April 2102 - Bublebee in garden

Thursday 19th: Amidst all the rain that we've been having over the past couple of weeks, today was relatively dry which was all that was required for the Bumblebees to grab some much-needed pollen. These remarkable photos by Melanie show a Bumblebee in action on a flower. What's more remarkable is the close-up of the Bee with its proboscis extended, ready to connect with the flower stamen. As you can imagine, Bees fly very fast! So for Mel to grab this image of the Bee in flight approaching the flower is all the more remarkable!

These photos were taken with a compact Samsung Digimax S500.