Bees – Page 26 – Jill Orme Photography

10 Apr 2020

Tawny

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

I wouldn’t normally try to photograph a small bee with a long lens, except for recording purposes, and I only used the big gear today because the solitary bees were being more skittish than usual, and I was trying to … Continued

9 Apr 2020

Cambrian poppy

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

One of the colourful pleasures of spring in our garden is the orange Cambrian poppy that grows on the top of the yard wall. Because the wall is nearly six feet tall it’s not the easiest thing to photograph, so … Continued

8 Apr 2020

Buffish

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

Bee of the day: Andrena nigroaenea, the buffish mining bee. I’ve always thought the common name was strange: why buffish? Buff is a pale brown colour, and buffish suggests something that’s ‘sort of’ pale brown. These striking bees aren’t ‘sort … Continued

6 Apr 2020

Tree bee

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

Today the invertebrate explosion I’ve been waiting for finally happened, and suddenly the garden was busy with bees and hoverflies. It wasn’t a great day for macro photography though, with a brisk wind blowing, and scudding clouds crossing the sun … Continued

3 Apr 2020

What day is it?

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

No, seriously – is it…..? No, it can’t be Tuesday because I remember doing Tuesday about five days ago. And we had pizza on Wednesday, so that’s already been and gone. So is it…? Oh – no….. they collected the … Continued

2 Apr 2020

Viburnum

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

Today’s post is a small morality tale. We’ve been in this house for twenty years, during which time I have always wanted a pond, and R has never wanted a pond (even though he liked the pond we had at … Continued

31 Mar 2020

Hubs

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

A week ago I posted a lovely female tawny mining bee, and said that the male is nondescript by comparison. And to prove it – here he is. In fact, because I had a better view of his bum than … Continued

25 Mar 2020

Embracing the grey

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

Bee of the day: Andrena cineraria, the ashy mining bee. I heard someone asking an “expert” on a television programme yesterday if it was time for women whose hairdressers have closed for the duration of the CV crisis to stop … Continued

24 Mar 2020

Foxy

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

Bee of the day: Andrena fulva, the tawny mining bee. The honey bee sized females are absolutely unmistakeable – I spotted this very fresh specimen from about five metres away, and knew immediately what she was. The males are much … Continued

14 Mar 2020

Solitary

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

After having such a good day yesterday, today was a sad one for me: this morning I emailed Choir Two and withdrew from their current season. I then sat down and cried at the thought of not singing the Brahms … Continued

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