This past summer our humming bird feeder was attracting more bees than birds. My husband cut the top off a regular sized soda bottle. He put it on the same rod that holds our humming bird feeder and it attracted a lot of bees. Once the bees found their way in they couldn't get out.
Garden: Bee In Orange Flower (Shore Acres State Park, OR)
This tiny little honey bee looked like he should be burning up in this flower, in my opinion. I know they're just colors, but the oranges and reds of this blossom reminded me of roasting marshmallows over a campfire.
This yellow jacket stayed on my porch for at least an hour one day. He was so friendly that I was able to get multiple shots of him. I thought he looked really pretty when he buzzed over and landed on one of my husband's young viola blossoms.
I was very surprised one day when a rather non-aggressive wasp landed on the viola plant that my husband has growing on our front porch. These wasps have been nesting in one side of our home.
Garden: My Little Garden Friend (Robinson, IL)
I was doing some weeding last year, and came across this busy little honeybee. I watched him for quite a while. It made my day!
This bee cluster was in a very small tree in front of a residence. The bees were probably keeping the queen bee warm. The cluster of bees stayed there for approximately 2 days.
Scenery: Bee on the Pussy Willow Tree
My pussy willow tree was buzzing with bees in the backyard. I got brave enough to get close to try to capture a photo.
Looks like we will have plenty of fresh lemons this year. The bees are very busy in our backyard!
Garden: Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
This was my first try at gardening and so many have said I have a green thumb.The new house we moved to had nothing growing, but grass so I decided to brighten it up with flowers.
Wildlife: Bumble Bee On Flower
A close up pic of a bumble bee on my Bee Balm flowers. He was so busy collecting pollen he didn't notice me, I didn't get stung anyway!
Today I had to "Hurry and bring the camera, Mom! You gotta check out this bug and take pictures of it", said my 6 year old daughter.
This red wasp was just peering over the top of this leaf on a bush at me fully aware that I was taking pictures of it. Its wings were injured making it accessible for me to get so close to it.
I captured this image of one of the fabulous, huge, black bumblebees that visit my French beans every day. You can tell how big it is by using the bean flower as a scale.
This appears to be a very happy bee, nestling into an abundance of its favorite food. It was so intent on what it was doing, it didn't seem to notice the presence of me or the camera.
Once in a life time. I looked out my window and this is what I saw a swarm of bees on my flower bush I called a beekeeper but they left while I was giving directions to my home for him to get them. We took this picture there can be 1,500 to 30,000 bees in each swarm.
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