{"id":406,"date":"2024-09-08T14:26:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T18:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2024-09-08T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T18:26:57","slug":"celebrating-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2024\/09\/08\/celebrating-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bees are one of the joys of the landscape and provide so much that is good, whether the honeybee’s honey or whether being the subject of macro photography. Today is a day for the latter: bee photos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Bumblebee on milkweed blossoms.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bumblebee on butterfly bush blossoms.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bumblebee on early goldenrod.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bumblebee exiting touch-me-not (also known as jewelweed).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bumblebee on goldenrod.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Goldenrod typically blooms in late summer and early to the middle of fall. It is an important food source for all insects, including bees and butterflies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green sweat bee (left); leaf-cutter bee (center); and bumblebee (right).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bumblebee on goldenrod.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bumblebee on goldenrod.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bumblebee (covered in pollen) exiting Rose of Sharon blossom.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, since I mentioned it early on, following is a honeybee (from last year, since I was unable to go walking in my usual way for most of this year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honeybee on thistle flower.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bees are great – for many reasons!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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