Bee butt!!

Common eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) exploring obedient plant (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) flowers, from last august:

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Happy Fibonacci Day, y'all!

https://www.popsci.com/science/fibonacci-sequence-day-2025/

Here's a sunflower to celebrate, with some bonus bumbles. 🌻 🐝

#FibonacciDay #BloomScrollingWithBee #BloomScrolling #sunflower

There was still a goldenrod (𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰 sp.) in flower at our last Thompson Park hike, and it had a little eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) friend:

(Check out the proboscis!)

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Eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) hugging a swamp aster (𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘮), as bittersweet nightshade (𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢) berries look on:

#BloomScrollingWithBee #BloomScrolling #bumblebee #flowers #berries #WildFlowers

Hollyhock and a honeybee.

#flowers #bee #PinkFlower #HoneyBee #bees #BloomScrollingWithBee #FlowerWithBee #pollinators #hollyhocks

Bumblebee on the first goldenrod flowers.

#bumblebee #bee #pollinators #FlowerWithBee #nativepollinators #bombus #BloomScrollingWithBee #bees

Bombus on the tall sunflower. I see a lot of pollen coming off of it too with all the yellow specks on the leaf below it.

#pollinators #FlowerWithBee #bombus #bee #bumblebee #YellowFlowers #BloomScrollingWithBee #NativePollinators

Pure green sweat bee (𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘢) on a dandelion (𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦), from Thompson Park:

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The pansies are still blooming. I figured they'd be done once it warmed up, and then maybe when it got really hot, but they persist.

There's a big bumblebee on this one that sorta blends in.

#ViolaWittrockiana #pansies #YellowFlowers #BumbleBee #FlowerWithBee #bombus #BombusNevadensis #BloomScrollingWithBee #bee