’t see the face that’s so blatant until I got home an the the enlarged image. Crazy!
Northern Broken-Dash Skipper butterfly searching for the best place to taste-test a juicy Ox-eye Daisy floret.
Common. Can be abundant in meadows and fallow fields.
Pollen-bearing stamens
gentle lady flutters round
sipping sweet nectar.......
......the first monarch butterfly for a new year from my garden.
lines from a mermaid tavern.
sarah & i built her yet another home. this time, it was a mermaid tavern.
[my trunk is still filled with all the props we used haha]