#33 INSECT LIFE IN OUR SPONGE GOURD PLANTS

"Where there are bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope"- Christy Lefteri

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Hello to the Wonderful People of Hive!!!

Hope you are doing well today. As I woke up this morning, I was so interested to join the ASEAN Hive Challenge #33 authored by @justinparke.

This challenge had given me the inspiration to love and appreciate more the beauty of nature, that sometimes we never noticed how good life is and how insects helped our nature.

I visited our backyard and look our Patola ( Sponge Gourd Plants). Patola was one of the vegetables used as a spice in cooking Tinola (stew or soup) and it can also be mixed in a Paksiw (fish cooked in vinegar). As I look around the plants, it has green leaves, fruits and so many flowers around. There were buds of flowers too that seems to bloom in a day. It's nice to watch the yellow flowers that beautifully bloom.

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I checked the flowers and I saw this insect that makes the flowers their habitat. Somewhat like tiny bees living peacefully as I watched them. It seems like they were not moving and like they were sleeping.

TINY BEES

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I turned to the other side of Patola plants and I saw this set of ants crawling above and under the flower. They seem to like playing around under the shade.

THE ANTS

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I moved again and carefully watched this bees which were having fun visiting the flowers. They were somewhat doing their business and then they leaves and transfers to another flower. I made a photograph carefully because they only remained in a flower for just a second and then leave. I was so amused and enjoy watching over this bees and I was looking forward every time s
they go near around to another flower.

THE BEES

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These insects have a significant and valuable role in our environment. They helped that we never noticed in our daily life. We are busy in our lives while they are busy with their own life as well. As what it had said earlier if there is a flower there is new life and hope.

This is my entry for Asean Hive Challenge #33 Insect Life. Thank you for spending time reading this blog, my fellow friends. God bless us all

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It's really nice to have vegetables planted around. Aside from their flowers and the insects, they can also mean free food!

True @crischellyna. It's so useful if you plant vegies around coz when you need one,you just have to harvest and you'll sure of it that it is fresh.

Thank you for nice comments. I appreciate it🥰

So interesting! You live in a beautiful place! I love your pictures especial the bees. Great shots!

Thank you @damla for the appreciation. Yes indeed I live in the beautiful place where we could plants and harvest on our own. A little land area but we manage to plant something that is very useful.

nature at its best

Indeed @latinowinner. Thank you for dropping by

article which is great. you have written in great detail.

Thank you very much for the appreciation @putroe-hive and thank you for dropping by

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Thanks for posting in the ASEAN Hive Community.

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Thank you for the support @asean.hive. Have a nice day😊

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Your luffa vines are full of micro life, thanks for joining this challenge. Do you harvest the luffa for sponges? Here in Cambodia the immature luffa is eaten as a vegetable in soups.

Thank you for the message @justinparke.Yes we did harvest already and mixed them in a stew or soup. It smells good if there is sponge gourd.My kids love the soup.

I appreciate your message and thank you for having this challenge the insect life... I love and value more the nature..
Have a great day ahead🥰