World Bee Day - _TNY_1344
Today is apparently World Bee Day. This is to shine a light on pollinators which are so important and without them food production would collapse. This is of course a nice idea, but I can't help feeling that hoverflies got the short stick here. They pollinate just as dedicated, but few people even acknowledge them as such.
The bee in today's shot is most likely a female orange-tailed mining bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) but due to the fact that I didn't manage to get a shot from behind, it could also be a coppice mining bee (A. helvola). Regardless of which species it is - doesn't it look just gorgeously soft and cuddly?
World Bee Day - _TNY_1344
Today is apparently World Bee Day. This is to shine a light on pollinators which are so important and without them food production would collapse. This is of course a nice idea, but I can't help feeling that hoverflies got the short stick here. They pollinate just as dedicated, but few people even acknowledge them as such.
The bee in today's shot is most likely a female orange-tailed mining bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) but due to the fact that I didn't manage to get a shot from behind, it could also be a coppice mining bee (A. helvola). Regardless of which species it is - doesn't it look just gorgeously soft and cuddly?