This is a creeping T. serpyllum 'Coccineum', and the bees are loving it even if I am a little disenchanted with its inclination to take over my rock garden
...and mostly, I have a lot of bee and other bug pics to share... I hope you like them
bumble on the salvia dorrii
really cute furry grey one, bouncing on the saponaria shrub
lucky shots--I have several thousand more images to sort thru to find a few more but there are gonna be some great ones, I just know it --because blind pigs can sniff out acorns, or something like that anyway
Dirt Dorphins, If I had any Acorns, I would give you ALL of them, as I am truly loving your photos. I try all of the time to get good photos of my bees, to no avail. So for sharing
Thanks Toni!
It's the sentiment that counts more than anything. I'll keep posting them just because I think bees are super cute and even less than stellar pictures of them are still cool.
No acorns necessary to encourage this blind pig (check out the March and April bee threads)
Mostly, I catch a lot of bee butt, and while they are still fascinating buried in flowers with their butts hanging out, I am especially fond of their cute bee faces. I try for those and only accidentally catch them in flight.
here's one in the catmint
and in the horehound (Marrubium rotundifolium)
It does not have very attractive flowers to me, but the girls find them irresistible for a little nectar pit-stop in their rounds
I love, love, love the second photograph, first row.
It isn't goofing if you are posting such beauty, it is enlightening and educational and endearing...and I can rationalize anything, so just let me know what else you want me to help with. (still is true, though )
Thank you Debra,
digital auto-fire is the only way to go to attempt to catch flying bees for your enlightenment, education, and endearitude (also need help rationalizing my abuse of the English language)