Wordless Wednesday – Bees
Bee Resting/Sleeping on Chive
Various Bees
Unknown/Uncommon Black Bumble
Black Bumble
Bees on Brook Thistle and Sleeping on Geum
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Do bees really sleep inside flowers?! In this case I’d like to reborn as a bee! 🙂
No joke, I found a lot of bees ‘asleep’ inside flowers last year and that worried me, I thought they were dying instead…
Hi Alberto,
I think sometimes they do yes, it’s not the first time I’ve seen one ‘sleeping’ or hiding inside a bloom. Sometimes I’ll try moving them to the sun/bloom to see if they’re hungry or whatever. I’ll often see them clinging to blooms if caught in the rain too. Some I’ve also seen dead clinging to blooms, I assume the water killed them or perhaps it rained for too many days and they were unable to get food/warm/dry.
It’s wonderful to see and hear the bees in the garden each day, the borders are buzzing with them!
Hi Pauline,
The garden would feel so dead if I didn’t have the Bees, although the Hoverfly numbers are still worryingly low.
Great pictures! I’ve been concerned that there are fewer bees in my garden than usual.
Super shots – particularly the last 2! Plenty of buzzing going on in my garden too!
Hi Angie,
Thanks, I just love watching the Bees and trying to spot different types. I don’t seem to have any of my Blue Mason Bees this year… Shame.
Perfectly captured, Liz, and aren’t we gardeners lucky to have all these bees in our gardens? (not that the Golfer thinks so)
Hi Cathy,
The garden would sure be a sad and quiet place without the Bees and other insects. I always feel almost bereft when autumn and winter comes and the Bees are gone. I spend so much of my time just watching the wildlife, even spiders.