#BloomScrollingWithBee

Finally a larger sunflower :neofoxfloofowo:

The bees already lost interest in the basil and moved to the "upgrade".

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Close-up of a sunflower with a bee.A large sunflower bloom with a bee on it.
2025-06-20
A small bumblebee foraging on one of thousands of tiny white flowers. The bee is yellow, faded orange, and black.
2025-06-13

2 weeks later, we have flowered! The other two aren't ready yet but this popped in the afternoon and immediately the bees were about it. 🪷 :bee2:

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A smol honeybee buries itself amongst the bright yellow pollen of a partially bloomed peonie. Rich velvety crimson petals surround the yellow centre.
2025-05-24

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I visited some flowers today and found this bee hard at work on a peony.

A pink and white peony in full bloom, revealing its center. A bee is at the bottom of the floral center gathering pollen.
2025-05-09

Saw some honey bees on the rhubarb, maybe 2 or 3. I'll probably give it a few days and cut them off when they start making seeds.

A honey bee in flight facing left next to a cluster of rhubarb flowers that are white. The background is green with grass and rhubarb leaves. The bee is dark with blonde hair.A honey bee the bottom of a cluster of rhubarb flowers that are white. The background is green with rhubarb leaves. The bee is dark with blonde hair and has some tan colored pollen on it's hind leg.A honey bee on a cluster of rhubarb flowers that are white. The background is green with grass and rhubarb leaves. The bee is dark with blonde hair.A honey bee on a cluster of rhubarb flowers that are white. The background is green with grass and rhubarb leaves. The bee is dark with blonde hair.
2025-05-06

*edit @Spaceways Suggested a Yellow-haired Sun Fly, Myathropa florea, the Batman hoverfly, and they have been identified in the region, and it really looks like one.
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Some kind of drone fly I guess. Seems more yellow than most of the photos of the 'Common' one. It's on a chokecherry blossom.

A photo of a large hoverfly on a chokecherry flower. The fly is black and yellow.
2025-04-27

Honey bees on apple blossoms. Both of the Esopus Spitzenburg, or Spitz, are full bloom now and everything else is still blooming with some bee activity.

A honey bee on an apple blossom. The bee is facing down with it's left side towards the camera. It's a slightly dark colored bee. The blossom are white with a bit of pink. The sun is out, the sky is blue with some clouds in the upper and right.A honey bee on an apple blossom. The bee is facing upward with it's back to the camera. The flowers are white with some pink. There is blue sky in the background.A honey bee on an apple blossom that is pink and white. The bee is facing away. It is bright colored with a black butt.A honey bee on an apple blossom that's pinkish. The bee is bright colored on the orange or amber side and has a black butt. It is facing up and to the left with it's back visible.
2025-04-23

Honey bees and apple blossoms. Saw a bumble bee too but it had no desire to stay on a blossom for more than a half second.

A photo showing a honey bee on an apple blossom. The bee is average to darker colored, the flower is white. The leaves are green. In full sun.A honey bee on an apple blossom in full sun. The bee is average to light colored. The flower has a tint of pink to it's whiteness.A honey bee on an apple blossom. The bee is dark colored. The flower is pretty much just white.A honey bee hanging from an apple blossom by one leg. The bee appeared to be stuck so I took it's photo.. then I gave it a nudge and it crawled on top of the flower. It is an average colored bee.. maybe a little light colored.
2025-04-17

I'm seeing some honey bees on the hyacinths today. Not sure this is one of my bees, it looks a little different to what I see at the hives. One I saw yesterday getting goose water looked similar and behaved a little hotter than my bees. Lots of movement, maybe bee hand waving. 👋 Maybe Italians? 🤔

A pink hyacinth flower with a honey bee on the lower right side. The tip of the stalk isn't blooming yet.
2025-04-17

Bees in the Gravenstein apples and the Brooks plum. Looked like maybe a few migratory bees around today. Pear orchards are blooming and the cherries are just starting to.

A photo of an open apple blossom with a honey bee in it and another bee flying below it.A photo of an apple blossom with a bee up in it. There are unopened ones nearby. It is sunny. The sky is clear.A honey bee in an apple blossom.A honey bee in a Brooks plum tree blossom.
2025-04-15

Unidentified black bee with pollen on the clove currants. North Central Washington State.

A black somewhat fury bee on a clove currant flower. The bee has a large blob of yellowish pollen on it's hind leg. The flowers are yellow.The black bee in flight facing to the left.
2025-04-14

My first #BloomscrollingWithBee this year (yesterday)

A clump of purple crocuses is seen in sunshine. A bee hovers at the stamen of the flower closest to the middle of the photo. The stamen is bright orange and so is bee's pollen basket. The petals of the flower are open wide, basking in the sun.

Some of the flowers in the middle of the clump are wilting a little bit, their petals wrinkly, but the flowers at the edges of the clump are still new.

The background is a little out of focus and consists of brown twigs, sticks, mulch, and a few green leaves of early weeds.

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