Here are a few more bee pictures to go with the one that I posted early this morning for Wordless Wednesday.
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These pics were taken in the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge potion of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge back in September.
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The term bumble bee refers to social bees that are a member of the
Bombus genus. There are over 250 different species of bees that are part of that genus living in North America.
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Like honey bees, bumble bees help to complete the circle of life by pollinating flowers, while they gather nectar to eat and pollen to feed to their young. They use a long tongue called a
glossa to extract the nectar and they gather pollen into their
corbiculae, or pollen basket, which is located on their hind leg.
3 comments:
Such gorgeous flowers and bees. I love having bees in my yard. They do so much for my garden.
Your macro shots are incredible, beautiful. The warmth of them makes me smile.
I love your blog, so many really great photographs of the wildlife around you. I have a friend living in Saint Paul, I must ask her if she has seen your blog.
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