Category Archives: Bees

Wordless Wednesday – Beauty and the Bees

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

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 on August 17, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Bees, Wordless | Tagged Bees, Gardening, Passiflora caerulea, Passion flower, Photography, pollination | 8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Climbing Eryngium’s Icy Peaks

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Bees, Wordless | Tagged Bumblebees, eryngium, Gardening, honey bees, longhorned beetle, Photography | 10 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Anticipation

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

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 on October 6, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

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 – Farewell Cosmos ‘Dazzler’: You have bewitched us, body and soul

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Bees, Wordless | Tagged Annuals, Cosmos 'Dazzler', Gardening, Photography, pink | 14 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Carder Bee vs. the Black Hole

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

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 on June 30, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Bees, Wordless | Tagged Bees, Bombus locorum, centaurea cyanus, Cornflower, Gardening, Photography, white-tailed bumblebee, Wildlife | 10 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Poker Face

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in Bees, Out and about, Wordless | Tagged Bees, Gardening, iPhone photography, Kniphofia, Red Hot Pokers, urban environment | 6 Comments

Wildlife Wednesday – Knapweed Magnetism

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

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