(Bumble)bee-pics

Visited my son in Germany last weekend and made some awesome pics in his garden, which I think are worth sharing.

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Some more

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And some more !

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You have an hover fly and yellow jacket wasp in the last post.

 

I know hahahaha. Sharp @Rainstorm.
BTW 2 hooverflies and the other one appeares to be a bee looking like a wasp.



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The last appeared to be a Black carpenter bee. Never seen one before.

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These hover flies are cute but can become rather annoying if they keep coming back for your sunglasses.

Two weeks after I arrived in the UK, a fat bumblebee came and sat on my leg for a bit. It was so cute.

 

Think you should change sunglasses

They are awesome. And great pollenators as you can see

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Yeah bumblebees are great pollinators but I was talking about the hoverfly irritating me. I swear it's never seen a South African in the UK hahahaha

 

And a butterfly

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What are those rods of purple flowers? I see them everywhere here in the UK

 

This made me think of a cat that has gotten into a box of polystyrene balls

 

https://www.planetnatural.com/growing-echinacea/

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Not that one, the other one. They're like long sticks of tiny flowers on them.

 

Now the name explains it - butterfly bush. Interesting, I didnt know they came in a variety of colours



https://www.almanac.com/plant/butterfly-bush

 

Indeed Buddleja. Vlinderstruik in Dutch

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Some more. The last two ones made me laugh (A bee diving into a flower.)

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Very pretty pictures.

You know when I first came here, I stared in wonder at those bumblebees and smiled like a kid seeing pretty things for the first time and I just simply couldn't tear my eyes away from the busy bees. They were so cute!

 

Aad, you should invest in a good macro lens setup, you've got a keen eye for good pictures

 

Only seeing your post now. Awesome foto's. Love it when people see more than the flower.