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Ragwort is an important native ‘wildflower' that helps feed pollinating insects

Type of Bee

I like the purple pollen from the poppy on the back of the bumblebee.

Brown-belted Bumble Bee [Bombus griseocollis]

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

2109*

Some fifty species of bees and wasps, thirty species of fly, thirty species of butterflies and moths and several beetles have been recorded as visiting the flowers,[

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Light on the path.

The "bees" are back in town

the flower´s name, ixia, comes from the Greek..meaning bird lime...a reference to it´s sweet sap..a favorite of pollinators

Thuya Garden. Mid-afternoon - bright sunlight and intermmittent gusty winds.

Light on the path.

Happy Fly Day Friday have a great day folks. ;0)

From our garden.

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Honey bee (Apis melifera)

People mindlessly hate wasps because of their sting, but they do have an important role in the environment.

I agree that constraints help spur creativity. Today I ended up playing with a bunch of different subjects but came back to work on my bees. Again working close up with the 36mm extension tube on my 100mm macro lens. There was a bit of sunlight I was able to coax onto this large pumpkin blossom. The bees in this blossom were in like a drunken stupor and didn't move like the others I encountered. They were less inclined to move much which made it easier to work. I love the hairy details of the blossom and the balls of pollen on the bees legs.

Thanks for visiting, hope you aren't getting bored or grossed out by all of the bees. I'm a big fan of bees but not wasps, yellow jackets, earwigs, spiders, flies, or mice. Oh, and update on the mice, we did catch one in a trap. Feeling a bit better about life but just wish all the pests would stay outside and I wouldn't have to be bothered with them.

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In the Wallace Garden at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales.

We need these now and always.

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Bumblebee busily collecting nectar.

Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut

A gray hairstreak (Strymodon melinus) nectaring on a green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) nestled among bluebonnets and paintbrushes.

This is an extreme crop, please excuse the quality.

Some hoverfly (ID anyone?) on flowers of charlock mustard (Sinapis arvensis).

Jakiś bzyg (ID?) na kwiatach gorczycy polnej (Sinapis arvensis).

Some kind of bee encrusted in pollen

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

1931*

Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus,

Pennington Creek Rd.,

San Luis Obispo Co., California

"Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please."

Joni Mitchell

Although I love cultivating flowers, plants once loathed in the garden are now more than welcome. Letting clover grow in one's garden supports pollinators and frees up time that would have been spent weeding.

It is more important than ever to protect the small creatures that in fact contribute to our food security.

Here's a link that is worth reading....so say the bees:

www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/why-bees-are-essentia...

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