A bee landed on a petal of this purple water lily and, rather than heading for the center of the flower, the obvious source for pollen, decided to crawl down in between the petals.
I followed his movements and, after a short time, those movements ceased—I think he was stuck. Eventually the plant began to move again, this time more violently. Slowly the bee reemerged, crawling slowly up the petal, and I took this shot.
I find the tones of this image to be very soothing and purple is one of my favorite colors. If you too like purple, check out today’s postings called Violetta at Calee Photography, one of my favorite blogs.
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Lovely photo, Mike! And thanks for the mention 😀
Thanks, Camilla. I read your post as I was thinking of which photo to post and it inspired me to post this one.
Maybe the bee just needed a rest.
It looks like it’s crawling out to check who’s invading the neighbourhood:)