Honey bees !!! Aren't these marvelous beings?? And many of us have heard that they have defied the concept of aerodynamics. Well, it isn't entirely true. Bumble bees(the chubby ones! not the transformer you have seen in the movie😉), move their wings back and forth rather than flapping up and down. You can imagine bumble bee as a faulty copter yet flies in and around.
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| Bumble bee on a lavender stem |
Today I was just sitting close to a small patch of French marigolds in my garden and found two bees dancing here and there for the nectar. I love to take pictures and videos of the flora and fauna around us. So here I was taking a video of them and you know what they did not even flap a wing because of my presence and continued to jump from one flower to another and so on. Also I wasn't welcomed there but they did not care to harm me in any way.
It looked liked an "Opera ballet" with these two sentient beings as principal feature. Though we fear them when found in colonies, they still won't harm us, unless and until we disturb their environment. Honeybees are little helpers for passionate gardeners and farmers. They're great pollinators.
Many know only about the familiar bees around us, but there are some wild bees that have been mistaken as hornets and have highly declined in number due to pesticides and other ways. Prevent over usage of chemical pesticides. Support organic farming.
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| Hoverfly on a corn flower |
