How to get to the sweet nectar though all that purple mess?
Some insects manage. Being a butterfly or a moth with a long proboscis definitely helps. Bees have to fight for it.
If you take a look, you will see that it is not the center of a flower that they are after. She could get there easily here.
But it is the bottom of the purple tubes where the nectar is hidden.
Those purple thistles were screaming at me from a distance. Among all the dry grasses and spent flowers they were almost the only pop of colour. Definitely the only purple like this.
And I wasn't the only one attracted to them. Bees, beetles, flies and other insects wanted some of them too.
So I sat down in front of it and started to to shoot this poor little bee.
Shame on you little bee.
Shame!
Sticking your behind at me like this :p
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
Hahahaha 😂 sticking out his/her beehi d. Lol. It’s crazy to watch them try their hardest to get what they want. Sometimes with a killer amount of pollen attached to their legs. Pretty cool flower too @ewkaw 😍
Some do really good job on that :D
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How dare you interrupt the bee while its hard at work! @ewkaw
That bee was giving you the cold shoulder and showing you its pollen butt! 🐝
Ohhhh so that's why the butt treatment! :D
What a cute little furry butt! Feel privileged! That looks like a little Leafcutter bee
I kind of do :) At least I got the shots!
You did! I spent ages getting pics of a similar cute bee and when I looked later, all blurry 😒
The flower looks amazing.
Poor little bee.
Why poor? She knows what she is doing :)
Oh she does?
very good photos, photographing bees seems somewhat complicated to me, due to the fact that they can be annoying and be somewhat painful for the photographer, good job friend.
I find bees one of the easiest insects to photograph. They just don't care about humans and don't fly away.
Thank you!
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Thank a lot :)
¡Wuau! Quedaron espectaculares esas fotografías, te felicito.
Thank you :)
Nice shots. .. it needs patience to shoot bees because they are flying around fast especially when there is not many bees. 😀
Thanks! Find a spot with lots of blooming flowers. They will come :)
Life is a constant struggle. 😊
Indeed :)
Beautiful colour
Thank you!
WOW!
And what an amazing color the flower has!
Oh yea... it looked amazing! :D
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