Solitary male bee sleeping under a teasel
Wordless Wednesday : A Sleepy Bee
10 Wednesday Aug 2016
Posted in Wildlife in the garden
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10 Wednesday Aug 2016
Posted in Wildlife in the garden
Solitary male bee sleeping under a teasel
Bees do seem to love teasels and later in the season birds benefit from them too. Lovely image.
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That’s good, I’m hoping the birds will enjoy the seedheads through the darker months. I hear goldfinches are especially fond of them.
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What a lovely composition. I love the tones in the background. Makes the teasel really shine. I’ve been taking photos of upside-down dragonflies and I’ve discovered that even if I rotate the pictures to an upright orientation they always look odd, even with no other real world frame of reference.
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The meadow’s ornamental grasses do make a nice soft background for these prickly subjects. Your upside down dragonflies sound fun! Your insect images are always stunning.
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What a brilliant shot Kate. I love the spiny stem and flower of the teasel and the fluffy bee against it.
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Teasels are amazing, they have prickles on their prickles! I’ve just picked them for drying, so I’m covered in scratches. I do wonder how the bees cope ….
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Great shot, Kate! At what angle were you standing to take this photo?
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Head height, Cynthia. Luckily the teasels grew to well over 2 metres in flower – luckily, at least for my wonky neck!
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Did he make little bee snoring sounds…?
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