Bee gymnastics

I called this blip bee gymnastics as I have never seen a bee bend himself almost in half like this one did. Check him out in LARGE. What great flexibility.

The Adelaide Hills are a really good spot for bees with a plentiful pollen supply. Especially in our garden. The bees in our backyard are simply the common bee that is most prolific in the Belair area, the European honey bee (Apis mellifera).

It is ruthless in the bee kingdom. Every single bee has to work his butt off or else face dire consequences. If the male bees are under stress, they will be killed and be tossed out of the hive. And that does not just happen to the male bees, as even the queen will face the same fate if she is deemed to be not up to scratch.

Honey provides the bees with energy - heat to keep the baby larvae at an even temperature of about 34 deg C, and energy to fly gathering food for the colony.
See the BLOG for today for the bee shots that just missed out.

The honey bee is an excellent pollinating agent for non-native Aussie plants because the foraging bee keeps to the same flower species on any one trip.

We are all aware that honey bees are disappearing fast from the face of the earth and causing havoc to the food supply and biodiversity. We should do all that we can to help preserve the health of our precious bees.