Latest posts tagged with #beeFriday on Bluesky
A close up photo of a black and yellow bumblebee which is drinking from a purple flower. Its large eyes are looking towards the camera and pollen grains are visible on its head. The antennae are pointing forward above the flower and the wings are stretched out behind its thorax.
#FridayBee a fluffy bumblebee foraging on a purple flower #BeeFriday #pollinators 🐝🌺
A close-up photo of a bumblebee facing the camera. It has a fluffy lions mane and yellow hair on its face. One of its wings is captured facing straight up in the photo while an antennae sticks out on the right hand side. It is feeding on pale pink tiny flowers.
#BeeFriday a white-tailed bumblebee from August last year - feeding on something that I don't know the name of but bees seem to like! 🐝💮🌺🌸 #FridayBee #summertime #nature
#BeeFriday Heather is a wonderful plant for pollinators in autumn and spring. As long as you don’t buy the ‘bud’ heathers, the flowers don’t open, so are no good for bees.
A bumblebee foraging on purple budleia carrying large amounts of pollen on its pollen baskets on its hind legs
A foraging bumblebee on purple budleia background. Pic taken from above showing large amounts of pollen on the pollen baskets.
#beeFriday It's not often I feel like offering advice to a bumblebee but it did look like it was time to return to the nest 😄 #Fridaybee
One of the white-tailed bumblebees. The bee sits on a dandelion, side on to the camera facing right, wings folded over its back. It has a yellow collar, a white/grey band at the back of the thorax, a yellow band on its abdomen and a white tail.
#BeeFriday Would you like to see an Icelandic bumblebee? Sure you do! Here's a pic of the only one I saw in September last year. I was beginning to question what was doing the pollinating until I saw it! What tough little creatures they are 😊🐝 #Fridaybee #invertebrate
A small brown bumblebee sits on top of a little group of pink flowers. It's back leg is bent so you can see it's knee. The wings are held out behind and the ends are a little ragged.
#BeeFriday 🐝 The bees knees 😄
We've got to Friday again! A common carder bumblebee a little faded now and with ragged wings #FridayBee
A small ginger common carder bumblebee forages on the top of pink budleia blooms. Blue sky and clouds are behind the bee. It is side on to the camera with wings stretched out behind and antennae in front.
#BeeFriday 🐝 Feeling the end of summer approaching but there's still bees about! A little common carder bumblebee feeding on budleia #Fridaybee
A close up photo of a honeybee showing its head and part of its thorax. It is sitting on a plastic colourful wrapper.
#Fridaybee A tiny guest at the picnic 🐝
This honeybee visitor landed on a pop-chips bag. After cleaning its antennae it left for a nearby flower! #BeeFriday
A fresh common carder ginger yellow bumblebee foraging on a little group of tiny flowers. The background is out of focus greenery.
A common carder bumblebee 📸 taken in the Meadows, Edinburgh 🐝🌸 #Fridaybee #bumblebee #BeeFriday #summersounds
The camera is looking at a buff-tail bumblebee from a front angle. The bee looks like it is looking at the viewer and the 3 primitive eyes can just be seen between the larger 2. The antenna are pointing down towards the small pink flowers that it is sitting on. The bee is quite fresh and fluffy.
The face on this bee 😄 🐝 📷
#BeeFriday #bumblebees #summertime
A buff-tailed bumblebee sits on top of a purple petalled flower. He has black hairs on his face, an orangy yellow collar and a beiger yellow band on the abdomen. The white tail has a 'teastain' where it meets the black hairs.
A buff-tailed bumblebee looking very fresh for #BeeFriday
🐝 - not sure of the flower he's sitting on tho 🤔
#Fridaybee #bumblebees #macro
Buff-tailed bee enjoying the delights of this single pink dahlia.
It’s dahlia time. So many incredible types. These open ones are my favourites, I think the bees would agree too. #BeeFriday #FlowersonFriday
A rear view of a carder bumblebee feeding on a purple/blue large cornflower in the middle of the shot. Out of focus behind is the greenery of the garden with a trellis just visible.
