Saturday, April 16, 2011

Miniature Honeybee?

I have a few sunflowers growing under the bird feeder.

I saw a couple of very small bees gathering pollen. It was amazing how much they were carrying.067cs

I read there were Miniature Honeybees…upon close inspection they looked just like little honeybees but with bigger heads.

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I was surprised these tiny little bees were collecting pollen from the sunflower and my honeybees weren’t.

Later this butterfly came along.

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It will be fun to see who gets the sunflower seeds….the birds or the squirrels.

5 comments:

  1. that butterfly photo is gorgeous!

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  2. It did have a large head. I vote for the goldfinches to get the seed. Helen

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  3. So much pollen that mini bee looks weighted down.

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  4. Beautiful sunflowers! They must grow all winter there to be blooming already.

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  5. There are so many wild bees. My bees seem to prefer the blossoms of fruit trees (pear, etc.) and dandelions to other flowers.

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