[Barry]

Honeybee on my Russian Sage. It's filled with various pollinators.

 

[Teal]

Oh I LOVE it! Great photo. The bee is so cute. What are you shooting with?

 

[CtyAcres]

Barry- That my favorite plant, blooms well into Sept. Got 2 plants also in my backyard, and you are right it hosts more
than one type of pollinator.

 

[Phoebee]

We should show that to our bees. Our Russian sage is lonely. Neither the honeybees nor the bumbles are working it. We are bewildered.

 

[Michael Bush]

I find the honey bees on Russian sage only in a dearth. But the Russian sage seems to have pollinators on it for a very long period of time. Leaf cutters, sweat bees etc. are always on it.

 

[Barry]

Here are a couple more I took.

Image 1
Image 2
Image 3

Teal, I used my little compact camera. Canon Power Shot SD750

It's tough getting a good one on the Russian Sage as the bees only spend about 2-3 seconds on the flower. A lot of blurred ones to get a sharp one.

 

[Phoebee]

Barry, on Tuesday we attended “Beekeeping Through the Camera Lens” with Simon Croson of the Aritisan Honey Company, held at George Mason University.

http://www.sicroson.com/Sicroson.com/Home.html

He uses an Olympus DSLR and also a pocket compact. He has won international photo competitions. And frankly, I think you could give him a run for his money. Nice!

Or maybe it is just the photogenic subject you chose ... I was just out back with a Nikon doing macro shots of dead drone larvae and varroa mites. Gonna be a while before I get my appetite back.

My wife has a Canon Power Shot. I need to show her what it can do.

 

[GaryG74]

Mexican Sage is a good plant here in Alabama. It blooms late August until frost usually. Russian sage wouldn't grow for me for some reason. Great pictures Barry!

 

[clyderoad]

Those are good pictures. I can't take a good one to save my life.

 

[bugmeister]

beautiful resolution and bravo!