bumblebee – Page 5 – Jill Orme Photography

9 Mar 2022

Buff

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

I had an extremely trying day today, for reasons with which I won’t bore you, and by the time I was chasing bees in the front garden this afternoon the sun was already down behind the house roof, and the … Continued

12 Oct 2021

Busy

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

Today ended up being a little more stressful than I’d expected it to be. At lunchtime I was out with the camera, searching for invertebrates to photograph, when I found an injured bird flapping around on the ground in the … Continued

31 Aug 2021

Vivid

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

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a Common Carder as strongly coloured as this one before – it was the brightest thing in the garden on a rather dark and moody afternoon, and contrasted especially well with the toadflax it … Continued

19 Jun 2021

Weedy

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

Purple toadflax is native to Italy, but has naturalised across much of Europe, including the British Isles. Because of the kind of gardener I am (lazy and incompetent) it has colonised several areas of my garden – a fact that … Continued

20 Apr 2021

Humble

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

I am done – in more ways than one. All the gardening I set myself to do in advance of the family visiting us next weekend has been completed, though the effort required has brought me almost to my knees. … Continued

14 Apr 2021

Early

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

Well, not very early, actually. This is the first Early Bumblebee I’ve seen this year, whereas last year I recorded my first one on 26th March. On the other hand, we had a nice spring last year, and this season … Continued

10 Apr 2021

Blossoming

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

The weather is beginning to get me down now. It was another bitterly cold day, with dreadful light, and almost no insects on the wing. In fact I spotted a pair of female Andrena scotica, both with full pollen brushes, … Continued

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

18 Aug 2020

White-tailed bumblebee

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

Whenever R and I go to the garden centre for inanimate items such as gloves or bird food, I always insist on walking through the plants anyway, “just to see what they have.” More often than not this ends in … Continued

21 Jul 2020

Comfy

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

After trying for a while to decide between these two photos, I’ve finally given up and decided to post them both. The main image charms me because I love a sleeping bee and this one, which is a male Bombus … Continued