Bees love herb flowers, especially oregano. This is an old worker. You can tell by her ragged wings. Honeybees live a maximum of six weeks at this time of the year and she is coming to the end of her life.

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Taken by husband at work. Honeybee taking nectar from the nectaries along the mid-rib on this cherry laurel leaf. plants don't necessarily need flowers to produce food.

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Apis Mellifera on common knapweed ( Centaurea nigra)

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Pollination in progress. A honeybee busy on our 'Merrywether' damson tree.

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Honey bee with a valuable hoard of golden yellow pollen from a hazel (corylus) tree in our garden.
The tree is covered in catkin tails which are the male part of the plant. Hazel is also wind pollinated when the grains fall from the catkins into the tiny red female flowers that are found on the top of each bunch of tassels. Pollen is a valuable early food source for honey bees.

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