Honey Bee

Lots of pollen around for the bees.

This pair of black-chinned hummingbirds didn't care for the honey bees but they really liked the red yucca blossoms. (Black headed hummer is the male)

This is a composite of two photos, but realistically depicts the scene. Depth of field is about 1.5 inches so it would be impossible to have both birds in perfect focus simultaneously.

Floral pigments have a large role to play in pollination of flowers by animals. This flower's radiating lines led directly to the pollen filled center of the blossom.

Pollinator

A drive in the country.

Hello There!

I can't say that I've seen such an orange undercarriage before which makes me wonder if it is a different type of bee, or if it is simply covered with a thick layer of pollen. One thing, it sure was a speedy flier and tough to get an image of. This bee is gathering nectar from a wildflower called "Prairie Clover." In a ditch? Yes!

An ID has come my way, hip hooray and a big thank you to Jerome and Lou!!! It is a Leafcutter Bee, genus Megachile.

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I have no clue what kind of bee, wasp or whatever this is. I do know it is on some Aster flowers! :D Thanks to Leigh Ayres for the identification of this bee!! (Leafcutter bee)

Honeybee on Frostweed. Enlarge to see pollen in the bees hind leg basket.

TWU Butterfly Garden, Denton, Texas

Epistrophe grossuliare and a blood bee (Sphecodes)

A small bee dives into the pollen of a yellow flower

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I believe this is globe thistle.

Happy Beautiful Bee Butt Thursday Have a great day folks, sadly another from the archives! But hopefully they will return. ;0) HBBBT

A female Monarch butterfly on its way to the wintering grounds in Mexico and a honeybee having lunch on a Frostweed inflorescence.

TWU Butterfly Garden, Denton, Texas

Pollinator

Numerous bumblebees, very active today in our flower garden

Sullivan Fire Road

Silver-washed Fritillary : Argynnis paphia

Lilie

Bee collecting nectar and pollinating a dragon fruit flower.

Anna Rose Whitney Rhododendron

A bee doing what she does better.

Mojave desert

A bee flutters around searching among the lavender flowers

Digital Art

It's a Western Honey Bee, I believe. And this little creature was definitely doing its job; it was one of many bees that were moving rapidly from blossom to blossom in a patch of wild asters.

Happy Wing Wednesday

Can't make it without these guys! HSoS!

Smile on Saturday Theme: Bee-autiful

It was a gloomy, overcast day off that I had a few days ago... When in doubt, I wander with the macro lens on and see what happens haha.

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From my archives: I always enjoy seeing bees at work and this one chose some lovely flowers to gather pollen from.

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