Buff-tailed bumblebee (I think – it’s hard to differentiate workers from white-tailed bumblebees) launching for the next delicious mallow flower.
Althaea cannabina (hemp-leaved marshmallow) is a pretty herbaceous perennial that grows a thicket of 2.5m stems from ground level every year.
This mallow flowers from midsummer well into the autumn. It’s a mass of small pink blooms, delicately-spaced along wiry, branching stems.
The overall effect is both airy and mobile.
Bumblebees adore the flowers, landing on the wafting flowers in an action that seems magnetic.
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Clever title! 🐝
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Beautiful set of photos! As much as bee photos cheer me, that shot of the bloom with the blue sky is swoon-worthy.
Thanks Tina! Against the blue sky you get a good feel for how airy the plant is.
What a sweet tangle of growth. The flowers look a good bit like our seaside mallow, but the form of the plant’s entirely different. No wonder the bees love it!
There is something delightful about the shape of mallow flowers. I love that this makes a blizzard of them!
What Eliza said. Cute title and always lovely to see bees at work.
👍 I can’t resist shots of flowers when there are bees about!
That first photo is especially pretty, Allison
Thanks 🙂