Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.
~Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few.
~Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
~Henry David Thoreau
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Join us any time at Lens and Pens by Sally for the weekly photo challenge for non-traditional cameras. You’ll love it!
Yesterday, I had included links to all my Chihuly posts, approved them early in the morning, then found tonight that they weren’t included. If you missed them, please feel free to go back to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Vivid…flower power and you’ll find them at the bottom, below the photo. Sorry about whatever it was WordPress did.
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It is a stunning photo, Janet!
Thanks so much! I was quite happy with the way it turned out, especially as I took it with my phone. 🙂 Have a wonderful Monday.
janet
I like your busy bee with all the details and vivid colours 🙂
It was right at the begging of spring and I think she was drunk with happiness.
janet
Great photo and poem. We need to protect our bees. They are so important to our lives.
So very true, Raewyn. Hope your week’s off to a great start.
janet
Great photo
Thanks so much, Lena, and a happy Monday to you.
janet
With the state of the bee population, it brings joy whenever I see one of these miraculous creatures. Your capture really shows the detail on the wing and the pollen on its head. I adore that in images of insects. Dickinson’s poem is a perfect addition. Happy Photo Challenge.
Thanks, Sally, and thanks for the link. We’re on the road almost all day today, so I don’t have time to link or comment. Right now we’re getting gas, so I have a chance to respond to your lovely compliment. I look forward to seeing what you published and what everyone else shared when we get home or in the next few days.
janet
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Thanks for following my blog and for reminding me of that wonderful story of Ray Bradbury’s!
Entirely my pleasure, Lindy.
janet
An incredible macro shot with your iPhone, Janet! Beautiful details.
Amy, these bees (there were more), looked so happy and drunk with pollen that I’m glad my photo celebrates them.
janet
What a wonderful bee image! Bees are such amazing creatures – I really enjoyed your celebration of them.
Peggy, I’m happy you enjoyed the post. Thanks for stopping by and commenting as well.
janet
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This is an absolutely gorgeous photo, Janet.
Thanks, Angeline!
janet
A lovely capture of a polleny bee, Janet. It’s too cold for bees in my garden at the moment, though did see one today but none of my attempts to photograph it worked! Well done – it’s not easy.
Thank goodness for camera phones, Christine. I wouldn’t have been carrying my big camera through the city that day. I, too, was pleased with the way it turned out.
janet
Great job capturing the pollen! Perfect quotes, too.
Happy June
C
Thanks, Carol, and happy June right back to you.
janet
An amazing capture, Janet! Have a wonderful week! 🙂
I was so pleased to see how this turned out. With the phone, it’s not always easy to see if a photo works until it’s in a bigger format (or I at least have my reading glasses on!!)
janet
You have a great week, too.
Gorgeous colour and clarity, Janet. I feel like I can hear the buzz of the bee when I look at the photo
I also loved that the photo captured the pollen! Appreciate your visit and comment as always.
janet
Nicely captured with striking color.
Poor bees …they are being disoriented by sound waves of phones and high rise buildings . With their population dwindling to about 50% in some countries … may not be able to capture great shots like this in time to come. And who or what will pollinate flowers.? Poor flowers too…..
I share your concerns, Rose. I’m hopeful with more and more people aware of the problems, we’ll be able to turn things around, even if it’s slowly.
janet
I like your spirit of hope 🙂 yes even slowly is better than never.