Bumblebees – Beautiful Photographs

Cee’s FOTD Challenge: October 9, 2022

Published on October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 by Russell Smith6 Comments

Today’s letter is Z.

Flower of the Day

CFFC: Nature

Published on September 6, 2022September 8, 2022 by Russell Smith6 Comments

This is one of my favorite photos ever. I’m going into the archives for this challenge!

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

CMMC January Close Up or Macro

Published on January 5, 2022 by Russell Smith5 Comments

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

CMMC: August Close-up or Macro

Published on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 by Russell Smith7 Comments

Our dear friend, the bumblebee which used to be called “the humblebee,” because it has no stinger.

Cee’s Mid-week Madness Challenge

Butterflies and Bees: July 20, 2021

Published on July 20, 2021 by Russell Smith2 Comments

I barely got this shot with my iPhone before it tore off!

Travel Words: Life in Colour : Blue – 10 July 2021

Published on July 10, 2021 by Russell Smith2 Comments

On the right (above) is a close up of the tiles on the left.

I hope I didn’t go overboard with this challenge, but I have a lot of images with blues. I took a couple of these expressly for Travel Words Life in Colours Challenge. That blue jay was not very cooperative about posing for the photo. I’ve actually had a blue jay dive bomb my heard when I got too close to one of their nests.

Bees and Butterflies: 28 June 2021

Published on June 28, 2021 by Russell SmithLeave a comment

This is someone new. I love her striped abdomen and green thorax. She was fairly petite as well.

We’ve seen this little lady (or her sisters) before.

This was taken September 2019, but never posted until now.

So far this year, I’ve only seen a couple tiger swallow tails. I’ve not seen any monarchs. Last year, I only saw a couple of monarchs. I’m really worried about these larger butterflies. There can be no doubt that they are in decline, at least here in Maryland. I don’t usually plug charities on Beautiful Photographs, but I can’t help but put in a word for the Monarch Butterfly Fund.