Nature at Work

by Linda Brody

Title

Nature at Work

Artist

Linda Brody

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Nature at Work.

BumbleBee on Duranta Erecta Sapphire Flowers and Mixed Shrubbery. Macro.

A bumblebee, also written bumble bee, is a member of the bee genus Bombus, in the family Apidae. Over 250 species of bumblebee are known. Like their relatives the honeybees, bumblebees feed on nectar, using their long hairy tongues to lap up the liquid; the proboscis is folded under the head during flight. Bumblebees gather nectar to add to the stores in the nest, and pollen to feed their young. They forage using color and spatial relationships to identify flowers to feed from. Some bumblebees rob nectar, making a hole near the base of a flower to access the nectar while avoiding pollen transfer.

Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers' (Picotee Sky Flower) - Grown for its summer flowers and ornamental fruit. In late spring and summer, cascading clusters of 3/4 inch wide tubular flowers are an intense violet-blue with a white picotee edge along the flared petal tips. As with the species the flowers are followed by wonderfully contrasting orange-yellow berries. In mild climates this plant can be in flower nearly year round with flowers and fruit appearing at the same time. Besides its more compact nature, 'Sapphire Showers' seems to be lacking the long spines that are occasionally found arising from the leaf axils on typical Duranta erecta plants.

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honey bee, bee, purple flower, bee on flower, bee on purple flower, wings, worker bee, yellow and purple, macro of bee, tiny flowers, bumble bee, bumblebee, nectar, pollen, pollenator

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July 13th, 2021

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