Sweat Bee's have the most fascinating eyes, they are big, beautiful and oversized for the size of their body. There must be a reason for that design....

Southern Alberta, Canada.

In the hibiscus

A happy bee in his wildlife flower garden that I planted this year.

Bee - Cleethorpes.

Merops Ornatus

male

With a hoverfly

Aptenia, I think...

Bees Love Cornflowers!!

I have a garden bed that’s all coneflowers. A sea of purple! And the bees love it. At sunset, I step outside and wait for the magic to happen.

Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

This guy was working our back yard this morning.

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Gathering pollen

Cleethorpes

Bee - Cleethorpes.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

Ashley Montagu, Scientist 1905 - 1999

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"Macro"Mondays, caused by nature

a empty legged bee evicts another, fully loaded with pollen, to get some.

Xylocopa virginica

Have a great weekend! Stick close to your honey! 😄

Yesterday in Preston Manor Garden - love that you can see and hear the bees around the garden again

Fafe, Portugal - 2018.06.02

Took me some time to catch a bee in flight.

Summer garden buzzing with honey bees!

Bee - Cleethorpes.

RHS Hyde Hall

23rd August 2017.

Lecker Nektar

Bee

Bees doing what bees do on a bunch of new england aster flowers.

Extremadura, Spain