Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) and Tree Mallow (Malva arborea)
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) and Tree Mallow (Malva arborea)
My center hive always has bees landing on me when I'm taking photos, which is only significant because it consistently was the one that I'd get stung by last year.
A warm sunny day and all 3 hives are active but I don't think there's much out here for them to forage on.
Some slow bees to enjoy at 25% speed.
I saw a bee with orange pollen so I investigated the flowers. I found a bee on the snowdrops but the pollen is yellow!
California’s almond crop threatened by ‘catastrophic’ #honeybee losses https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/bee-almond-tree-california-20164083.php #Ag #CAwx
"Vivid Honeybee" by James DeFazio
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oh, turpentine erase me whole
'cause i don't want to live alone
well i was waiting for you all my lifeoh oh oh
why
set me free
my
honey
bee~...
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Sunny and 41F / 5C out before noon and all three hives had bees flying. I even saw a big drone fly back into one hive.
Western Honeybee on yellow flowers. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bees #honeybee #westernhoneybee #insect #insectphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #amateurphotography #omds_om_photo #omsystem #om1 #mzuiko40150pro
A Honeybee With Two Fathers And No Mother
"A female honeybee with two fathers -- and no mother -- has been discovered; the first ever of her kind observed in nature"
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#honeybee #Gynandromorph #genetics #SciComm
https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/a-honeybee-with-two-fathers-and-no
A Honeybee With Two Fathers And No Mother
"A female honeybee with two fathers -- and no mother -- has been discovered; the first ever of her kind observed in nature"
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#honeybee #Gynandromorph #genetics #SciComm
https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/a-honeybee-with-two-fathers-and-no