Jim Fowler

Jim Fowler deceased

Posted: 06 Oct 2020


Taken: 06 Oct 2020

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1/60 f/8.0 90.0 mm ISO 50

SONY ILCE-7RM2

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Jim Fowler
Bog garden
Spiranthes odorata
Greenville
Bumble bee
South Carolina
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Ladies'-tresses orchids


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Bumblebee pollinating Ladies'-tresses orchids in the Bog Garden

Bumblebee pollinating Ladies'-tresses orchids in the Bog Garden
I went out to the front yard bog garden this afternoon, and I found dozens of bumblebees and honeybees frantically sipping nectar from the Spiranthes odorata or Fragrant Ladies'-tresses orchids. In the process, burying their entire heads in the flowers, the bees were pollinating each one they visited. I viewed one particular bumblebee annoyed with the pollinarium attached to its proboscis, rapidly swiping at the pollinarium until it fell to the ground.

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