Bee-eaters of the World: A Field Guide
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I can't believe how I still have flowers on my butterfly bushes after the morning frosts we've had. There are still a few bees hanging around. They move slow because of the cold, so it's a perfect opportunity to practice my macro shots.
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Caught in a sudden heavy rain storm, these bee's will grip on to flower or leaf with their powerful jaws till long after the danger has past!
Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower,
But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.
For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life,
And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love,
And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
--Kahlil Gibran
The Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) flowering in the reserve in a company of a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) coming to bloom in the background. Another orchid species to add to my list of wild orchids of the Browneβs Folly Nature Reserve. Though it is on official records for this WT reserve, it is for the first time in many years since visiting this place I found this little stunner in full blooming glory. The bee orchid flower mimics a female of certain species of bees to fool males that will try to mate with a flower pollinating it. These bees apparently are not found in the UK where these orchids move to plan B of self-pollination. Avon Wildlife Trust, Bathford near Bath, England, UK
Bumble Bee () collecting pollen and nectar from flowers along the valley of the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
This is another of at least three varieties of Bumble bees on the flowers in the area.
22 August, 2017.
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This is a carder bee chasing down a smaller one I'm not sure what for but it's fascinating to watch. Totally uncropped
Bee photos, these are becoming increasingly hard to get, especially here in Essex. Many of the gardens I visit have had a real decrease in numbers. On my walks into the countryside Buddleja, Thistle and other wild flowers there is hardly anything. Is there a cure?
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This bee was busy in the flower and fell out on his back in his hurry. Thanks for looking and happy weekend!
During my recent encounter with these Bee Eater I was fortunately to have many keepers of the fight shots. I shoot these at s1/4000, f4 to 5.6, CAF with Subject detection in Sequential Mode of 25 fps or SH2. Taking off or landing shoots were shot with ProCapture SH2.
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Native Masked Bee (Hylaeus (Rhodohylaeus)) male
Despite them being late appearing this season I have already seen more of the Masked Bees than all of last season.
This one was enjoying a Dandelion.