Category: honey bees

• Find the Bee

  This week I walked past a honey bee completely absorbed in its search for pollen. I was lucky to see it.

  67steffen

  June 17, 2022

  honey bees

  #bees at work

• Incoming

  A honeybee descends into a nasturtium bloom.

  67steffen

  October 7, 2021

  honey bees

  #bee inside nasturtium

• Disappearing Honey Bee

  As this yellow and black honey bee ventured inside a nasturtium bloom, it took on the orange hue and practically disappeared while I took this photo yesterday. While there aren’t many butterflies about, the bee activity is quite high.

  67steffen

  September 6, 2021

  honey bees, photography

  #bee inside nasturtium

• Drunk on Nectar?

  This honey bee appears to have fallen asleep while collecting nectar.

  67steffen

  August 31, 2021

  honey bees

  #up close

• Time To Go To Work

  Honey bees are industrious, rising to go to work in the first hint of morning sun. Their efforts are critical to the spread of crops needed for the human food supply chain. Protect the bees from pesticides, wildfires and drought!

  67steffen

  August 5, 2021

  honey bees

  #going to work

• Something Different

  Election drama here. Time for a photo of a honey bee…and another cup of coffee.

  67steffen

  November 4, 2020

  honey bees, meaning of life, opinion

  #2020Election, #honey bee

• Honey Bee in a “Cloud”

  While most of the honey bees in our backyard are buzzing around the ivy, one flew into a cloud of white chrysanthemums.

  67steffen

  October 10, 2020

  honey bees

  #honeybee flying

• Liquid Amber

  Yesterday I spotted a swarm of honey bees flying in and our of hole in a liquid amber tree, most fittingly, since honey is sometimes called “liquid amber.” A knock on the door led to a brief conversation with the owner who said the bees have been in the tree for a few years. We…

  67steffen

  November 3, 2019

  honey bees

  #bees in tree