Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Photinia and the Bees
It’s been a cold and rainy spring in the Great Northwest and I’ve been worried about the bees.
Until yesterday when I found them in great numbers on the Photinia, a shrub I’ve totally neglected.
Not that it needed me to thrive.
It thrived without my notice. Or attention. Or appreciation.
An ordinary garden shrub I thought, good only as filler in the background.
Until I saw the blossoms and smelled their fragrance.
The bees know and love it.
Bees which till now, seem to have been in short supply.
So thanks to the Photinia. I still may neglect you. But I will always appreciate you. 🙂
~ Susanne
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Oh these photos are beautiful close ups and macros for this week 😀 😀
Thank you so much! 🙂
I can smell them from here, Suzanne! Gorgeous photography!
Thanks so much, Terri! Funny how I never had much regard for that shrub, and only now realized it’s beauty and fragrance!
I love that shrub
I do too! Now that I noticed it! 😉 🙂
Very cool capture!
Thank you!
Oh those are so pretty! And the fact that they attract bees is great!
Thanks so much! They really are pretty but they were so much in the background I didn’t really notice them before!
Yes- that’s why photography is so great. It helps you “see” things for the first time!
I agree!! 😊😊
Very lovely images! I always enjoy them!
This made me smile!!
Glad to hear it! 😊😊
They are delicate and pretty! No wonder the bees love them!
Yes, they really are beautiful in bloom and I was happy to see the bees all over them!
I love fuzzy bees:)
Me too! 🙂 🙂
Great photos, Susanne. Anything that’s popular with bees is popular with me!
Thanks, Graham. Photinia is easy to grow and a bee magnet!
Our rhododendron blossoms seem to be drawing the bees for the first time in a while. It was surprising the first time we spotted the bees! Excellent images of a shrub I’m not familiar with.
Thanks so much! I’m seeing the bees here in our rhodies too!
Beautiful bee shots! We have a large Photinia and our bees love it too 🙂 But it’s already past its best, unfortunately.
Thanks so much! I have Photinia in bloom all around the edges of my yard, but only noticed its lovely blooms recently. 🙂
Lovely bee photos, Susanne. Very clear and sharp.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks so much, Pete. I was happy to see all those bees.