The final #LookingDown photo for #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week21 is this gorgeous #buff-tailed #bumblebee on an #OxeyeDaisy. #Daisies are my favourite #flower. And #bees. My love for bees is endless. Photo taken at RSPB #Snettisham. #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #hymenoptera

Took me a while to get my phone to focus exactly how I wanted it here, but I got there in the end. The final #LookingDown photo. I wonder what next week's theme will be?

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I went out for a walk at sunset. About a half hour from my house there's a bridge over the motorway, where I stood #LookingDown at the cars passing below. I hate leaning over the edges of bridges, and it made me feel a bit queasy, but I'm prepared to suffer for my art.

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Today's #LookingDown is all about #poppies and #DandelionClocks. #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week21 #flowers #weeds #dandelions #summer

I am planning a trip out for sunset tonight to get some #LookingDown photos but, on the off-chance this doesn't happen, here's one from a day or so ago. #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week21 #leaves #shadows #green

#LookingDown and casting #shadows. #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week21 #dogs #NightWalking #walkies

#LookingDown from the railway bridge onto a passing #train.

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Today I am #LookingDown at something completely scrumptious and wonderful. #Pistachio #profiteroles and a decaf #IcedLatte #treats #weekend #holiday #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week21

#Pavement and #wall. Not my official #LookingDown photo. #rectangles #bricks

Today's #LookingDown photo tells a gruesome tale. This dead buff-tailed #bumblebee is being investigated by #ants. Now, ants do a couple of interesting things with dead bees. They are either harvesting it for nutrients - a number of ants will swarm the body and dismantle it as it is rich in nutrients and will feed their young. Or, alternatively, if it is really starting to decay, a sanitation process called necropherosis will take place where they will move it away from the colony.
One thing I didn't know today was how closely related ants are to bees. Bee and ant corpses release similar chemical signals which, in the case of ants discovering a dead bee, prompts those specific sanitation or scavenging responses. #DamnNatureYouScary #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week21 #nature #wildlife