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A bee visits some common ragwort.
This plant is potentially lethal to horse and cattle but is the natural feeding plant for the cinnabar moth, whose numbers are down considerably in the last few years. This particular plant was also full of bees doing their pollination job. Humans should not touch this plant either as it can cause rashes and other irritations.
As I stood next to it in the sunshine, there was the most amazing smell of honey coming from it.
This plant is so tall and is smothered by bees in the back garden. The bees were very busy and it took some time to get a shot lined up and in focus ...
Small bee waiting out the rain in the flower stalk of a lovely but toxic Meadow Death Camas. My best guess is that this is Andrena astragali, possibly the only bee to feed in this toxic plant.
A lil bee on my rose bush. Im going through the pictures that I passed up when I was doing Project 365, this is one of them
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The snow is melting nicely and I just discovered my tulips starting to come out of the ground in a nice sunny spot in my front yard. Pretty soon all will be green and full of life. Until then I have all those lovely pictures from last year to look at whenever I find myself needing a bit of color. Happy Thursday guys! ;D
Taken in my garden.
Taken with my Canon Telephoto Zoom 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM EF Lens and apart from being framed in Photoshop, are SOOC.
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At the moment the bees seem to be drawn to this cotoester plant in the garden. There are often 20 or more visiting it at a time.
Some warm sunny weather in the UK has brought out the insect life. This was taken with the Macro lens in my garden earlier this evening. Not everyone's favourite subject but it is one of mine. Hope you like it
I previously posted photos of a large bee fly, Heterostylum robustum. It was in close association with a colony of bees (Halictidae), its presumed host. These were Nomia nortoni:
The genus Nomia is said to have only two representatives in the eastern United States, so the species ID was not too hard for the experts, at least. See series posted at:
I managed to photograph a couple of the bees closely, and both of those were females with ragged wings. (Seems like the photos are of two individuals, but I am not completely sure.) Both of them seemed to be taking nutrients, presumably salts, from the surface of small pebbles. The whole family Halictidae is called "sweat bees", so I guess they are known for taking minerals, though perhaps just the genus Lasioglossum takes sweat? Very curious. BugGuide notes that Nomia nortoni may have 3-year population cycles. I need to look for the bees and flies again--a very interesting association.
All worker bees are female the males
(drones) are bigger, they mate with the new queen that is all they are made for.
If the hive becomes short on food the drones are thrown out to die. If they return one of the workers stings and kills him.
Sorry not very clear.
At this time of year (Autumn) the social order in a Bumble bee nest begins to break down, anarchy rules, each bee for itself. The Queen bee stops producing certain chemcals which appear to control the rest of the nest. The Queen bee is often attacked and stung to death.
Near Shredicote Wood Staffordshire UK 22nd September 2014