Foraging Honey Bees on Flowers. The honey bees forage on any flowers that are available in their area, even small black jack flowers.
All Bee Species
A Native Blue Bee on Cosmos flowers
A Native Blue Bee on Cosmos flowers in South America Ecuador. A sunny day produced a number of bees found on cosmos, as well as this blue bee.
Buff Tailed Bumblebee on Cosmos
Buff Tailed Bumblebees on cosmos. The bumblebees are known to sleep in flowers on petals, then this one was caught clinging to the petals.
Garden Cosmos and SA Bumblebee Foraging.
Garden Cosmos and SA Bumblebee Foraging. A sub family of a bumblebee called hairy footed plumipes bee out foraging on the cosmos flowers.
South American Bumblebee Nesting
South American Bumblebee Nesting. In Ecuador these bees make there nests in old walls and bricks, called hairy footed plumipes bees.
Pollination of Passion Fruit Flowers
Pollination of Passion Fruit Flowers done either by hand or the bumblebee and the carpenter bee, as well as other bees species.