Pollen Mugs

A bee just about to depart...

bee on flowers

Beautiful close up of an Amaryllis Lily

Cute Sunflower Frog

patterned and textured pink flower of Zinnia family with pollen filled stamens

patterned and textured pink flower of Zinnia family with pollen filled stamens and prominent brown and gold center

autumn colours for this patterned and textured copper coloured flower of Zinnia family with pollen filled stamens

Bumble Bee on Yellow Petal

Tuxedo Cat in the Flower Garden

A bee on a purple cone flower.

A bee loaded with pollen clambers into a himalayan balsam flower to do the deed... ;-) <3

A bumble bee about to land on some wild sage.

Feeling blue

The lovely flowers embarrass me, They make me regret I am not a bee – ~Emily Dickinson, 1864

Bee Gold

A bee gathering pollen from a Bluebell in a strong wind, clinging on while completing its work. This image was taken near St Mary's Island near Whitley Bay in Tyne & Wear.

A bee preparing to land on a red rose. What could be more romantic than that...

A butterfly filling up on nectar

Working away spreading pollen and gathering nextar - note the big clump on its leg.

One of the first of the season and captured almost by chance while I was trying to photograph something else...

The perfect companion to my Bee approaching a red rose.

What can I say? It's a bee.

Jersey Tiger Moth feeding

Cartoon dedicated to endangered honeybee species.

Silhouette of woman with beehive hair and bees

Bee gathering pollen on a buddleia bush near Holywell Pond, Northumberland on a warm July morning.

A bee gathering pollen from a Bluebell in a strong wind, clinging on while completing its work. This image was taken near St Mary's Island near Whitley Bay in Tyne & Wear.

This bee appears to be slaking his thirst from the leaves of our laurel hedge after rain.

Inside a sunflower

Be nice or bee nice to everyone, including the bees.

A pair of bees tending to a flower in Mottisfont's garden.

Part of the Walter Moore Ape Series.

Not sure what species this is, but it was enormous - at least twice the size of a normal worker bee. Thanks to one of my cousins, who is knowledgeable about these things, I'm fairly sure this is a Carpenter bee.

Heavily laden with pollen - or a nasty case of dandruff...

Helpful bee?

Pollen everywhere...