Bermuda Buttercup Wildflower IV with Bees
by Linda Brody
Title
Bermuda Buttercup Wildflower IV with Bees
Artist
Linda Brody
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Bermuda Buttercup - Spring Wildflower in Bloom. Macro with Honey Bees
*There are three types of bees in the hive: Queen, Worker and Drone.
*The queen may lay 600-800 or even 1,500 eggs each day during her 3 or 4 year lifetime. -*This daily egg production may equal her own weight. She is constantly fed and groomed by attendant worker bees.
*Honey bees fly at 15 miles per hour.
*Honey bees' wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.
*Honeybees are the only insect that produce food for humans.
*Honeybees will usually travel approximately 3 miles from their hive.
*Honeybees are the only bees that die after they sting.
*Honeybees are responsible for pollinating approx 80% of all fruit, vegetable and seed crops in the U.S.
*Honeybees have five eyes, 3 small ones on top of the head and two big ones in front. They also have hair on their eyes!
*Bees communicate with each other by dancing and by using pheromones (scents).
*Honeybees never sleep!
Bermuda buttercup, O. pes-caprae, is a South African native that grows in California's coastal gardens and fields as well as inland landscaped areas. Bermuda buttercup, also called Buttercup oxalis, has been cultivated as an ornamental, and although you'll occasionally find it in lawns, more often it is a problem in flowerbeds, groundcovers, and shrub areas in home landscapes or in commercial, field-grown flowers. In recent years it has been encroaching in natural areas and hillside plantings along California's coast.
The genus name Oxalis is derived from the Greek word meaning "sour," referring to the sour-tasting oxalic acid present throughout the plants. If livestock ingest large quantities, they can suffer from oxalate poisoning.
This photograph has been featured in the following Groups:
All Natural Beauty of This World
Macro Marvels
Nikon Full Frame Cameras
All About Nature and the Animals
Nature Landmarks Landscapes and Wildlife
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February 25th, 2017
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