Honeybee on Frogfruit

[Aisha]

This is a test to see if I can make my Flickr account display an in-line image.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1164/1315988974_e5ad3eea31.jpg

If it doesn't work, here is the link.
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/wellspring-hypnosis/1315988974/)

Frogfruit is sort of like Texas clover. It's a groundcover with nectar for bees and butterflies. It's surging right now due the rains and there are millions of them in adjacent fields. The bees are showing a good (but not zealous) interest in it.

[beenovice]

Nice photo. Maybe you should crop it so we can look at the flower and the bee a little closer :)

[Aisha]

Nice photo. Maybe you should crop it so we can look at the flower and the bee a little closer :)

Great idea!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/1318080994_48e6b2c3d6_o.jpg

Belly up to the bar, sip a cold one and stay a while...or for at least 2 seconds!

[BjornBee]

Great shot.
Is the pollen from the same plant? I guess it would be.

[Aisha]

I wondered that myself Bjornbee. This tiny flower doesn't look like it has much pollen to offer. And I only saw the bees sipping the flowers, no gathering.

Maybe the rule about only going to one type of flower at a time when a bee is foraging is more like a guideline, and they sometimes double dip.