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I went looking for wild orchids again today, and spotted one that I didn't dare to look for... bee orchids are always such a treat to find. Although their blossoms look quite noticeable being so small they're easy to miss.
I've just returned from another trip to Serbia, leading a Bird Photography Tour for 3 clients. One of the highlights was the fabulous Bee-eater colony. Here the light was very soft which I found much more appealing for capturing the birds' plumage.
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I took my first shot of this occurrence (bees drinking water) about a year ago. It was from further away, and with fairly poor light. This one hasn't dipped in yet, but the light, color and detail are far beyond what I caught last time. It helps when you aren't afraid to get really close - this was taken about 8" away. Got many more shots of them drinking, but this one just stood out from the rest.
Searching for nectar in a small world all of its own. Have a good week and I shall be back to normal tomorrow :)
Been trying to get this shot for awhile now, and although it isn't perfect, it's the best one I've had of this scenario to date. Hoping for another chance with better lighting so I can use lower iso and higher f stop.
One of the many bees in Anne Hathaway's Cottage garden - they obviously like the environment with its vast supply of nectar!
Website rangers WWF The bees help flowers and plants in love. It works like this: a male flower has stamens. There's pollen on it. That looks like yellow powder. A bee dives into the flower in search of nectar. The pollen sticks to its fur. The bee then flies to a female flower for even more nectar. It leaves the pollen on its pistil. You call that pollination. This is how a flower is fertilized and new seeds grow. Without bees and other insects, the love between flowers and plants would go terribly wrong and strawberries, tomatoes, watermelons or apples would no longer grow.
I think I may have wrongly named this plant the other day in a posting, Can anyone confirm for me is this a 'Mahonia'
A closer view of a previous upload, of an adorable male leafcutter bee, probably Megachile centuncularis (patchwork leafcutter bee), feeding on the pollen of a calendula flower in my garden last summer. I often saw these males (and female Megachile centuncularis, which are far easier to ID) at these stunning flowers.
The bee hives (centre) are well situated for their residents with the flower meadow in front of them. A Wiltshire landscape view not far from Bratton in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Gruccione (Merops apiaster), European Bee-eater, Žuta pčelarica
Riserva Naturale della Foce dell'Isonzo (Zaljev Soče), Italia
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