This monstrous penstemmon had blown over. So I got a 5′ piece of EMT conduit and made a stake for it. It’s standing up now. Pollinators love it. Missed a queen mason bee on it yesterday, but did get a good look at this brown-belted bumble.
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So Creamy…
Profile in Lavender
Another Hunt’s Bumble
Big Big Pollen in the Lavender
Still wish I knew where she was getting the orange pollen in that basket. That’s a good-sized chunk. Good look at her tongue, but otherwise that’s kind of an unconventional shape she’s making. Or, maybe I seldom post ones that look like this. I was just taken by it. It’s a Hunt’s bumble, btw.
First Chocolate Daisy of the Year
Golden Bumble in the Larkspur
Neat, Wild Shot
Don’t know the name of the flower, but notice a couple of fun things. First, the colors and shapes are just…well, they make me smile. (Oh, and the bee is great, too. It’s a super-tiny sweat bee.) And, second, that flower is prettymuch done with its petals, yet it’s still throwing pollen. Don’t deadhead until the bees start ignoring them. (And it’s still pretty anyway.)