Re: The Bees Knees

Interesting to see this honey bee lifting its hind quarters up to attach the pollen to the hair on the hind legs, I have better pictures of the pollen on hind legs but I had never seen the hind quarters raised in such a fashion, more to follow on this

Here the azimuth angle must be approaching 270 degrees!

Here the hind quarters appear near normal as we would usually see a bee

.......and hind quarters fully retracted, can anyone add to this behaviour?

The whole system starts again

Certainly has some ability to bend

The last one

Bumble Bee on a Buddleia Bush

Hi John

don't think the first one is a honey bee.

there is no pollen on the rear legs,believe this is one of the solitary bees collecting pollen under the body. not sure wich one. could be leaf cutter.

see what others think

 Ray

Ooops sorry, that is me if its not a Bumble Bee it is a Honey Bee!! Are they common Ray? What about this chap that I saw yesterday on Buddleia?

hi john

think the leaf cutters are pretty common and a pleasure to watch.

The last picture is a hover fly

 Ray

Thanks Ray, I said I was useless at ID:{

These are lovely photos.