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“The color of springtime is flowers; the color of winter is in our imagination.”
– Terri Guillemets
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Alexanders, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Chickweed
Category Archives: Bees
Wordless Wednesday – Beauty and the Bees
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Althaea cannabina, Bees, Bumblebees, Gardening, Hemp-leaved marshmallow, herbaceous perennials, Photography
10 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Three’s a Crowd!
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Bees, Gardening, Passiflora caerulea, Passion flower, Photography, pollination
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Climbing Eryngium’s Icy Peaks
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Bumblebees, eryngium, Gardening, honey bees, longhorned beetle, Photography
10 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Anticipation
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged erysimum, Hairy-footed flower bee, Insects, iPhone photography, nature, pollinators, Wallflowers, wildlife gardening
8 Comments
Danger: Flying Fur Balls!
Posted in Bees, Wimpole Hall
Tagged Asters, autumn, buff-tailed bumblebee, Bumblebees, Common Carder Bee, Gardening, ivy, Ivy bees (Colletes hederae), Photography
15 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Carder Bee vs. the Black Hole
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Annual climbers, Common Carder Bee, Gardening, Ipomoea 'Black Knight', Morning Glory, Photography, pollination
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Cornflower blue
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Bees, Bombus locorum, centaurea cyanus, Cornflower, Gardening, Photography, white-tailed bumblebee, Wildlife
10 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Poker Face
Posted in Bees, Out and about, Wordless
Tagged Bees, Gardening, iPhone photography, Kniphofia, Red Hot Pokers, urban environment
6 Comments
Wildlife Wednesday – Knapweed Magnetism
Over the years I have noticed that knapweed is as attractive as thistles to winged insects. It has similar shaped flowers and is a similar colour, but thank goodness it is a lot less prickly than thistles. So I’ve happily … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, butterflies, The home garden, Wildlife
Tagged Centaurea nigra, Gardening, Knapweed, Marbled White butterflies, nature, Photography, wildlife gardening
22 Comments