Random and miscellaneous pollinator photos

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Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:29 pm

Gorgeous photos, guys!

Never have I seen bees on begonias before, but here they are.




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Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:44 pm

Nice looking bee with those silver stripes.

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Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:08 pm

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Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:02 pm

Something on the Mexican heather (a cuphea), a bee favorite

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Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:06 pm

Funny how big bees like tiny flowers.

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Tue Sep 08, 2020 2:45 pm

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This was a very large bee robbing the nectar from Gold Star Esperanza.
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Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:31 am

I was in Lowe's a couple of days ago and spotted some potted flowers called Pericallis. I had never heard of these daisy-like flowers before. They are supposed to like cool weather. Anyway, they were so pretty that I bought two plants. They are attracting pollinators. I think this is some kind of fly.
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Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:15 pm

Monarchs on pentas and agastache today.
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Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:08 pm

Bee burrowing into a container of Candy Tops Red snapdragon.
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Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:11 pm

It's a wasp beetle. It looks like a wasp, buzzes like a wasp, wanders over flowers like a wasp and will eat some insects like wasp. It isn't a wasp.....but if you ask him, he'll tell you otherwise.
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Amateurinawe wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:11 pm It's a wasp beetle. It looks like a wasp, buzzes like a wasp, wanders over flowers like a wasp and will eat some insects like wasp. It isn't a wasp.....but if you ask him, he'll tell you otherwise.

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Thank goodness that he doesn't sting like a wasp! Pretty looking thing for a bug.
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Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:39 pm

Texas bluebonnet and nasturtium...both attracting combinations of hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.
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Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:39 pm

We have 2 new Honeybee hives and with the warmer temperatures they have been very active.
I noticed that they are really liking the turnip greens that have bloomed and are going to seed this spring. This bed is from a fall planting that I left.

If you look closely you will see the pollen on the honeybees hind legs. Honeybees collect pollen here in what is called pollen baskets. Amazing little creatures.
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Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:36 pm

Nice. I’ve assembled my hive, now just need to order the bees. Not sure which kind to get, buckfast, italian, Carniolan, Russian. Nuc or package, too many choices
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Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:43 pm

We bought 2 Nucs and they are a hybrid bee - Italian/Buckfast. They were installed into hives in late February. We got lucky with the weather and it never got too cold on the bees. I will post a picture of the hive set up tomorrow in case any one is interested.

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Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:23 pm

I can't tell if this is a bee or a wasp. They were on the milkweed and the Vermillionaire cuphea today.
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Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:31 pm

Nice face and interesting eyes. I think it's a bee?

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Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:36 pm

It's not a clear wing moth is it ? We get something similar here . Don't know but don't rule out moths from beds and wasps and beetles :-)
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Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:01 pm

[mention]SpookyShoe[/mention] https://www.wildbeestexas.com/carpenter ... m-kaeimtvj

Looks like a male Strand’s Carpenter Bee. Texas is the only state where these are found and you are about as north as they get.
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Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:56 pm

Could be right [mention]karstopography[/mention] , looks very alike
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