Bee in Monarda Didyma
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We put this bee-friendly plant on our terrace as a tub plant. From the beginning, it was besieged with wild bees for many weeks, flying from flower to flower. I had many opportunities to photograph the bees as they dove … read more or write a comment …

Spherical thistle (with wild bee)
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For years we have spherical thistles in our garden and every time I enjoy the beautiful geometry of the flower and always try myself with macro shots. This time I was lucky that in one of my series of shots this … read more or write a comment …

Vaccaria hispanica
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The tender pink flowering Vaccaria hispanica always give a pretty picture in our bee pasture. Next to the cornflowers, the first blossoms were also the first to emerge. I was curious from the beginning whether bees or bumblebees would enter … read more or write a comment …

Cornflower with bee
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Many cornflowers bloom in our bee pasture. In blue, pink, white and now even in red! What I especially like about this photo is that you can see the pollen panties on the hind leg of the honey bee. With … read more or write a comment …

Echium vulgare — viper’s bugloss
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The flowering period of these plants, which are particularly popular with bees, is from May to October. Their special feature is the widely protruding stamens, which are sometimes used by bees as a land help. In our garden, the Blue … read more or write a comment …

Honeyball or Button Bush
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The high season of bees in our garden begins. With a new bush called Honeyball or Button Bush we have extended the offer for the bees in our garden. Last year we planted Coneflowers to the bees‹ delight, but now … read more or write a comment …

Shit — slipped!
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I liked to watch the bees on the yellow coneflowers. At the end of the day they were usually quite tired and only moved slowly on the flowers. This wild bee crawled out like a springboard on one of the … read more or write a comment …

Bee in spider’s web
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As soon as bees and bumble bees are happy on the cone flowers, other animals also try their luck with these plants. A spider had stretched its web between the flowers and one evening I found this bee in it. … read more or write a comment …

Hey — get off my nectar source!
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If bees could talk to each other … such a communication could have taken place here. It is always interesting to observe several bees cavorting on one of the coneflower blossoms. Here again once on the coneflower of the type »Baby Swan White«, … read more or write a comment …

Coneflowers & Bees
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As the first flower of lavender slowly came to an end, we were able to offer bees and bumble bees a good nectar-rich substitute for their feeding in our garden. It was beautiful to see how the bees were making … read more or write a comment …

Bees in our garden
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Again and again I enjoy discovering bees on the flowers in our garden. Here are the Spanish harebells that have magically attracted a bee. For a long time the bee disappeared in the calyx, so that I could take a … read more or write a comment …

Bees at work
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Since the middle of April the rape fields in Northern Germany have been in bloom and since Easter it has been so warm that the beehives have been placed in the fields. In my hometown, right next to the avenue … read more or write a comment …