21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A Bumblebee and ant collecting nectar and pollen from a Rose of Sharon flower.
I noticed a wooden arm of a clothes pole covered with a fine granular powder. Next to the clothes pole was a large Rose of Sharon plant. Bees were flying from the flowers to the top of the clothes pole and were shaking off pollen. I looked at the flowers and discovered one flower with a bumble bee and ant. They both were sharing the nectar and pollen.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2023 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2023 |
Photo Location: | Monongahela, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Copyright: | © Walter Mizwa |