bee – Page 15 – Jill Orme Photography

12 Apr 2023

Same old…

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

After managing to photograph one of the biggest flying creatures in the world yesterday, today I was back in the garden with the mini-beasts. Not that there were many mini-beasts around. By 10am a cold but cheerful dawn had given … Continued

9 Apr 2023

Spring fresh

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

I have two lovely fresh female mining bees for you today, both photographed in the brief window of opportunity between our last weekend guests leaving in sunshine at lunch time, and the weather closing in less than an hour later. … Continued

3 Apr 2023

Fluffy pink bum

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

I did so much gardening today – completing the renovation of the big rose bed, and then mulching the whole thing with rotted wood chips from the pile left for me by the tree surgeon last autumn – that I’m … Continued

2 Apr 2023

Picnic

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

“Is it,” I asked myself, “maybe a little too early in the season to be posting predation porn?” I considered the question for all of about two seconds, before deciding that it’s never too early. Plus, it seemed only fit … Continued

29 Mar 2023

Sluggish

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

It was another dreary, wet morning, though warmer than yesterday and without the biting wind. R and I were both grumpy about this interruption to the onset of spring, when it had only just about got started, so we did … Continued

24 Mar 2023

Guardian

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

I did far too much gardening today, tidying one of the long borders in the back garden and the soft fruit bed in the secret garden. I then snapped and snarled at R when he got home from running errands, … Continued

22 Mar 2023

Expert

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

There are now around a dozen male hairy-footed flower bees in the garden, and competition between them is getting fierce. Yesterday I saw the first female of the year, though sadly I spotted her at the exact moment when she … Continued

19 Mar 2023

Plump

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

“Can you say “happy Mothers’ Day” to Grandma?” said L in a stage whisper. “I got choklit ice cream,” said the Boy Wonder, appearing briefly from behind an enormous cone, and demonstrating that he did indeed have choklit ice cream, … Continued

18 Mar 2023

Stylopised

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

I spent much of the day in the garden, doing a rough tidy of the long border at the front of the house. There was a definite feel of spring in the air, and noticeably more invertebrates out and about. … Continued

17 Mar 2023

Feather-footed

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

I don’t know why the Romans felt that they needed a word to describe the state of being feather-footed, but apparently they did, and ‘plumipes’ was it. ‘Anthophora’, I think, is a Greek term for flowering plants. So this little … Continued