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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In the months since the beginning of the Corona Pandemic I not only work from my home office but also don’t come out of Buchholz to take pictures. But that doesn’t do any harm to my photographer’s eye. It’s great … read more or write a comment …
I have always noticed how beautiful the small path past the fields is for me. Big stately trees form a small footpath avenue and at the beginning there is a beech hedge on one side. But right after a rain … read more or write a comment …
In the evening, in the snow drift, on the coast north of the Arctic Circle. From the north the next snow front approaches. Between the snow showers, one can briefly suspect a settlement on the other side of the fjord. … read more or write a comment …
To me it looks as if the willow was a large brush that had just been dipped into the paint pot in front of it. We had driven our bikes east out of Schwabstedt to cross the geest to the Treene … read more or write a comment …
On one of the rainy days I was on the Eiderstedt peninsula by car. South of me, a wonderful wall of clouds rose above the marsh landscape, surrounded by an almost blue sky. Of course I immediately ran to the right … read more or write a comment …
We heard the whole afternoon today in the garden and also in the house crane yelling. It was great to see swarms of cranes of different sizes moving over us during the gardening work. But this afternoon it was a … read more or write a comment …
Right on the first evening of our holiday on the Eiderstedt peninsula we were pulled out by bike into the Treenemarsch. It should be an unforgettable late summer evening with dramatic clouds about us, which we don’t know from home. There … read more or write a comment …
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 …