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For the Smile on Saturday challenge "bee-autiful!"
and my themed month of "flowers, fans and more" Here
We have a border of lavender that runs along the front of the house, and when the lavender is blossoming it is alive with bees! I've been told they are wild or solitary bees, quite small and they gather pollen on their fur. So I looked them up online, to find out more:
"Solitary bees are so called because they don’t live in colonies, but instead make individual nests in which to rear their young. There are some 200 solitary bee species in the UK, including mason bees, miner bees and leafcutter bees. Most of them pollinate a variety of crops and wild plants".
spurce: www.nature.scot/wild-bees-scotland-identification-guide.
The web page also offers a download PDF which identifies 14 varieties of Scottish wild bees. I am still trying to find my little bee here!
HSoS !!
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
Lavender and Dahlias: Here
Bee at Work or Bee at Play Bee being Bee on a Sunny Spring Day!
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And a Hairy shieldbug inbetween - bee-autiful.
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A male Red Mason bee peering at me out of one of the bamboo canes in my bee hotel that my Dad made. Above to the right is a female with tubes sealed with mud above. These solitary bees lays 5-6 eggs inside each tube separated into individual chambers. The adults then die & the next generation will emerge in the Spring. We had 25 sealed tubes in total this year.
See first comment for a photo of the bee hotel in situ on a telegraph pole in our garden. For Smile on Saturday theme Bee-eautiful HSoS!
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I regularly say hello to a stranger, I have to laugh when they look surprised and wonder who I am.
I hope I can make someone smile and give them a good feeling.
A bee doing their job on a coneflower.
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On the butterfly blue Scabious flower a little honey bee enjoyed her nectar delight whilst displaying her wavy wing structure.
Beautiful nature in our gardens .... well what could be nicer?
Bee-autiful bee's 🐝
"Wings of Nature"
I love you fuzzy old hairy buzzy,
tiny bee so free I really love thee,
every flower you visit .... pollinating must be .... is it?
darting diving on-one thriving
sipping nectar well that's the things,
to fuel you up to beat thy wings,
your the garden worker for sure hunting nectar it's your chore,
thank you flowers for my treat,
you gives me power so my wings can beat. 🐝🐝🐝
Original poetry.
Sean.
Love & Peace everyone 💖
Weltbienentag
Journée mondiale des abeilles
Día Mundial de las Abejas
Giornata mondiale delle api
Wereld Bijendag
Dia Mundial das Abelhas
enjoying the milkweed in my garden...
I have disabled the comments, but thank everyone that took a look!
Bringing in a Happy New Year.
May your 2022 bee more beeautiful than 2021 filled with more health, light, photos & buzz. HCS
I'm seeing many bumble bees, but only one honey bee so far... that is very concerning....
and still waiting for the Monarchs!!!
Hey Honeybees!
Meet Cher! Cher comes in 15 solids/plaids as well as different bow/metals/sole options for Belleza, Maitreya & Slink...
I don't know about you but they make me feel pretty "clueless" :P
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Don't forget to try a demo!
Stay Bee-autiful Honeybees!
The swarm of bees was my most impressiv experience with bees. And it was a very peacefull too ...
Happy SoS!
Swarming is the process by which a new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees. In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
honey bee on creeping thistle.
If you are a UK citizen/resident then please check out the current petition to get the UK government to repeal the Weeds Act 1959 and rehabilitate creeping thistle and ragwort for the benefit of pollinator biodiversity:
I have seen and photographed bees doing many interesting but this hot, dry summer is the first time I have ever seen bees drinking water. This year the birdbath in my yard is even more popular with the bees than it is with the birds who dearly love splashing around in the cool water. From sunup to sunset I have observed a constant stream of the little gals gulping water. If you look closely in the large mode you can see their little tongues lapping at the water. For the Smile on Saturday group, topic: BEE-AUTIFUL. Happy Saturday!