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Bumble bee Bombus huntii, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombinae collecting pollen and nectar from wild flowers along hiking trails to Do

Bumble bee Bombus huntii, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombinae collecting pollen and nectar from wild flowers along hiking trails to Do

A row of wooden bee hives in the field

A row of wooden bee hives in the field with trees in the background

Close up of California Honey Bees

Close up of California Honey Bees

Hairy-footed flower bee & x28;Anthophora plumipes& x29; profile

A Bee and It`s Flower

A Bee and It`s Flower

Honey bee and flower

Honey bee on yellow flower collect pollen. Honey bee on yellow flower collect pollen.

Bumblebee in flight,Bumblebee in harvesting pollen

Bumblebee in flight,Bumblebee in harvesting pollen

The Pitcher Plant and the Bee

This Memorial Day weekend I went for my first visit to the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden off of Independence Boulevard in Wilmington, North Carolina. I discovered an array of pitcher plants including the species pictured Sarrancenia Leucophylla. It was fascinating how many Bumble Bees or (Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae, Genus: Bombus, and unsure of this species?) were flying around the plants and even crawling into them. I began to wonder if the bees had a strictly mutualistic relationship with the pitcher plants acting solely as pollinators. Also, I saw quite a few bees get stuck in the tubes of the pitcher plant and it appeared that the pitcher plant could be acting as a predator to the bees. Were the pitcher plants luring them into their tubes to provide a source of mineral nutrients for the plant? After doing some research, I found that it is not evolutionarily beneficial for pitcher plants to consume their own pollinators, thus why they have two distinct parts for each function. The flowering part of the pitcher plant (shown in the background of the photo) is the part responsible for attracting pollinators. This Memorial Day weekend I went for my first visit to the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden off of Independence Boulevard in Wilmington, North Carolina. I discovered an array of pitcher plants including the species pictured Sarrancenia Leucophylla. It was fascinating how many Bumble Bees or (Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae, Genus: Bombus, and unsure of this species?) were flying around the plants and even crawling into them. I began to wonder if the bees had a strictly mutualistic relationship with the pitcher plants acting solely as pollinators. Also, I saw quite a few bees get stuck in the tubes of the pitcher plant and it appeared that the pitcher plant could be acting as a predator to the bees. Were the pitcher plants luring them into their tubes to provide a source of mineral nutrients for the plant? After doing some research, I found that it is not evolutionarily beneficial for pitcher plants to consume their own pollinators, thus why they have two distinct parts for each function. The flowering part of the pitcher plant (shown in the background of the photo) is the part responsible for attracting pollinators.

Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) in profile

Bumblebee Bee Icon

Bumble Bee on Butterfly Weed

Bumble Bee on Butterfly Weed

Close up of California Honey Bees

Close up of California Honey Bees

Bumblebee Bombus soroeensis on the white background

Spider and its victim.

Spiders of family Argiopidae can be met on a meadow or a glade. The spider has caught a bumblebee. The photo is made in Moscow areas (Russia). Original date/time: 2004:08:21 10:40:11. Spiders of family Argiopidae can be met on a meadow or a glade. The spider has caught a bumblebee. The photo is made in Moscow areas (Russia). Original date/time: 2004:08:21 10:40:11.

Sleeping bumblebee

Sleeping bumble bee in an early morning. Sleeping bumble bee in an early morning.

Bumblebee which is a member of the genus Bombus, part of Apidae on Blue false indigo flower.

Bumblebee which is a member of the genus Bombus, part of Apidae on Blue false indigo flower.

Pollinating cuckoo bee.

Pollinating cuckoo bee. Macro photo.

Bee taking off from a flower

Bee on a flower with green background. Bee on a flower with green background.

Bumble bee gathering pollen

Closeup of bumble bee gathering pollen. Found near Seattle

Wasp on a yellow flower with solid blue sky background

Evening conversations

In the evening of a bee accumulate to a board. In the evening of a bee accumulate to a board.

Bumblebee which is a member of the genus Bombus, part of Apidae on obedient plant flower.

Bumblebee which is a member of the genus Bombus, part of Apidae on obedient plant flower.

Honeybee on chrysanthemum

Closeup picture of honeybee on yellow chrysanthemum. Closeup picture of honeybee on yellow chrysanthemum.

Honey comb with honey bee & x28;Apis mellifera& x29; nest

Honey comb with honey bee & x28;Apis mellifera& x29; nest

Bumbleebee on flower

Macro view of bumblebee on colorful flower. Macro view of bumblebee on colorful flower.

Bee crawling on flower

Bee viewed from top crawling on flower. Bee viewed from top crawling on flower

A big beetle on flower. A big beetle on flower

Blossoming willow.

Inflorescences Willows (Salix caprea). A plant melliferous, tannic. On a flower a wild bee (family Apidae). The photo is made in Kuzminki (Кузьминки) a forest park of city of Moscow. Original date/time: 2006:04:25 10:23:59. Inflorescences Willows (Salix caprea). A plant melliferous, tannic. On a flower a wild bee (family Apidae). The photo is made in Kuzminki (Кузьминки) a forest park of city of Moscow. Original date/time: 2006:04:25 10:23:59.

Bumble Bee Feeding

Photo of a Bumble Bee feeding.

Bombus pascuorum bumblebee, the common carder bee on flower

Bombus pascuorum bumblebee, the common carder bee on flower

When the lavender blooms, it always attracts bees to collect the nectar from the lavender flowers.

When the lavender blooms, it always attracts bees to collect the nectar from the lavender flowers.

Stingless bees play an essential role in the fertilization of plant species, and are the main pollinators of many plants in the Brazil. The majority of these plants are bisexual, requiring an external agent for carrying pollen from one flower to another. According to Johnson & Hubbell (1974), Meliponinae make up the greatest share of insect biomass feeding on pollen and nectar. The massive presence of these insects in the flowers makes up such an ecological complex and such an interaction, that without plants, bees would disappear within two months. Likewise, without bees, the many flowering plant species would disappear within one or two generations. Stingless bees play an essential role in the fertilization of plant species, and are the main pollinators of many plants in the Brazil. The majority of these plants are bisexual, requiring an external agent for carrying pollen from one flower to another. According to Johnson & Hubbell (1974), Meliponinae make up the greatest share of insect biomass feeding on pollen and nectar. The massive presence of these insects in the flowers makes up such an ecological complex and such an interaction, that without plants, bees would disappear within two months. Likewise, without bees, the many flowering plant species would disappear within one or two generations

Bumble Bee

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