#BeeFriday a common carder bumblebee on a cornflower in the meadows garden in Edinburgh. 🐝 #FridayBee #theweethings
A collage of 4 photos of an aging early bumblebee female. She is foraging on knapweed. The bee has very green colour pollen on her pollen baskets. On the first and fourth photos of the bee are side on views with the bee facing right. The second photo is of its tail with the bee facing away from the camera. The third photo is taken from the side with the bee in an upright position.
#FridayBee The green pollen was striking! It apparently comes from meadowsweet plant #BeeFriday 🐝🟢
A very fluffy early bumblebee feeding on the side of a pink thistle flower. It is facing left and has a yellow collar that looks like a lions mane. It has 2 black stripes and a further yellow one at the abdomen and a peachy coloured tip to its tail.
This is also an early bumblebee with the same markings as previous photo but it is much more faded. It is still fluffy and has more beige colour than yellow and the tail is less peachy and more beige.
It's Friday again, so soon! Does anyone else feel like the year is on fast forward?
Anyway, here are two male early bumblebees 🐝, the fluffiest of them all. The one on the right is fading - literally. At first glance I thought it was a strange looking common carder. #Fridaybee #beeFriday 🐝
The photo is of 2 white cover flowers with a bumblebee straddling the two of them. It is a male early bumblebee with a yellow colour and it's red tail just visible. He has 2 legs stretched out as he navigates between the 2 flowers with his wings folded over his back.
🐝 Please admire the acrobatics of this little male early bumblebee Bombus pratorum as he walks between clover flowers 😄 #BeeFriday 🐝 #Fridaybee #invertebrates
A small buff-tailed bumblebee with its wings showing all their veins, sitting on a dark purple geranium also showing its veins.
#BeeFriday the bees love this geranium, it’s always covered in them. Wish I knew its name, it’s makes a good strong upright mound and has fluffy leaves.
A large buff-tailed bumblebee on a purple knapweed flower.
#BeeFriday a little fluffy on a fluffy flower. Happy Weekend.
A red-tailed bumblebee carrying a lot of pollen on its hind leg. It has a red tail and a further little patch of red higher up the abdomen where it's usually black. The bee is feeding on purple blooms with pink and green out of focus behind.
A very furry red-tailed bumblebee - Bombus lapidarius. With red tail and a bonus little extra bit of red 🟥 😀 #BeeFriday #Fridaybee 🐝
A black and yellow striped buff-tailed bumblebee holding on with a rear leg to a flower pot while having a sleep.
Buff-tailed bumblebee having a snooze on a flower pot.
Hope you all have a lovely sunny weekend, just mind the thunderstorms. #BeeFriday
A male tree bumblebee resting on the edge of a curled leaf with wings folded over it's body. It has a very ginger thorax that spills over into the abdomen followed by a black band and white tail. It holds out its middle leg in warning.
A rescue mission this week - a tree bumblebee that nearly got stood on. It's sticking up it's middle leg at me in warning! It got moved to the flower patch where it then flew off 😀 🐝 #bumblebee #Fridaybee #BeeFriday #nature
A common carder bumblebee with ginger thorax and abdomen feeds on a pink petalled geranium flower.
#FridayBee a common carder bumblebee in the sunshine 🌞
#nature #macro #BeeFriday #sunshine #invertebrates 🐝
A little red-tailed bumblebee hovering over a purple allium flower.
It’s Friday again time for more bees.
I hope you all have a fun weekend planned and that you’re looking forward too. Stay safe! #BeeFriday
A purple geranium flower with a red-tailed bumblebee at its centre.
A red-tailed bumblebee for #BeeFriday this is a bank holiday weekend for the UK so have a lovely time everyone.
A little female solitary bee bends over a stalk to reach a small white flower. She has a rich gingery colour thorax, an orange tipped tail and bright yellow hind leg. The photo was taken on a bright sunny day with the bee in focus and the backdrop is of out of focus leaves.
#BeeFriday A beautiful orange tailed mining bee, Andrena haemorrhoa 🐝 a spring flying solitary bee. One of the easier ones to identify 😄
#FridayBee #macro #solitarybee #invertebrates
Little mining bee in the centre stamens of a purple open rose.
It’s #BeeFriday so here’s a tiny little bee enjoying the open cup of Rosa Blue for You. Happy weekend to everyone. 😀😀
