Bees – Page 23 – Jill Orme Photography

13 Mar 2021

Chunky

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was another cold and blustery day, and I was tired and sore after my pruning efforts yesterday, so I gave myself a pass from doing any more work in the garden and spent most of the day at my … Continued

12 Mar 2021

Approach

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I had a productive day today. This morning I went to Evesham (for the first time since early December, I think), to renew my driver’s licence at the Post Office. I’d been nervous about this beforehand, but the member of … Continued

7 Mar 2021

Best boy

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Although it was a cold day, it was brighter one than we’ve seen for the past week, and I thought it was worth wrapping up well and going out with the macro in search of invertebrates. In the event there … Continued

28 Feb 2021

Humming

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

R and I had another heavy session in the garden today, working on and around two overgrown and neglected apple trees. He did most of the de-brambling, and I did most of the pruning, and between us we returned them … Continued

27 Feb 2021

Plump

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

R and I spent almost the whole day in the garden, and though I’m tired now I’m very happy with our achievements. We cut back and tidied the whole of the long front border – possibly the first time this … Continued

21 Feb 2021

Bee watch

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It begins. I’ve been on bee watch for a few days now, since I saw the first photos of hairy-footed flower bees appearing in the BWARS group on Facebook. The immediate response from one of the administrators – “And we’re … Continued

13 Oct 2020

Furry

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Bugs, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

My new ring flash arrived today, so I went for a walk with it and we began getting to know each other. My first impressions are pretty positive: I think it’s fairly obvious that this photo was taken with flash, … Continued

7 Sep 2020

Relaxed

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

It was a fairly grim day, weather-wise, and although there were invertebrates around they were skittish. Between this, the poor light, and a gusty breeze, I was struggling with the exposure triangle, and in the end I decided to stop … Continued

31 Aug 2020

Colletes hederae

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I had thought of going to Trench Wood today, in search of hummingbird hawkmoths and dragons, but in the event the morning ran away from me, as it often seems to now that I don’t have very much to do. … Continued

19 Aug 2020

After the rain

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It rained solidly and hard all morning, but stopped around the middle of the afternoon, at which point all the bugs that had been sheltering from the weather emerged, and so did I. I had to wait a while to … Continued

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