bumble bee climbing into the bell shaped flower of a Rhododendron to collect nectar and pollinate the flower. pollen is collected in baskets formed by hairs on their legs, Nectar is stored in their stomachs
UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A Small Heath Bumblebee ( Bombus jonellus ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Perennial Cornflower, ( Centaurea montana ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A Small Heath Bumblebee ( Bombus jonellus ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Perennial Cornflower, ( Centaurea montana ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
2012; Apidae; Apinae; Apis mellifera; Apocrita; Bedfordshire; British Isles; Cambridgeshire; Centaurea montana; England; English; Europe; European Honey Bee; Flanders poppy; GB; Great Britain; Hymenoptera syn Apis mellifica; UK; United Kingdom; Western Honey Bee; back yard; bee; bees; biology; british; bumble; bumblebee; coquelicot; corn rose; disease; diseases; ecology; environment; field poppy; flower; flowered; flowers; garden; gardening; gardens; green; heath; insect; insects; nature; pesticide; petal; petals; pollen; pollinating; pollination; red; red poppy; red weed; science; small; southern England; spring; summer; wildlife
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UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A European or Western Honey Bee, ( Apis mellifera or Apis mellifica ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Corn poppy ( Papaver rhoeas ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
2012; Apidae; Apinae; Apis mellifera; Apocrita; Bedfordshire; British Isles; Cambridgeshire; Centaurea montana; England; English; Europe; European Honey Bee; Flanders poppy; GB; Great Britain; Hymenoptera syn Apis mellifica; UK; United Kingdom; Western Honey Bee; back yard; bee; bees; biology; british; bumble; bumblebee; coquelicot; corn rose; disease; diseases; ecology; environment; field poppy; flower; flowered; flowers; garden; gardening; gardens; green; heath; insect; insects; nature; pesticide; petal; petals; pollen; pollinating; pollination; red; red poppy; red weed; science; small; southern England; spring; summer; wildlife
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UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A European or Western Honey Bee, ( Apis mellifera or Apis mellifica ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Corn poppy ( Papaver rhoeas ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
2012; Apidae; Apinae; Apis mellifera; Apocrita; Bedfordshire; British Isles; Cambridgeshire; Centaurea montana; England; English; Europe; European Honey Bee; Flanders poppy; GB; Great Britain; Hymenoptera syn Apis mellifica; UK; United Kingdom; Western Honey Bee; back yard; bee; bees; biology; british; bumble; bumblebee; coquelicot; corn rose; disease; diseases; ecology; environment; field poppy; flower; flowered; flowers; garden; gardening; gardens; green; heath; insect; insects; nature; pesticide; petal; petals; pollen; pollinating; pollination; red; red poppy; red weed; science; small; southern England; spring; summer; wildlife
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UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A European or Western Honey Bee, ( Apis mellifera or Apis mellifica ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Corn poppy ( Papaver rhoeas ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
2012; Apidae; Apinae; Apis mellifera; Apocrita; Bedfordshire; British Isles; Cambridgeshire; Centaurea montana; England; English; Europe; European Honey Bee; Flanders poppy; GB; Great Britain; Hymenoptera syn Apis mellifica; UK; United Kingdom; Western Honey Bee; back yard; bee; bees; biology; british; bumble; bumblebee; coquelicot; corn rose; disease; diseases; ecology; environment; field poppy; flower; flowered; flowers; garden; gardening; gardens; green; heath; insect; insects; nature; pesticide; petal; petals; pollen; pollinating; pollination; Papaver rhoeas , red; red poppy; red weed; science; small; southern England; spring; summer; wildlife
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UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A European or Western Honey Bee, ( Apis mellifera or Apis mellifica ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Corn poppy ( Papaver rhoeas ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos
UK Bedfordshire -- 09 Jun 2012 -- A Small Heath Bumblebee ( Bombus jonellus ) looks for pollen from the flowers of a Northern Marsh Orchid ( Dactylorhiza purpurella ) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Lightroom Photos