Friday, August 5, 2011

Busy bees and bumbling bees




The bees were busy with the hollyhocks this evening. Moving from flower to flower, their fuzzy bodies come away from the flowers covered in the white specks of pollen. They move efficiently in most cases, but not all. One character had difficulty making it in to the center of a partially opened hollyhock, clumsily hitting the outer petals. Drunk on nectar? And, the bee in these photos did not move more than half an inch in the time I was watching. I can only wonder why... unless there's a bee expert out there who can share?

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