Lavender and Bee

I am having a rather busy weekend after such a slow-going week and feeling much better today.

I did manage a walk around the garden this morning and took a few photos of the native stingless bees that seem to rather like our lavender.

[Diana]

Beautiful close up of this gorgeous bee, lovely colours and light.

[Wylie]

I don't know how you identify the bees. I'd have thought this was a standard honey bee. I think you must be clever :)

[Peter]

Beautifully captured closeup detail and colours Babs, Fav:)

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Dione Giorgio]

Superb close up.

[Jesso]

Nice close up. Nice to hear your on the mend!

[Valerie Chesney]

Lovely fluffy bee.

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely capture, great detail!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Lovely shot - glad you are feeling better !

[Merrelyn]

Lovely capture Babs.

[Sue Cooper]

This is a cracking shot babs.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture.

[Linda Godwin]

Super close up!!

[gloria jones]

Great macro

[Renee Salamon]

Nice close up - I’ve not heard of stingless bees before

[Judith Johnson]

Lovely focus on the bee and I think we call that type French lavender

[Helen Jane]

glad you are feeling better. the bee is perfectly focussed and sharp.

[Pat Knowles]

Glad you’re feeling better Babs! Your flowers are blooming so that will cheer you up…bees out too….summer is almost with you!

[bruni]

Awesome close up. never heard of a stingless bee.

[MONTSERRAT]

Superbe gros plan

[Granagringa]

What focus!!!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great close-up. I think lots of bees like lavender- there are always a bunch of them on the flowers outside our church office too.

[Islandgirl]

Wonderful close up!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful capture. Very nice details.

[Kathy]

The bee is enjoying the pollen.

[Rick]

Great shot.

[Babs]

@ludwigsdiana @pcoulson @joansmor @joansmor @sangwann @jesso @happysnaps @carole_sandford @beryl @merrelyn @susiemc @mittens @rontu @seattlite @rensala @busylady @helenhall @happypat @bruni @montserrat @granagringa @olivetreeann @radiogirl @shutterbug49 @randystreat @rickster549 Thanks. So good to see bees here at the moment because a lot of local beekeepers have had their hives destroyed due to varroa mite.

@pusspup Well Wylie here is a story, strange as this may seem, I am really not that clever ha ha. After I had taken the photos and was looking at them on the computer, a friend of ours dropped in and I mentioned the number of bees in the garden at the moment especially on the lavender and azalea. He told me they were native stingless bees and as he is an environmental scientist who am I to argue. I have to take his word for it.

[Kathy A]

Amazing detail on that bee

[Wylie]

@onewing well as you've had expert identification, we'll go for it!

[Babs]

@pusspup he is a bit of a smart Alec so who knows. He may not always be right but he is never wrong ha ha

[Pam]

I have never heard of a stingless bee. Fascinating! Beautiful shot.