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A foraging bumblebee (Bombus sp) sticks its head into a Gunnison's mariposa lily, seeking pollen and possibly nectar. The pollen is loaded into the orange sacs, called corbiculae, on the hind legs, for later consumption. Not all of the pollen makes it into the corbiculae- note the tiny white dots of pollen all over the bee body, which may end up pollinating flowers.
The mariposa lilies have had a banner year- I've never seen so many in our area.
Busy bumblebee visiting the flowers of our purple hawthorn tree. It's so good to see the pollinators hard at work once again.
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This bumblebee struggled to crawl out of the pumpkin flower. covered in pollen I think it spent the night inside the flower.
In the garden this morning I found three insects stationed within one cubic foot of one another: a grasshopper, a bumblebee and a two-horned treehopper. All seemed prepared to wait out the impending rain.
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Bumblebees are beneficial social insects known for pollinating crops and wild plants. They are found throughout Canada in abundance. Of the over 200 known bumblebee species worldwide, approximately 50 are found in North America. Bumblebees are sometimes mistaken for the carpenter bees. Bumblebees have hairier bodies than carpenter bees, which have a solid colour and possess solid black abdomens. Bumblebees are annual nesters that build new nests each spring as opposed to reusing ones from the previous year.
Kamera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Belichtung 0,006 sec (1/160)
Blende f/8.0
Brennweite 180 mm
ISO-Empfindlichkeit 200